Chicago’s most-requested live band — shaping weddings, galas, and private celebrations into the moments people talk about for years.
We're the heartbeat of your celebration. From luxury weddings to black-tie galas, we bring live music that keeps the dance floor full. Every setlist is shaped around your story, your people, your room, from cocktails to the afterparty. We'd love to be a part of it.
We are passionate about delivering high-energy performances that captivate any crowd. Every set is carefully curated to match the vibe of your event, create an electric atmosphere, and leave a lasting impression on every guest — no matter the occasion.
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Juice – Lizzo
Levitating – Dua Lipa
Good for you – Olivia Rodrigo
Motivation – Normani
There’s Nothing Holding Me Back – Shawn Mendes
Lost in Japan – Shawn Mendes
Save your Tears – The Weekend Feat. Ariana Grande
Positions – Ariana Grande
Cake By The Ocean – DNCE
Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake
Cheerleader – OMI
DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love – Pitbull
Shut up and Dance – Walk the moon
Can’t Feel My Face – The Weeknd
Can’t Hold Us-Macklemore&Ryan Lewis
Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
OMG – Usher
Give Me Everything Tonight – Pitbull
Bang Bang – Ariana Grande
Break Free – Ariana Grande
Uptown Funk-Bruno
Mars/Mark Ronson
What Do You Mean – Justin Bieber
Want To Want Me – Jason Derulo
Shut Up And Dance – Walk The Moon
Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding
Mr. Saxobeat – Alexandra Stan
Sugar – Maroon 5
Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO
All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
Thrift Shop – Macklemore
Scream and Shout
Raise Your Glass – Pink
Locked Out of Heaven – Bruno Mars
Call Me Maybe
Feel This Moment
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Closer
Only Girl in The World
We Found Love
Love You Like A Love Song
Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5
Don’t You Worry Child
Crazy/Forget You – CeeLo
I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
California Gurls – Katy Perry
Grenade – Bruno Mars
Firework – Katy Perry
Hot N Cold – Katy Perry
Just Dance – Lady Gaga
Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars
Poker Face – Lady Gaga
Party In The USA – Miley Cyrus
Dynamite – Taio Cruz
Don’t Stop The Music – Rhianna
Umbrella – Rhianna
American Boy – Estelle/Kanye
Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas
All Shook Up – Elvis Presley
Blue Suede Shoes – Perkins/Elvis
Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis Presley
Do You Love Me – Contours
Good Golly Miss Molly – Little Richard
Hand Jive – Sha na na
Hound Dog – Elvis Presley
I Can’t Help Falling in Love –Elvis
Jail House Rock – Elvis Presley
Johnny B Good – Chuck Berry
Long Tall Sally – Little Richard
Louie Louie – Kingsmen
Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley
Mony Mony – Tommy James
Oh, What a Night – Four Seasons
Paperback Writer – Beatles
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
Rock around the Clock -Bill Haley
Rockin’ Robin – Jackson 5
Run Around Sue – Dion
Unchained Melody – Righteous Bros
1999 – Prince
Addicted to Love – R. Palmer
All Night Long – Lionel Richie
Any Way You Want It – Journey
Back in Black – AC/DC
Be With You – Mr. Big
Beautiful Girl – INXS
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
Bizarre Love Triangle – New Order
Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
Boys of Summer -Don Henley
Break My Stride – Matthew Wilder
Burning Down the House – Tlkg Heads
Busta Move – Young MC
Don’t Stop Believing- Journey
Every Breath You Take – The Police
Every Little Thing She Does – The Police
Faith – George Michael
Faithfully- Journey
Father & Daughter – Paul Simon
Footloose – Kenny Loggins
Free Fallin – Tom Petty
Get Into the Groove – Madonna
Hot Hot Hot – B. Poindexter
I Wanna Dance W/ Somebody– Houston
I Want You to Want Me – Cheap Trick
I Will Follow – U2
Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
Jump – Van Halen
Jungle Love – Morris Day & The Time
Just Like Heaven -The Cure
Kiss – Prince
Laid – James
Land Down Under- Men at Work
Lights – Journey
Livin’ on a Prayer – Bon Jovi
Love Shack – B-52s
Message In A Bottle – The Police
New Sensation – INXS
One Way or Another- Blondie
Purple Rain- Prince
Push It – Salt n’ Peppa
Rapper’s Delight – Sugarhill Gang
Raspberry Beret – Prince
Rebel Rebel – David Bowie
Rock With You – Michael Jackson
Sarah Smile – Hall & Oates
Shake Your Body To The Ground -Michael Jackson
Shook Me All Night – AC/DC
Shout – Joan Jett
Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams
Super Freak – Rick James
Sweet Child of Mine – Guns n Roses
Tainted Love – Soft Cell
Take Me Home Tonight- E. Money
Take on Me – Aha
The Way You Make Me Feel –Jackson
Thriller – Michael Jackson
Walk This Way – Aerosmith
Wanna Be Starting Something – Jackson
What I Like About You – Romantics
What You Need – INXS
Whip It – Devo
White Wedding- Billy Idol
Word Up – Cameo
Working Day & Night- Michael Jackson
You Shook Me All Night
All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow
Ants Marching – Dave Matthews
Babylon – David Gray
Brian Wilson – Barenaked Ladies
Canned Heat – Jamiroquai
Fly – Sugar Ray
Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
Give It Awa y – RHC P
Groove Is In The Heart – Delite
Hard to Handle – Black Crowes
I’m A Believer – Smashmouth
Insane in the Brain – Cypress Hill
Jump Around- House of Pain
Remedy – Black Crowes
Rodeo Clowns – G. Love
Send Me On My Way- Rusted Root
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
Smooth – Santana/Rob Thomas
So Whatcha Want – Beastie Boys
Steal My Kisses – Ben Harper
Superman – R.E.M.
