The Top 25 Songs to Play at Your Bachelor Party

Your bachelor party isn't complete without this playlist.
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Updated Nov 08, 2024

Looking for bachelor party songs to add to your playlist? We've got you covered. A bachelor party is stereotypically portrayed as a wild night filled with all sorts of debauchery, but this event is really about celebrating your upcoming wedding with your closest friends.

These milestone events can take the shape of bar-hopping in your city, attending a sports game of choice, hosting a backyard barbecue or even taking a trip to a fun bachelor party destination. Regardless of your party plans, you will definitely need a personalized Spotify playlist to listen to on your journey to the chosen location, while getting ready for a night out, or during the festivities. Read on for our favorite bachelor party songs to add to your list.

1. "Pour Some Sugar on Me," Def Leppard

Lyrics you'll love: "Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon get it on/Livin' like a lover with a radar phone/Lookin' like a tramp, like a video vamp/Demolition woman, can I be your man?"

2. "Hot In Herre," Nelly

Lyrics you'll love: "Its gettin hot in here (so hot)/So take off all your clothes/I am gettin so hot, I wanna take my clothes off"

3. "Back On 74," Jungle

Lyrics you'll love: "Go? Back on 74 (when I noticed you)/Call this place my home/Never gonna cry anymore"

4. "Ride or Die," Durand Jones & The Indications

Lyrics you'll love: "Ride or die, baby/I'm always enough/For my ride or die baby/When the goin' gets tough/You my ride or die, baby/We stickin' together for life"

5. "Dancing In the Moonlight," King Harvest

Lyrics you'll love: "Dancing in the moonlight/Everybody's feeling warm and bright/It's such a fine and natural sight"

6. "I Wanna Be Yours," Arctic Monkeys

Lyrics you'll love: "I wanna be your vacuum cleaner/Breathing in your dust/I wanna be your Ford Cortina/I will never rust"

7. "Let's Dance," David Bowie

Lyrics you'll love: "If you say run/I'll run with you/And if you say hide/We'll hide/Because my love for you/Would break my heart in two/If you should fall into my arms/And tremble like a flower"

8. "Last Nite," The Strokes

Lyrics you'll love: "Last night, she said/'Oh, baby, I feel so down/See, it turn me off/When I feel left out'"

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9. "Gasolina," Daddy Yankee

Lyrics you'll love: "A ella le gusta la gasolina/Dame más gasolina/Cómo le encanta la gasolina/Dame más gasolina"

10. "HOT TO GO!" Chappell Roan

Lyrics you'll love: "H-O-T-T-O-G-O/Snap and clap and touch your toes/Raise your hands, now body roll/Dance it out, you're hot to go"

11. "Midnight Ride," Orville Peck, Kylie Minogue, Diplo

Lyrics you'll love: "Let me take you on a midnight ride/Baby, you and I/Ooh, so much we could explore/Pull me closer under moonlit skies"

12. "I Had Some Help," Post Malone, Morgan Wallen

Lyrics you'll love: "I had some help/It ain't like I can make this kinda mess all by myself/Don't act like you ain't help me pull that bottle off the shelf"

13. "Take Me Home, Country Roads," John Denver

Lyrics you'll love: "Country roads, take me home/To the place I belong/West Virginia, mountain mama/Take me home, country roads"

14. "You're My Best Friend," Queen

Lyrics you'll love: "Oh, you're the best friend that I ever had/Been with you such a long time/You're my sunshine/And I want you to know/That my feelings are true/I really love you"

15. "Houdini," by Dua Lipa

Lyrics you'll love: "I come and I go/Tell me all the ways you need me/I'm not here for long/Catch me or I go Houdini"

16. "In Da Club," 50 Cent

Lyrics you'll love: "I'm fully focused, man, my money on my mind/Got a mil' out the deal and I'm still on the grind (Woo)/Now Shorty said she feelin' my style, she feelin' my flow (Uh-huh)/Her girlfriend with her, they bi and they ready to go (Okay)"

17. "Sexyback," Justin Timberlake

Lyrics you'll love: "I'm bringing' sexy back (Yeah)/Them other boys don't know how to act (Yeah)/I think it's special, what's behind your back? (Yeah)/So turn around and I'll pick up the slack (Yeah)/Take it to the bridge, c'mon (Let's see)"

18. "I Love It," Icona Pop and Charli XCX

Lyrics you'll love: "I got this feeling on the summer day when you were gone/I crashed my car into the bridge, I watched, let it burn/I threw your shit into a bag and pushed it down the stairs/I crashed my car into the bridge, I don't care!"

19. "Turn Down for What," DJ Snake and Lil Jon

Lyrics you'll love: "Fire up that loud/Another round of shots/Turn down for what?"

20. "Yeah!," Usher feat. Lil Jon and Ludacris

Lyrics you'll love: "So she's all up in my head now, got me thinking/That it might be a good idea to take her with me/'Cause she's ready to leave (Ready to leave now) (Let's go!)/And I got to keep it real now/'Cause on a one to ten, she's a certified twenty"

21. "Best Friend," Saweetie and Doja Cat

Lyrics you'll love: "Drive her own car (Alright), she don't need no Lyft/In the strip club (Oh yeah), know my girl gon' tip/Now she twerkin', she throw it out and come back in"

22. "Livin' on a Prayer" Bon Jovi

Lyrics you'll love: "We've got to hold on to what we've got/It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not/We've got each other and that's a lot for love/We'll give it a shot"

23. "Eye of the Tiger," Survivor

Lyrics you'll love: "It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight/Risin' up to the challenge of our rival"

24. "We Will Rock You," Queen

Lyrics you'll love: "You got blood on yo' face/You big disgrace/Wavin' your banner all over the place"

25. "I Walk the Line," Johnny Cash

Lyrics you'll love: "I keep a close watch on this heart of mine/I keep my eyes wide open all the time/I keep the ends out for the tie that binds/Because you're mine, I walk the line"

Bachelor Party Playlist

Listen to our picks with The Knot's Bachelor Party Songs playlist on Spotify.

Additional reporting by Elizabeth Berry.

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