Weddings and the chicken dance.

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Practical_Wind_1917@reddit

This has to be a Midwest thing.

Majority of all weddings I been too have played those songs.

The two I been too on the east coast didn’t play them

One down south didn’t play it either

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Jas62021@reddit

I told our DJ to not play that or Hokey Pokey. And that I didn’t care who requested it be played. It was a great evening

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k2aries@reddit

Married in 2002. We banned 3 songs from our reception: Chicken Dance, Macarena and Electric Slide. I just couldn’t stand the idea of wasting 15 min on that nonsense

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Thick_Journalist7232@reddit

We banned them too (1996). DJ played them anyway

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SparksWood71@reddit

This must be regional, I have never seen this at a wedding or heard that people do this at weddings.

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run_squid_run@reddit

I’ve never been to a wedding with the chicken dance. The only consistent song was “The Time Warp” followed by the Macarena and the Achy Breaky Heart.

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Phobos1982@reddit

No idea what you're talking about. Must not be an east coast thing.

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The DJ that did my wedding flat out told me and my wife he refuses to play the chicken dance because “it’s too overdone” which we had absolutely no issues with. What we got instead, the Macarena after my mom got ahold of him and completely changed the music line up we chose without consulting us (we didn’t find out until the day of the reception, both of us were so pissed).

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floppy_breasteses@reddit

We sat down with our wedding DJ and discussed what music to play and which songs we absolutely didn't want. The chicken dance was forbidden under pain of beat-down. Any song that made middle aged women scream "woohoo" and kick their shoes off was similarly banned.

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zuuzuu@reddit

Any song that made middle aged women scream "woohoo" and kick their shoes off was similarly banned.

So, on your wedding day you didn't want anything that would make people happy?

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JackTrippin@reddit

As a one-time wedding DJ I appreciate that. It was the absolute worst job I ever had. Chicken Dance, electric slide, the tarantella, the Mexican hat dance (Jarabe Tapatíllo) can all burn in hell. The only true wedding banger is Hava Nagila.

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dewihafta@reddit

Hokey pokey for us.

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JoyousZephyr@reddit

It's unfortunate that it's used at weddings. The BEST time to play this song is in middle school, while the science class is cleaning up after the "dissect a chicken wing" lab.

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User013579@reddit

Sorry, in what culture is that traditional?

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Emotional-Heron2643@reddit

It's been played at every mid-west wedding I've been to but no others so mid-western culture?

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Secret_Asparagus_783@reddit

Some brides & grooms have no sense of humor! Group dances like Chicken, Hokey Pokey, Cha Cha/Electric Slide, Bus Stop are fun to do and easy for everybody to learn. Question for the Gloomy Gus /Debbie Downers: What kind of dance music IS acceptable to you?

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lazytiger40@reddit

I've only ever been to one wedding (besides my own) and thankfully it was not played at either affair

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h8movies@reddit

So we're all pretending The Hokey Pokey never existed?

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EverythingScrolling@reddit

Never saw the Hokey Pokey done at a wedding reception, but it was all the rage at the roller rink birthday parties I hosted or went to in elementary school.

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Secret_Asparagus_783@reddit

Very much part of receptions that I've attended over the years. Because all guests from little kids to grandparents can join in!

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BawdyBaker@reddit

IKnew the Bride When She Used to Rock and Roll. 😖

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Ivotedforher@reddit

Remember polkas?

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Secret_Asparagus_783@reddit

Remember? Still alive and well at Polish American weddings!

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EverythingScrolling@reddit

I had never heard of the chicken dance until that Sex and the City episode. Is it a regional thing? I grew up in the South.

I haven't been to a lot of weddings, but I've never been to one where they did the chicken dance.

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D1sp4tcht@reddit

I've been to around 15 weddings in my life and it was played at every single one of them. In Michigan, so maybe a Midwestern thing. Not sure.

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Kestrel_Iolani@reddit

Given the high percentage of people with German and Scandinavian heritage? Oh yeah.

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GroovyGmaIvy@reddit

I’ve only been to one wedding (it wasn’t mine) and the chicken dance was not played.

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Jealous-Lychee-5084@reddit

My husband and I met working at a wedding venue. Chicken dance and Macarena played a big part of why we didn’t have a dj for our wedding - string quartet and brunch, thank you very much.

Husband also does not dance - at all. So there’s that.

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Educational_Bid_5315@reddit

I love it. It’s mostly for the kids who are there and it’s a chance to act silly

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zuuzuu@reddit

I'm with you. It always gets people on the dance floor, laughing and having fun. Laughter and fun are good things.

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spartygw@reddit

It’s just fun. I swear this sub is turning into Facebook. Old people just complaining.

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AC_Uni@reddit (OP)

Good on you, it wasn’t for me but it did get people on the dance floor, can’t argue with success, even if it brings up mild trepidation.

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joemamah77@reddit

We banned “Celebration” and “We Are Family”

But the Chicken Dance? Bring it on!

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alan_mendelsohn2022@reddit

I was only allowed to ban one song, so I chose. We are family. Celebration would’ve been my second.

I demanded the chicken dance at my wedding, though. Over my mother’s objections.

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