As a 90s baby I believe the Macarena should be a song delivered without question at my wedding; however, my parents disagree and think that it will lower the tone of the whole day.

Guys, give me some solid reasons as to why this is completely non-negotiable!

Edit: I am aware of what the song is actually about, but if it’s played people dance and that’s what matters to me!

34 comments

  2. It isn’t your parents’ wedding. The macarena is tried and tested classic cheese.

  3. It’s your wedding and your day

    I’d put it on repeat just to piss them off

  4. It’s just one song. I don’t think it would lower the tone (although I don’t really like it)

  11. The Macarena is a great song! I’m interested to know what songs are suggested that don’t lower the tone?

  14. At the end of the day; it’s your wedding; so the party playlist is your decision.

    Personally I wouldn’t play it at my own wedding: I’m more a Gangnam Style kind of person.

  15. You need to have a party dance section:

    * Macarena
    * 5,6,7,8
    * Cha, Cha Slide
    * Saturday Night
    * Y.M.C.A
    * Time Warp
    Then finish up with the Grease Megamix.

    Or at least that’s what happened at my wedding!

  16. Send them to a Scottish wedding, they often descend into loads of GBX banging tunes which will make the Macarena look quite classy.

  17. Play it back to back with cha cha slide, sweet Caroline, and oops upside your head.

  19. Yes absolutely, but maybe a little later in the evening when the party is in full swing?

    At the end of the day: your wedding, your choice.

  22. Tell them it’s your ‘special’ song and the first one you danced to. Get tearful and dramatic about how it symbolises your love. Suggest calling the whole wedding off if you can’t play it. Cry even more.

    They’ll probably give in just to shut you up.

  23. You should play whatever you want, within reason. I mean it’s a party, so if people will get up and dance and have fun with it then play it!

  24. Because most people will know it and it will get everyone up and involved in dancing . . The older people will be telling the kids and reminiscing and most important – It’s your wedding do what you like

  26. It’s your day, not your damned parents. Tell the olds to get on board or tell them to take a hike to Wetherspoons!

  27. You should absolutely have what makes you happy, particularly late in the evening. Macarena will bring lots of people on to the dance floor.

    Apparently at my wedding there was Oops Upside Your Head a while after we had left. The photos are spectacular. I bet Macarena photos would be similarly cheerful.

    Best of luck for your big day and your long life together.

  28. If you include them in conversations about the minutia details of your wedding then they will have opinions on them.

    If you don’t want their opinions don’t discuss the details with them.

    If they are pushy then it’s time to set boundaries with your parents as you are an adult

  29. What tone are your parents expecting? Mozart and talks of the economy?

    Weddings are about coming together for a great day, the Macarena would do exactly that.

  31. It’s your day, you don’t have to please anyone else but the groom.

    I think your mum might change her mind when the clip of you macarena-ing down the aisle as a newly married couple goes mega viral.

  32. “Lower the tone”

    Unless the ghost of Duke Ellington is playing, do what you feel.

  33. My daughter picked Raining Men for the father/daughter dance. And dedicated it to me.

  34. Don’t be ridiculous. What a horrible, vulgar, joke of a song to play anywhere. Let it remain in the bin where it belongs.

    I cannot think of a worse song for a wedding. Of course you can’t play it. Fuck sake.

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