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Posted: 2018-07-31T09:45:00Z | Updated: 2018-07-31T09:45:00Z

Nothing clears a wedding dance floor quite like the first few bars of the Chicken Dance.

After Nate Silvers website FiveThirtyEight re-shared a July 2017 story titled The Ultimate Playlist of Banned Wedding Songs last week, people began debating which songs are (and are not) worthy of appearing on a couples do not play list. (You can check out the full list , which is based on 182 wedding playlists from more than two dozen DJs, on FiveThirtyEight .)

We decided to pose the question to our readers. While many submitted specific songs, others told us they banned the music of entire artists, most commonly Taylor Swift , The Black Eyed Peas and Ed Sheeran .

Some readers very reasonably insisted tunes like Carrie Underwoods Before He Cheats not be played (tonally off for a wedding, no?). But other suggestions on the list may surprise you.

Below, weve compiled the songs HuffPost readers never want to hear at a wedding or possibly anywhere, for that matter.

1. The Chicken Dance by The Tweets

2. YMCA by Village People

3. Electric Boogie by Marcia Griffiths (a.k.a. Electric Slide)

4. Macarena by Los Del Rio

5. Cotton-Eye Joe by Rednex

6. C upid Shuffle by Cupid

7. I Gotta Feeling by The Black Eyed Peas

8. Cha Cha Slide by DJ Casper

9. S ingle Ladies by Beyonc

10. Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd

11. Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke

12. Shout by The Isley Brothers

13. Celebration by Kool and the Gang

14. Love Shack by The B-52s

15. Despacito (Remix) by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, ft. Justin Bieber

16. Safety Dance by Men Without Hats

17. Lets Get It On by Marvin Gaye

18. Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond

19. Mony Mony by Billy Idol

20. Happy by Pharrell

21. The Hokey Pokey by Ray Anthony and Jo Ann Greer

22. We Are Family by Sister Sledge

23. Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood

24. Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners

25. Wig-Wam Bam by The Sweet

26. Jump Around by House of Pain

27. Mustang Sally by Wilson Pickett

28. Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard

29. Wobble by V.I.C.

30. Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-Lot

31. Gold Digger by Kanye West, ft. Jamie Foxx

32. Marry You by Bruno Mars

33. Just Dance by Lady Gaga

34. It Must Have Been Love by Roxette

35. Heartless by Kanye West

36. Perfect Duet by Ed Sheeran, ft. Beyonc

37. I Dont Fuck With You by Big Sean

38. September by Earth, Wind & Fire

39. Shut Up and Dance by Walk The Moon

40. Get Low by Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz

41. We Like to Party by Vengaboys

42. Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry

43. A Thousand Years by Christina Perri

45. Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus

46. Honky Tonk Badonkadonk by Trace Adkins

47. Someone Like You by Adele