The 102 Best Bouquet Toss Songs, Period

From Beyonce to Blondie, these are our top picks.
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Updated Sep 18, 2024

On the lookout for bouquet toss songs? A bouquet toss is the perfect way to cap your fabulous evening—all the single ladies in the crowd gather excitedly as you toss your gorgeous blooms (or a smaller, stand-in arrangement). Whoever gets their hands on the arrangement will be the one who gets hitched next (at least that's how the story goes). It's a crowd-pleasing part of your wedding reception for sure! And the perfect bouquet toss song is a must, of course. You could choose any upbeat track for your bouquet toss music, but there are some songs that just seem like they're custom-made for the bouquet toss.

Here, we've rounded up some of the best wedding songs to use during your bouquet toss moment. Whether you're throwing a country-inspired wedding reception, or a black-tie affair, we've got a song you'll love right here. Just make sure to ask your wedding DJ or musician about any special requests. Calling all the single ladies—it's time to have some fun!

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Bonus: Listen to our picks with The Knot's Bouquet Toss Songs playlist on Spotify.

Here are some popular bouquet toss songs that'll be great to play in the background. Any of these would be a great pick, whether you hire a wedding DJ or press play on your phone.

1. "Dear Future Husband," Meghan Trainor

Lyrics you'll love: "Take me on a date/I deserve a break/And don't forget the flowers every anniversary/'Cause if you'll treat me right/I'll be the perfect wife."

2. "Wannabe," Spice Girls

Lyrics you'll love: "If you want my future, forget my past/If you wanna get with me, better make it fast/Now don't go wasting my precious time/Get your act together we could be just fine/I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want/So tell me what you want, what you really, really want."

3. "Bad Romance," Lady Gaga

Lyrics you'll love: "Love, love, love, I want your love, hey/I want your drama, the touch of your hand (hey)/I want your leather-studded kiss in the sand/I want your love."

4. "Glamorous," Fergie

Lyrics you'll love: "Poppin' champagne/Livin' my life/In the fast lane/And I won't change/For the glamorous, oh the flossy flossy."

5. "Oops, I Did it Again," Britney Spears

Lyrics you'll love: "Oops, I did it again/I played with your heart, got lost in the game/Oh baby, baby/Oops, you think I'm in love/That I'm sent from above/I'm not that innocent."

6. "Applause," Lady Gaga

Lyrics you'll love: "Give me that thing that I love (Turn the lights on)/Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch (Make it real loud)/Give me that thing that I love (Turn the lights on)/Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch (Make it real loud)."

7. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)," Beyonce

Lyrics you'll love: "All the single ladies/Now put your hands up/Up in the club (club)/Cause if you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it."

8. "Just a Girl," No Doubt

Lyrics you'll love: "Cause I'm just a girl, oh, little old me/Well, don't let me out of your sight/Oh, I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite/So don't let me have any rights."

9. "Roar," Katy Perry

Lyrics you'll love: "I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter/Dancing through the fire/'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar/Louder, louder than a lion."

10. "Hollaback Girl," Gwen Stefani

Lyrics you'll love: "Few times I've been around that track/So it's not just gonna happen like that/'Cause I ain't no hollaback girl/I ain't no hollaback girl."

11. "Lady Marmalade," Lil' Kim, Mya, Christina Aguilera and Pink

Lyrics you'll love: "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?"

12. "American Woman," Lenny Kravitz

Lyrics you'll love: "American woman, stay away from me/American woman, mama let me be/Don't come hanging around my door/I don't want to see your face no more"

Classic Bouquet Toss Songs

Here's a list of bouquet toss songs you've probably heard before! These older tunes are tried-and-true favorites, and any of them can likely be played by a live wedding band (or wedding ensemble, if you'd prefer an upbeat instrumental cover).

13. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," Cyndi Lauper

Lyrics you'll love: "Some boys take a beautiful girl/And hide her away from the rest of the world/I want to be the one to walk in the sun/Oh girls, they wanna have fun."

14. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," Pat Benatar

Lyrics you'll love: "Well you're a real tough cookie with a long history/Of breaking little hearts like the one in me/Hit me with your best shot/Why don't you hit me with your best shot."

15. "Hey Ladies," Beastie Boys

Lyrics you'll love: "Hey ladies in the place, I'm callin' out to ya/There never was a city kid truer and bluer/There's more to me than you'll ever know/And I've got more hits than Sadaharu Oh."

16. "Uptown Girl," Billy Joel

Lyrics you'll love: "I'm in love with an uptown girl/You know I've seen her in her uptown world/She's getting tired of her high class toys/And all the presents from her uptown boys/She's got a choice."

