Need to know ways guests can request a song at your wedding? This post has them all laid out for you!
One easy way to help guests get involved in your wedding, and enjoy themselves, is allowing them to request songs during the reception. Now, not everyone loves giving guests this ability. Sometimes giving guests the chance to request songs means that the couple is listening to songs they, themselves, do not like. And, sometimes guests make a request and don’t hear the song they want. Neither of these situations are ideal.
Still, it’s a nice thing to allow guests to request a song at your wedding. Though sometimes it can lead to not-great scenarios, when a guest requests a song, and gets to dance or party to it, the energy in the room gets turned up. Having a dance floor filled with happy guests is what most wedding receptions strive for. This is why looking into ways guests can request a song at your wedding is something worth doing.
Five Ways Guests Can Request A Song At Your Wedding
This post is going to give you five ways guests can request a song at your wedding. Remember to work with your DJ or band on this, if you are not making your own playlist. They may have a system for requests, in that they take them, or do not take them. They may also have some technology or an app to allow for requests. Understanding what your options are will help you as you coordinate with guests. More on all that later.
Let’s get into it!
1. GUESTS CAN REQUEST SONGS BY LEAVING THE SONG TITLE AND ARTIST ON THEIR RSVP
At face value, the easiest way for guests to request a song at your wedding is to simply write it on their RSVP card. Or submit with their electronic RSVP, whatever your method is.
The upside to this is that it’s easy for guests to understand. Plus, you’ll be able to veto any songs that you do not enjoy. The downside is that you will have to track the responses, and create a system to give them to your DJ, band, or whomever is creating your playlist. It does require a bit of involvement and organization from you, which may or not work for you.
2. RECEIVE SONG REQUESTS BY CREATING A FACEBOOK GROUP THREAD
Many couples opt to use Facebook groups as a way to communicate with guests. Not only does it allow guests to understand who is coming to the wedding, and maybe “meet” each other ahead of time, but it allows for unique opportunities.
For example, if you have a Facebook group for your wedding, you can create a post where you ask guests to request songs. Ask them to “like” a song if they see it requested, so you can see what the most popular song requests. This is an easy way to crowd-source song requests, and Facebook will keep it centralized for your use later on.
3. ASK FOR REQUEST BY SENDING OUT A MASS TEXT OR EMAIL WITH A LINK TO A MICROSOFT FORM
Have you ever used Forms? If not, you should check them out!
Microsoft Forms are so easy to set up and share. I mean it. You can put in a couple simple questions, and send a link to the form out. If you want to get really techy with it, create a QR code for the link and include it with on guest’s RSVP options.
Using Forms, guests can literally take thirty seconds or less to respond with their song choices. When responses are in, you can export to Excel and share with whomever needs to know. The tracking system is there, and you won’t have to do a lot of reformatting to inform your DJ or band.
4. CROWDSOURCE REQUESTS BY GIVING GUESTS A LIST OF SONGS AT THEIR TABLE AND HAVING THEM MARK THEIR REQUESTS, OR USE A DIGITAL OPTION
Alright, let’s move into ways guests can request a song at your wedding, at your actual wedding.
In this way, you actually give guests the ability to vote on various songs that will be played later on. This can be done “tech down”, where you have a little card with song choices, and guests tick off the ones they like with a pen. The cards are later collected, and someone will have to do a quick count to see what’s most popular.
This way for guests to request a song can also be done “tech up” with a digital option. Again, you could provide a Form, or something like it, for guests to vote on their preferred songs. The right app or Form will easily count who likes what, and that can be given to the DJ or band. As mentioned above, some DJ’s or bands may have suggestions on how to do this, or their own proprietary way for guests to make requests.
One option I came across in my research is called Request Now. This service gives you a newly generated phone number for guests to text, and a web page where all requests are sent. I’ve never used this service, so can’t speak to how easy it is, but it is out there.
5. ASK GUESTS TO SUBMIT REQUESTS TO THE DJ AT THE WEDDING
Last way for guests to request a song at your wedding! Simply coordinating with the DJ.
If you’ve ever requested a song at a wedding, this is likely the method that you used. How the communication gets to the DJ varies by DJ. Some like to go “tech down”, or old school, and have a pad of paper with a pen. Others may have an iPad or app available for requests. There may be some DJ’s who don’t mind verbal requests, but this can get overwhelming as they are working and may not have an easy way to track the request that are coming in verbally.
If this way appeals to you, talk to your DJ about it. See how they deal with this, and what they recommend for your guests to do.
THOUGHTS ON WAYS GUESTS CAN REQUEST A SONG AT YOUR WEDDING
Friends, there are many ways guests can request a song at your wedding. Remember, you don’t have to pick just one. If a couple ways appeal to you, move forward with them. Talk to your DJ or band about how they operate, and adjust your plan according to what works for them. They may have a slick solution for you, or they may keep it really simple. You’ve got this! Happy wedding planning!
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