Garter Toss Songs
What are the best garter toss songs for a wedding reception?
Tossing the bridal bouquet is a tradition that goes back as far as the fourteenth century. According to one legend, a bride was believed to be extremely lucky on her wedding day. So lucky in fact that after the ceremony, guests would rush toward the bride in order to tear off a piece of her dress to take home as a good luck charm. Often, a huge scuffle would ensue that became dangerous to both the bride and her guests. Brides began to throw their stockings, garters, and bouquet in order to fend off would be attackers!
Other people believe that this tradition dates back to when it was a common tradition for friends and family to witness the “honeymoon.” Afterward, the witnesses would take the garter as proof that the marraige had been consummated. But in order for it to be proven, it was common tradition to have people like family and friends come into the room with the couple to witness it. The “witnesses” would obtain the garter as “proof” of the consummation.
At some point, the tradition changed, the attacks died down, the wedding night got more private, and the tradition switched to simply throwing the bridal bouquet and the bride’s garter. Today, many brides often wear two garters or switch garters right before the toss in order to preserve one garter. Typically the groom makes a big show about removing it from the bride before the garter toss. For that reason, you may want to select two songs–one for when the groom removes the garter and then another for when he tosses it.
Where once it was believed that the man whou caught it would be the next to marry, today he is more likely to be the next to dance–often times the man who catches the garter will then place it on the leg of the woman who caught the bouquet and then they will start the next dance.
While some couples are doing away with these traditions, most are either continuing them or doing something similiar. One example that can be done either in addition or as an alternative to the garter toss is the teddy bear toss. This is especially fun for any children who have attend the wedding. Purchase special bears dressed in wedding outfits and then toss them to a group of kids. Don’t be surprised if you find a few adults lurking in there trying to catch the bears for themselves!
Should you decide to toss the garter (or bear) we have found some of the most popular songs for this occasion. We have all types of songs from slow, fast, rock, country, oldies, and modern hits.
Below you will find a list of some of the best grand entrance songs. We’ve included some notes about the style of the song to help you make your selection. For your convenience, we have compiled the songs in a playlist, making it easy for you to listen to a sample or purchase a song. A detailed listing of the songs is provided below the playlist.
Best Garter Toss Songs for a Wedding Reception
- “Ain’t No Other Man” performed by Christina Aguilera
- “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” performed by Hank Williams, Jr.
- “Another One Bites the Dust” performed by Queen
- “Any Man Of Mine” performed by Shania Twain
- “Bad Boy” performed by Miami Sound Machine
- “Bad Boys (Theme From Cops)” performed by Inner Circle
- “Bad to the Bone” performed by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
- “Bootylicious” performed by Beyonce
- “Boys” performed by Britney Spears
- “Cherry Pie” performed by Warrant
- “Curly Shuffle” performed by Jump ‘N the Saddle Band
- “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” performed by Rod Stewart
- “Dirrty” performed by Christina Aguilera
- “Do You Wanna Touch Me” performed by Joan Jett
- “Fever” performed by Peggy Lee, Madonna, and others
- “Foxy Lady” performed by Jimmy Hendrix, Willie Hutch, and others
- “Freak Me” performed by Silk
- “Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)” by Bill Conti
- “Gimme All Your Lovin’” performed by ZZ Top
- “Girls, Girls, Girls” performed by Motley Crue
- “Guys Do It All the Time” performed by Mindy McCready
- “Heaven” performed by Bryan Adams
- “Hot In Herre” performed by Nelly
- “Hot Legs” performed by Rod Stewart
- “Hot Mama” performed by Trace Adkins
- “Hot Stuff” by Donna Summer
- “Hungry Eyes” performed by Eric Carmen
- “I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock and Roll)” performed by Nick Lowe
- “I Know What Boys Like” performed by the Waitresses
- “I Touch Myself” performed by The Divinyls
- “I Wanna Be Bad” performed by Willa Ford
- “(I Wanna Be) Your Underwear” performed by Bryan Adams
- “I Want Candy” performed by Bow Wow Wow
- “I’m a Slave 4 U” performed by Britney Spears
- “I’m Too Sexy” performed by Right Said Fred
- “It’s Raining Men” by the The Weather Girls
- “It Takes a Mighty Good Man” performed by Saffire
- James Bond Theme performed by various orchestras
- Jeopardy Theme performed by various artists
- “Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody” performed by David Lee Roth
- “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” performed by The Georgia Satellites
- “Kiss” performed by Prince
- “Lady Marmalade” performed by Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim & Mya & Pink
- “Lay Your Hands on Me” performed by Bon Jovi
- “Legs” performed by ZZ Top
- “Let’s Get it On” performed by Marvin Gaye
- “Macho Man” performed by Village People
- “Men in Black” performed by Will Smith
- “Naughty Girl” performed by Beyonce
- “Naughty Girls Need Love Too” performed by Samantha Fox
- “Oh Pretty Woman” performed by Roy Orbison
- “Oh Yeah” performed by Yello
- “Peter Gunn Theme” performed by various artists
- “Pretty Fly for a White Guy” performed by Offspring
- “Push It” performed by Salt N’ Pepa
- “Real Good Man” performed by Tim McGraw
- “Rub You The Right Way” performed by Johnny Gill
- “Sexual Healing” performed by Marvin Gaye
- “Sex Bomb” performed by Clueless
- “SexyBack” performed by Justin Timberlake
- “Sharp Dressed Man” performed by ZZ Top
- “Shameless” performed by Garth Brooks
- “She’s a Bad Mama Jama” performed by Carl Carlton
- “Some Guys Have All the Luck” performed by Rod Stewart
- “Talk Dirty to Me” performed by Poison
- “The Distance” performed by Cake
- “The Stripper” performed by David Rose
- Theme from Mission Impossible performed by Danny Elfman
- Theme from Star Trek performed by various artists
- “Thong Song” performed by Sisqo
- “U Can’t Touch This” performed by MC Hammer
- “Welcome to the Jungle” performed by Guns N’ Roses
- “Whatta Man” performed by Salt N Pepa with En Vogue
- “Whip It” performed by Devo
- “White Wedding” performed by Billy Idol
- “Who Let The Dogs Out” performed by Baha Men
- “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road” performed by The Beatles
- “Wild Thing” performed by Tone Loc and The Troggs
- “You Can Leave Your Hat On” performed by Joe Cocker, Tom Jones or Ty Herndon
- “You Sexy Thing” performed by Hot Chocolate