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We\u2019ve all been to weddings where the Chicken Dance, the Nutbush and bad 80s covers have been met with groans, eyerolls and some shuffling on the dancefloor.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s really important to have good music at your wedding because it will be what people will remember long after it is all over,\u201d explains Quinn McHugh, lead singer and guitarist of \u00a0The Radio\u00a0Club Band<\/a>, which has been operating in Queensland for the past seven years. The band plays at more than 500 weddings a year, as well as festivals, corporate events and parties.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIf you get the wrong music, no-one will dance. It\u2019ll just be really loud music and there will be no action. It’s just awkward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Quinn has been performing at weddings for about a decade and is an expert at creatively mixing up songs that all generations will love, from Beyonce and Gnarls Barkley to Marvin Gaye and Simply Red. Quinn specialises in playing rock music with the band, but his personal favourite artists are Vance Joy, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith.<\/span><\/p>\n As he explains, a great wedding playlist is all about getting the right combination of sentimentality for the older crowd, putting a new twist on well-loved classics, mixing it in with newer tracks from the top 40 and keeping the energy levels up throughout the night.<\/p>\n Here are a few of Quinn\u2019s all-time favourite songs<\/a> that will get everyone\u2019s tailfeather shakin\u2019 on the wedding dancefloor, whether it\u2019s your teenybopper niece or great aunt Maeve.<\/span><\/p>\n This song is a great crowd-pleaser that\u2019s guaranteed to get the party pumping<\/a> – it\u2019s safe to say that most people will know exactly when to jump up when it\u2019s time to get \u201ca little bit louder now\u201d and jump back down \u201cwhen it\u2019s time to get a little bit softer now\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEveryone knows that one, young and old,\u201d says Quinn.<\/p>\n Quinn is not afraid at all to admit that he loves a bit of Farnsy at a wedding to get the crowd in the mood for a singalong.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI just love that song. I’m not ashamed of it at all. It’s for the dudes, but the ladies love it too. It\u2019s just so Aussie and it pulls everyone together when they\u2019re singing at the the top of their lungs. It’s awesome. I love the classic Aussie stuff,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n This classic 50s tune is from an era when elegance, class and grace were revered; Audrey Hepburn in <\/span>Breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s <\/span><\/i>was a style icon and people loved listening to Ol\u2019 Blue Eyes croon a love song on the record player.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n It might not get the club kids raving on the dance floor, but it\u2019s the perfect song for the start of the reception, perhaps over dinner. Plus, it\u2019s a song that your older guests will appreciate.<\/span><\/p>\n The over-55s crew will love reliving their youth when the band<\/a> plays this Beatles classic at your wedding, says Quinn.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWhen you see them dance and they know all the words to the song by heart, it\u2019s like they\u2019re 18 again. They feel young again,\u201d says Quinn. \u201cIt takes them right back to 1964 and that\u2019s just golden. The youngies might roll their eyes, but they\u2019ll bear with it. It\u2019s the Beatles. Come on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Quinn and his band love mixing things up and playing cool combinations of classic and modern songs to get both young and older guests onto the dancefloor.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt just keeps everyone interested because the music changes quite quickly and there\u2019s only a couple of minutes to wait til something flicks on that you might know,\u201d says Quinn.<\/span><\/p>\nShout, <\/i><\/b>The Isley Brothers<\/b><\/h2>\n
You’re the Voice<\/i><\/b>, John Farnham<\/b><\/h2>\n
Moon River<\/i><\/b>, Henry Mancini<\/b><\/h2>\n
I Wanna Hold Your Hand<\/i><\/b>, The Beatles<\/b><\/h2>\n
Long Train Running\/Moves Like Jagger\/Sing<\/i><\/b> medley<\/b><\/h2>\n