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17. "It's Raining Men," The Weather Girls

Lyrics you'll love: "It's raining men, hallelujah/It's raining men, every specimen/Tall, blonde, dark and lean/Rough and tough and strong and mean"

18. "Ladies Night," Kool & the Gang

Lyrics you'll love: "Oh, yes, it's Ladies' Night/And the feeling's right/Oh, yes, it's Ladies' Night/Oh, what a night (oh, what a night)."

19. "Another One Bites the Dust," Queen

Lyrics you'll love: "Another one bites the dust/And another one gone, and another one gone/Another one bites the dust."

20. "Oh, Pretty Woman," Roy Orbison

Lyrics you'll love: "Pretty woman, walking down the street/Pretty woman, the kind I like to meet/Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth/No one can look as good as you."

21. "Wishin' and Hopin'," Dusty Springfield

Lyrics you'll love: "Wishin' and hopin' and thinkin' and prayin'/Plannin' and dreamin' each night of his charms/That won't get you into his arms."

22. "You Can't Hurry Love," The Supremes

Lyrics you'll love: "My mama said, "you can't hurry love/No, you'll just have to wait"/She said, "love don't come easy/But it's a game of give and take."

23. "Brick House," The Commodores

Lyrics you'll love: "Ow, she's a brick house/She's mighty-mighty, just lettin' it all hang out/She's a brick house/That lady's stacked and that's a fact/Ain't holding nothing back."

24. "One Way or Another," Blondie

Lyrics you'll love: "One way or another, I'm gonna find ya/I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya"

R&B Bouquet Toss Songs

Get the crowd pumped with these R&B favorites, just right for an amped-up bouquet toss.

25. "Only Girl in the World," Rihanna

Lyrics you'll love: "Want you to make me feel like I'm the only girl in the world/Like I'm the only one that you'll ever love/Like I'm the only one who knows your heart/Only girl in the world."

26. "Milkshake," Kelis

Lyrics you'll love: "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard/And they're like, it's better than yours/Damn right it's better than yours/I can teach you, but I have to charge"

27. "Happy," Pharrell Williams

Lyrics you'll love: "Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof/Because I'm happy/Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth/Because I'm happy."

28. "Independent Women," Destiny's Child

Lyrics you'll love: "All the women, who are independent/Throw your hands up at me/All the honeys, who making money/Throw your hands up at me"

29. "Best Life," Cardi B featuring Chance the Rapper

Lyrics you'll love: "I'm livin' my best life, yeah, yeah/I'm livin' my best life/Made a couple M's, you know (Agh! Huh!)"

30. "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"

Country Bouquet Toss Songs

If you're a huge country music fan, it's only fitting that your bouquet toss song should be a country song. They're the perfect backdrop for this special, ladies-only event!

31. "Man, I Feel Like a Woman," Shania Twain

Lyrics you'll love: "Let's go girls, come on/I'm going out tonight, I'm feelin' alright/Gonna let it all hang out/Want to make some noise, really raise my voice/Yeah, I want to scream and shout."

32. "This One's for the Girls," Martina McBride

Lyrics you'll love: "This is for all you girls about twenty five/In little apartments just tryin' to get by,/Livin' on on dreams and spaghetti-o's,/Wonderin' where your life is gonna go."

33. "Stuck Like Glue," Sugarland

Lyrics you'll love: "There you go making my heart beat again/Heart beat again, heart beat again/There you go making me feel like a kid/Won't you do it, do it one time."

34. "Redneck Woman," Gretchen Wilson

Lyrics you'll love: "'Cause I'm a redneck woman/I ain't no high class broad/I'm just a product of my raisin'/And I say "Hey Y'all" and "Yee Haw."

35. "Flowers In Your Hair," The Lumineers

Lyrics you'll love: "Be in my eyes/And be in my heart/Be in my eyes, aye, aye, aye/Be in my heart"

Romantic Bouquet Toss Songs

For couples who want to keep their wedding playlist as romantic as possible, here are some fun love songs you can use during the bouquet toss. Feel free to add them to your wedding reception songs playlist, too!