Two Princes – Spin Doctors
Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai
What I Got – Sublime
24K Magic – Bruno Mars
Cake By The Ocean – DNCE
Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake
Clocks – Coldplay
Clumsy – Fergie
Crazy In Love – Beyonce
Daughters – John Mayer
Deja Vu – Beyonce
Disturbia – Rihanna
Everything – Michael Buble
Fergalicious – Fergie
Fix You – Coldplay
Flake – Jack Johnson
Forever – Chris Brown
Get This Party Started – Pink
Glamorous – Fergie
Heartless – Kanye West
Hey Ya – Outkast
I Like the Way You Move – Outkast
If I Ain’t Got You – Alicia Keys
I Kissed A Girl – Katy Perry
In the Ayer – Flo Rida
Just Dance – Lady Gaga
Let’s Get It Started – Black Eyed Peas
Live Your Life – T.I. & Rhianna
Lollipop – Lil’ Wayne
Love On Top – Beyonce
Love Song – Sara Bareilles
Low – Flo Rida
Lucky – Jason Mraz
Moves Like Jagger – Maroon Five
Mr. Brightside – The Killers
No One – Alicia Keys
Only Heart – John Mayer
Over My Head – The Fray
Please Don’t Stop The Music – Rhianna
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake
Rolling In The Deep – Adele
Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon
Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
Shut Up And Dance – Walk The Moon
Shut Up And Drive – Rhianna
Since You Been Gone– Kelly Clarkson
Single Ladies – Beyonce
Somebody Told Me – The Killers
Somewhere only We Know – Keane
So What – Pink
Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
The Luckiest – Ben Folds
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
This Love – Maroon 5
Touch My Body – Mariah Carey
Viva La Vida – Coldplay
When I Grow Up – Pussy Cat Dolls
Yeah – Usher
Yellow – Coldplay
The Luckiest – Ben Folds
Baby, I Love Your Way – Peter Frampton
Beast of Burden – Rolling Stones
Brown Eyed Girl – V. Morrison
Brown Sugar – Rolling Stones
Can’t Buy Me Love – Beatles
Can’t Take My Eyes off You – F. Valli
Cecilia – Paul Simon
Cheeseburger in Paradise – J. Buffett
Come Together – Beatles
Crocodile Rock – Elton John
Dancing In The Street – Springsteen
Dancing In The Dark – Springsteen
Day Tripper – Beatles
Don’t Let The Sun Go Down- Elton John
Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac
Eight Days a Week – Beatles
Evil Woman – Electric Light Orchestra
Fire – Bruce Springsteen
Forever Young – Rod Stewart
Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Get Back – Beatles
Give Me Some Lovin’ – S. Davis
Golden Slumbers – Beatles
Handyman – James Taylor
Hard To Handle – Black Crows
Honky Tonk Woman – Rolling Stones
Hotel California – The Eagles
House is Rocking – Stevie R.Vaughn
I Saw Her Standing There – Beatles
I Wanna Rock & Roll All Night – Kiss
I Will Follow – U2
In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel
It’s Still Rock n Roll – Billy Joel
Jack and Diane – J. Mellencamp
Jet Airliner – Steve Miller Band
Jumpin’ Jack Flash- Rolling Stones
Just The Way You Are – Billy Joel
Knocking On Heaven’s Door – Dylan
Kodachrome – Paul Simon
La Bamba – Richie Valens
La La Means I Love You – The Delfonics
Late in the Evening – Eric Clapton
Little Wing – Jimmy Hendrix
Long Train Runnin’ – Doobie Bros
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
Magic Carpet Ride – Steppenwolf
Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffet
Maybe I’m Amazed – Paul McCartney
Melissa – Allman Bros
Moondance – Van Morrison
Mysterious Ways – U2
Nights in White Satin – Moody Blues
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da – Beatles
Old Time Rock & Roll – Bob Seger
One – U2
Pink Cadillac – Bruce Springsteen
Pink Houses – John Mellencamp
Pride & Joy – Stevie Ray Vaughn
Refugee – Tom Petty
Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
Rock the Casbah – The Clash
Satisfaction – Rolling Stones
Shakedown Street – Grateful Dead
Shower the People – James Taylor
Slip Slidin Away – Paul Simon
Some Kind Wonderful Grand Funk RR
Something In Way She Moves J. Taylor
Start Me Up – Rolling Stones
Surrender – Cheap Trick
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynard Skynyrd
Sympathy For The Devil – Rolling
Stones
Takin’ Care of Business –B.T.O.
