Photo: billboard.com
Photo: billboard.com

It’s that time of year, isn’t it. Your phone’s probably ringing off the hook with brides and grooms looking to hire a DJ for their wedding.

As I’ve already written, weddings take a certain amount of know-how that’s entirely different from any other kind of gig. You’re playing music that hopefully will connect with people across cultural, age and music preference lines. There are so many factors to consider when constructing a playlist for a wedding.

How do you figure out which songs should be on the playlist? How do you organize them into sets? Most importantly, which songs do you think are absolute musts for any wedding?

Billboard asked a whole lot of DJs from right across the country their playlist picks. Some of those songs are pretty standard, like Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September”. Some leave me scratching my head, like The Clash’s “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?”

What’s missing from the list? Hmm, how about “The Time Warp”?

Check out the whole list here.