36. "I Can't Myself," Four Tops

Lyrics you'll love: "Ooh, sugar pie, honey bunch/You know that I love you/I can't help myself/I love you and nobody else"

37. "Little Bitty Pretty One," Thurston Harris

Lyrics you'll love: "Little bitty pretty one/Come on and talk-a to me"

38. "Love Train," The O'Jays

Lyrics you'll love: "People all over the world (everybody)/Join hands (join)/Start a love train, love train"

39. "You've Got The Love," Florence + The Machine

Lyrics you'll love: "Sometimes, I feel like throwing my hands up in the air/I know I can count on you"

40. "So in Love," Curtis Mayfield

Lyrics you'll love: "I wanna testify you mean so much to me/Let me write the fact, I mean it honestly"

41. "My Girl," The Temptations

Lyrics you'll love: "I've got so much honey, the bees envy me/I've got a sweeter song, than the birds in the trees"

42. "Birds of a Feather," Billie Eilish

Lyrics you'll love: "Birds of a feather, we should stick together, I know/I said I'd never think I wasn't better alone"

43. "So We Won't Forget," Khruangbin

Lyrics you'll love: "Ooh, one to remember/Writing it down now/So we won't forget"

44. "Real Love Baby," Father John Misty

Lyrics you'll love: "I'm a flower, you're my bee/It's much older than you and me/I'm in love, I'm alive/I belong to the stars and sky"

45. "How Sweet It Is," Marvin Gaye

Lyrics you'll love: "I needed the shelter of someone's arms/And there you were/I needed someone to understand my ups and downs/And there you were"

46. "Nothing Can Change This Love," Sam Cooke

Lyrics you'll love: "'Cause honey, nothing, nothing/Can ever change this love I have for you"

47. "You Send Me," Sam Cooke

Lyrics you'll love: "At first I thought it was infatuation/But woo, it's lasted so long/Now I find myself wanting/To marry you and take you home"

48. "You're So Fine," Papa Bear & His Cubs

Lyrics you'll love: "And ooh baby, you fine thing/Cause you′re so fine (you're so fine)/I Just got to make you mine (you're so fine)"

49. "If Words Were Flowers," Curtis Harding

Lyrics you'll love: "If words were flowers/I'd give them all to you"

50. "That's Where It's At," Sam Cooke

Lyrics you'll love: "Lights turned way down low, and music is soft and slow/With someone you love so/That's where it's at, yeah"

51. "Day Dreaming," Aretha Franklin

Lyrics you'll love: "Daydreamin' and I'm thinkin' of you/Look at my heart floating away"

52. "Never Be Another You," Lee Fields & The Expressions

Lyrics you'll love: "There will never be another you/You're one of a kind

53. "Love Is The Way," Thee Sacred Souls

Lyrics you'll love: "But love has no limits and it has no name/It's every hour and it's day by day/Love has no gender, and it has no creed/Love is, love is a way of being"

Y2K Bouquet Toss Songs

If you want to inject the fun, upbeat vibe of the 2000's, use one of these Y2K bouquet toss songs.

54. "Crazy In Love," Beyoncé

Lyrics you'll love: "Got me looking so crazy right now, your love's/Got me looking so crazy right now"

55. "Hot In Herre," Nelly

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

56. "Get The Party Started," Pink

Lyrics you'll love: "I'm comin' up so you better get this party started"

57. "Let's Get Loud," Jennifer Lopez

Lyrics you'll love: "Let's get loud, let's get loud/Turn the music up, let's do it"

58. "Hey Ya!," OutKast

Lyrics you'll love: "You think you've got it/Oh, you think you've got it"

59. "Umbrella," Rihanna

Lyrics you'll love: "When the sun shines, we'll shine together/Told you I'll be here forever"

60. "Pon de Replay," Rihanna

Lyrics you'll love: "Come run, run, run, run/Everybody move, run/Lemme see you move and rock it 'til the groove done"

61. "Work It," Missy Elliott

Lyrics you'll love: "Is it worth it? Let me work it"

62. "Let's Get It Started," Black Eyed Peas

Lyrics you'll love: "Let's get it started (Hah)/Let's get it started in here"

63. "Yeah!," Usher

Lyrics you'll love: "Yeah, yeah/Shawty got down low, she said, 'Come and get me'"

64. "Spice Up Your Life," Spice Girls

Lyrics you'll love: "When you're feelin' sad and low/We will take you where you gotta go"

65. "1, 2 Step," Ciara

Lyrics you'll love: "Rock it, don't stop it/Everybody get on the floor"

66. "Music," Madonna

Lyrics you'll love: "Music, makes the people come together, yeah"

67. "So What," Pink

Lyrics you'll love: "Na-na-na-na, na-na, na/I wanna start a fight!"