Tangerine – Led Zeppelin
The Joker – Steve Miller Band
Twist & Shout – Beatles
Under My Thumb – Rolling Stones
Where Streets Have No Name – U2
Wild Horses – Rolling Stones
Wild Night -Van Morrison
You Really Got Me – Kinks
Signed Sealed Delivered
Let’s Get it On
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
ABC/123 – Jackson 5
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Diana
Ross
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg – Temptations
Boogie On Reggae Woman –S. Wonder
Chain of Fools – Aretha Franklin
Could It Be I’m Falling Love- Spinners
Cupid- Sam Cooke
Dancin’ in the Street – Martha Reeve
Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
For Once In My Life – Stevie Wonder
Get Ready – Temptations
Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
Having a Party – Sam Cooke
Higher Ground – S. Wonder
How Sweet It Is – Marvin Gaye
I Can’t Get Next To You – Al Green
I Can’t Help Myself – Four Tops
I Feel Good – James Brown
I Was Made To Love Her – S. Wonder
I Want You Back – Jackson 5
I Wish – Stevie Wonder
I’ll Be There – Four Tops
Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
It’s Your Thing – Isley Bros
Just My Imagination – Temptations
Just the Two of Us – Bill Withers
Lady Marmalade – Patti Labelle
Land of 1000 Dances – W. Pickett
Lean On Me – Bill Withers
Let’s Get it On – Marvin Gaye
Heard it Through The Grapevine
My Girl
Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
Living For The City – Stevie Wonder
Love Train – O’Jays
Lovely Day – Bill Withers
Midnight Hour – Wilson Pickett
Midnight Train to Georgia – Gladys
Night & the Pips
Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder
My Everything – Barry White
My Girl – Temptations
Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
On Broadway- The Drifters
Papa’s Gotta Brand New Bag– J. Brown
Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
Rescue Me – Aretha Franklin
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Sexual Healing – Marvin Gaye
Shining Star – The Manhattans
Shout – Isley Bros.
Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
Soul Man – Blues Bros
Stand By Me – Ben E. King
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Think- Aretha Franklin
Twistin the Night Away – Sam Cooke
Under the Boardwalk – Drifters
Uptight – Booker T & the MGs
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Who’s That Lady- Isley Brothers
You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
You Send Me – Sam Cooke
Bad Girls – Donna Summer
Boogie Oogie Oogie – A Taste of Honey
Boogie Shoes – KC & Sunshine Band
Brickhouse – The Commodores
Celebration – Kool & The Gang
Copacabana – Barry Manilow
Da Butt – E.U.
