Enjoy the July 2022 edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help build wedding playlists for DJs. Each month we will highlight new songs and include a line of song lyrics, a description of the song’s emotional profile, and a few fun facts — designed to help you advise a wedding couple if they’re looking for something fresh in their playlist.
Flo Rida
June 30, 2022
Flo Rida continues his streak of producing great party songs!
Notable Lyrics: “Oh, what a night, yeah, sing it / Almost had me down, came back to life”
Fun Facts: The song samples Franki Valli & The Four Seasons’ song “December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)”. Check out the video as he takes his party to different cities. Flo Rida parties with friends including Flavor Flav.
Tiësto, Charli XCX
June 30, 2022
A new EDM party song that fills the dance floor with guests strutting their fashion
Notable Lyrics: I look hot in it / Rockin’ it, droppin’ it / Shake my a**, no stoppin’ it”
Fun Facts: “Hot in It” is the 4th single from Tiësto’s forthcoming album. The album will feature already released bangers “The Business,” “Don’t Be Shy (with KAROL G),” and “The Motto” (with Ava Max). Charli XCX played a metaverse concert on June 17th, hosted on the Roblox platform.
Kacey Musgraves
June 24, 2022
A new cover that will keep this classic wedding song on playlists for years to come.
Notable Lyrics: “Take my hand / Take my whole life too / For I can’t help / Falling in love with you”
Fun Facts: The re-imagined song was featured in the new movie Elvis featuring Austin Butler released to theaters on June 24. Musgraves’ version was recorded in one take! Her pre-release of the song on Instagram has more than eighty-three thousand likes.
Beyoncé
June 21, 2022
A new dance and party tune from Beyoncé is a no-brainer.
Notable Lyrics: “I’m lookin’ for a new foundation, yeah / And I’m on that new vibration / I’m buildin’ my own foundation”
Fun Facts: The son will be featured on her upcoming 7th studio album ‘Renaissance’. “BREAK MY SOUL” debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 15 and became the first song in 26 years to debut in Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay top 10.
Drake
June 17, 2022
A house music song by a hip-hop superstar – YES!
Notable Lyrics: “Oh, when you’re ready / We can put this behind us / Baby, we can find us again, I know”
Fun Facts: I would select either “Sticky” or “Massive” as the first big megahits from Drake’s new album ‘Honestly, Nevermind’. The dance album holds Drake’s lowest opening-week streaming totals for a studio album. However, ‘Honestly, Nevermind is Drake’s 11th album to top the Billboard 200 chart.
Babyface, Ella Mai
June 17, 2022
A melodic duet by two R&B superstars makes this song a perfect background love song during cocktail hour or a meal.
Notable Lyrics: “I keeps on falling in love (love) / Oh, yeah, yeah (ooh-ooh) / Mm-hmm, keeps on falling in love”
Fun Facts: The song incorporates elements of Tevin Campbell’s 1993 hit “Can We Talk” – which Babyface wrote and produced with Daryl Simmons. Babyface recruited Mai to sing the song.
Lizzo
June 10, 2022
A new girl anthem for receptions. Couples could have the song as a bouquet toss song too.
Notable Lyrics: “Where my girls, where my girls at? (Woo, hoo) / Yeah, this the type of fight I’m lookin’ for”
Fun Facts: The song was updated shortly after its initial release to remove a derogatory term for people with disabilities, which she said she did not use with an intent to offend – the word “spaz”.
R3HAB, Amy Shark
June 10, 2022
A mid-tempo EDM song to play during cocktail hour to set the mood for love.
Notable Lyrics: “Sway my way / Yeah, I need to know / All about you”
Fun Facts: “Sway My Way” is a re-imagined version of Bic Runga’s 1997 original “Sway”. Shark is currently on an Australian tour, playing 60 dates around the country until August this year. R3HAB is currently ranked 12th on DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs list.
Fitz & The Tantrums
June 10, 2022
A fun summer tune to play for fun and as a sing-along.
Notable Lyrics: “All the pretty boys wanna dance / Strangers in a world full of lonely lovers / Find someone and take ’em by the hand”
Fun Facts: The song is the group’s first new music in 3 years since their 2019 album All the Feels. The music video features choreographed dancing – will it trend on Tik Tok? The band is co-headlining a tour with St. Paul and The Broken Bones and additional dates with Andy Grammer.
Post Malone, Doja Cat
June 2, 2022
A mid-tempo song from two music superstars that everyone will recognize.
Notable Lyrics: “Ooh, girl, I like you, I do (I do) / I wanna be your friend, go shoppin’ in a Benz / I like you, I do”
Fun Facts: Post Malone hasn’t released a new album in three years until the new 14-track album Twelve Carat Toothache this month. Post Malone is currently on his stadium concert After Hours Til Dawn Tour. Doja Cat was scheduled to be on the tour but she bowed out to recover from tonsil surgery.
Las Vegas-based Matthew Campbell is the founder of My Wedding Songs.
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