68. "Promiscuous," Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland

Lyrics you'll love: "Hey, don't be mad, don't get mean/Don't get mad, don't be mean"

69. "I Gotta Feeling," Black Eyed Peas

Lyrics you'll love: "I got a feelin'/That tonight's gonna be a good night"

70. "Party In The U.S.A.," Miley Cyrus

Lyrics you'll love: "So I put my hands up/They're playin' my song, the butterflies fly away"

71. "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor," Arctic Monkeys

Lyrics you'll love: "I bet that you look good on the dance floor"

New Bouquet Toss Songs

For the freshest, newest wedding songs to play during your bouquet toss, have a listen to the songs below. Each one was released in either 2023 or 2024.

72. "Houdini," Dua Lipa

Lyrics you'll love: "If you're good enough, you'll find a way"

73. "Let's Go Back," Jungle

Lyrics you'll love: "Darling, when you let go, can't go back/You know I need you here"

74. "BBA," Paris Hilton, Megan Thee Stallion

Lyrics you'll love: "Step one, when you gettin' ready, look hot"

75. "Bed Chem," Sabrina Carpenter

Lyrics you'll love: "How you pick me up, pull 'em down, turn me 'round"

76. "Femininonmenon," Chappell Roan

Lyrics you'll love: "Hit it like rom-pom-pom-pom/(Get it hot) get it hot like Papa John/(Make a bitch) make a bitch go on and on/(It's a fem) it's a femininomenon"

77. "Dance The Night," Dua Lipa

Lyrics you'll love: "You can see my heartbeat tonight/I can take the heat, baby, best believe"

78. "Espresso," Sabrina Carpenter

Lyrics you'll love: "Move it up, down, left, right, oh/Switch it up like Nintendo"

79. "BABY I'M BACK," The Kid LAROI

Lyrics you'll love: "Baby, come back, any kind of fool could see/There was something in everything about you"

80. "Guess featuring Billie Eilish," Charli xcx, Billie Eilish

Lyrics you'll love: "You wanna turn this shit out, that's what I'm talkin' about"

81. "New Woman," LISA, ROSALÍA

Lyrics you'll love: "Walked through that fire/I rediscover"

82. "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"

83. "For Cryin' Out Loud!" FINNEAS

Lyrics you'll love: "For cryin' out loud (loud)/I'm calling your name (calling your name)"

84. "Good Guy," Devon Cole

Lyrics you'll love: "Is it too much to ask for a little bit of spice?"

85. "Touch," KATSEYE

Lyrics you'll love: "Touch, touch, touch, touch, touch/Thought about you way too much, much, much, much, much"

86. "LUNCH," Billie Eilish

Lyrics you'll love: "I could eat that girl for lunch"

87. "Flowers," Miley Cyrus

Lyrics you'll love: "I can buy myself flowers/Write my name in the sand"

88. "Woof," Sofi Tukker, Kah-Lo

Lyrics you'll love: "I guess it's a good thing, I'm waterproof (Hey)"

89. "Make A Move," Meghan Trainor

Lyrics you'll love: "I'd probably make a move, make a move, make a move"

90. "LIFETIMES," Katy Perry

Lyrics you'll love: "Like the sun is always rising (rising)/Like the stars are in the sky/You and I will find each other (each other)/In every single life"

91. "Heatstroke," Khalid

Lyrics you'll love: "What a heatstroke, such a supernova, ah"

92. "Angel Of My Dreams," JADE

Lyrics you'll love: "But it feels nice/In the spotlight/When the camera flashy, I act so happy"

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

Lyrics you'll love: "You're tellin' all your friends that I'm crazy/Like I'm the only one"

94. "All To Myself," Andye

Lyrics you'll love: "'Cause baby that's the moment/that I want you the most"

95. "True," CYRIL, Kita Alexander

Lyrics you'll love: "I know this much is true/I'm so in love with you"

96. "Pink Pony Club," Chappell Roan

Lyrics you'll love: "God, what have you done?/You're a pink pony girl"

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

Lyrics you'll love: "Let me take you on a midnight ride/Baby, you and I"

98. "GUCCIYANKA," Priyanka, Lemon

Lyrics you'll love: "Girl, you need an intervention/Take a seat, and shut your mouth"

99. "the boy is mine," Ariana Grande

Lyrics you'll love: "The boy is mine/I can't wait to try him/Le-let's get intertwined/The stars, they aligned"

100. "Taste," Sabrina Carpenter

Lyrics you'll love: "Oh, I leave quite an impression/Five feet to be exact"

101. "Who," Jimin

Lyrics you'll love: "We never met, but she's all I see at night/Never met, but she's always on my mind"

102. "Too Sweet," Hozier

Lyrics you'll love: "I think I'll take my whiskey neat/My coffee black and my bed at three"

More Bouquet Toss Song Ideas

For even more bouquet toss song inspiration, check out the music selections below.

        Additional reporting by Brittany Barber.

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