Dance to the Music – Sly & Family Stone
Dancing Queen – Abba
Disco Inferno – The Trammps
Family Affair – Sly & The Family Stone
Fire – Ohio Players
Get Down Tonight –KC/Sunshine Band
Groove is in the Heart – Dee-Lite
Night Fever – Bee Gees
September – Earth, Wind & Fire
Sex Machine – James Brown
Shining Star – Earth, Wind, & Fire
Sing A Song – Earth, Wind, & Fire
Standing On Shaky GroundStayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
Tell Me Something Good – Rufus
Thank You – Sly & The Family Stone
That’s the Way I Like it – KC & the Sunshine Band
We Are Family – Donna Summer
We Got The Funk – Parliament
You Should be Dancing – Bee Gees
Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
How Deep is Your Love – Bee Gees
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
KC & Sunshine Medley – KC & The Sunshine Band
Last Dance – Donna Summer
All of Me – John Legend
Stay With Me – Sam Smith
A Whole New World – From Aladdin
By Your Side – Sade
Crazy Love – Van Morrison
Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
Endless Love – Lionel Richie
Fields of Gold – Sting
Georgia On My Mind – Ray Charles
Greatest Love of All – Whitney Houston
Have I Told You Lately – V. Morrison
Have You Seen Her – Chi-Lites
Here And Now – Luther Vandross
How Can I Live Without You – L. Rimes
I Finally Found Someone –Streisand
Into the Mystic – Van Morrison
Lady In Red –
Lover Lay Down – Dave Matthews
Oh Girl – Chi-Lites
Piano Man – Billy Joel
Ribbon in the Sky – Stevie Wonder
She’s Always a Woman To Me – B. Joel
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Somewhere Over The Rainbow/
Wonderful World – I. Kamakawiwo’ole
When You Say Nothin’ At All – Krauss
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
You Are So Beautiful – Billy Preston
You’ve Got A Friend – James Taylor
Your Song – Elton John
All the Way – Sinatra
April in Paris – Louie Armstrong
As Time Goes By – Sinatra
At Last- Etta James
Baby It’s Cold Outside – FItzgerald
Basin Street Blues – Armstrong
Beyond the Sea – Bobby.Darin
Bye Bye Blackbird – Sinatra
Come Fly with Me – Sinatra
Come Home – Fitzgerald
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Embraceable You – Billie Holiday
Everybody Loves Somebody – D. Martin
Everything – Michael Buble
Fly Me to the Moon – Sinatra
Got World on a String – Sinatra
I Get a Kick Out of You – Sinatra
I Only Have Eyes For You
It Had to Be You
It’s Only a Paper Moon
I’ve Got a Crush on You – Sinatra
Just in Time – Dean Martin
L.O.V.E. – Nat King Cole
Let’s Fall in Love –Fitzgerald
Like Someone in Love – Sinatra
Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin
Misty – Johnny Mathis
Moon River – Henry Mancini
My Baby Just Cares for Me –N.Simone
My Kind of Town – Sinatra
My One And Only Love – John Coltrane
My Romance
Nature Boy – Miles Davis
New York, New York – Sinatra
Night and Day – Sinatra
On the Sunny Side Of the Street
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Satin Doll – Duke Ellington
Sentimental Journey – Doris Day
Shiny Stockings – Fitzgerald
Skylark – Ella Fitzgerald
Someone to Watch Over Me
Stardust – Nat King Cole
Summer Wind – Frank Sinatra
Summertime – Gershwin
That Old Black Magic – Sinatra
The Very Thought Of You – N. Cole
The Way You Look Tonight
There is No Greater Love
Three Little Words – Nat King Cole
Time After Time – Frank Sinatra
Under My Skin – Frank Sinatra
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
When I Fall In Love – Nat King Cole
Witchcraft – Frank Sinatra
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Caldonia – BB King
Chattanooga Choo Choo – G. Miller
In the Mood – Glenn Miller
It Don’t Mean a Thing – Ella Fitzgerald
Jump, Jive and Wail
Leap Frog
Little Brown Jug
Minnie The Moocher – Cab Calloway
One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie
Opus One – Glenn Miller
Sing, Sing, Sing
Stompin’ at the Savoy – Goodman
String of Pearls – Glenn Miller
Take the A-Train – Duke Ellington
Could You Be Loved – Bob Marley
I Can See Clearly Now – Jimmy Cliff
I Shot the Sheriff – Bob Marley
One Love – Bob Marley
Pressure Drop – Toots & The Maytals
Waiting In Vain – Bob Marley
Buffalo Soldier
Italian
Oh Marie
Return to Me
That’s Amore
Volare
Irish
Danny Boy
My Wild Irish Rose
When Irish Eyes are Smiling
Jewish
Hava Nagila
Tzena Tzena
Simantov & Mazeltov
Bashna Haba a
Obe Shalom
Polish
Polkas and mazurkas
Beer Barrel Polka
Pennsylvania Polka
Too Fat Polka
Latin
(Includes Bossa Nova, Bolero/Cha Cha, Mambo, Merengue, Samba, Rhumba, Tango, and Calypso
A Felicidade
A Media Luz
Acercate Mas
Ahora Vengo Yo
Alla en el Rancho Grande Rhumba
Amor (Ivan Lins)
Aquellos Ojos Verdes
Besame Mucho
Brazil
Capullito De Aleli Quizas
Chega De Sadade
Compadre Pedro Juan
Corcovado
El Choclo
Girl from Ipanema
How Insensitive
Jamaica Farewell
Love Me with all Your Heart
Mambo No.5-Lou Bega
Mambo No. 8
Mambo Terrilizo
Meditation
No Woman, No Cry
One Note Samba Outra Vez
Oye Como Va-Santana
Partito Alto
Poncho’s Mambo
Quizas, Quizas
Spanish Eyes
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First of all, let me say that there are many many “good” wedding bands in Chicago. Any one of these bands have great musicians and vocalists, that have different levels of versatility, and will sound great! That being said, although they may sound great, it will not make them a “great” band for your wedding. Not to say that the band for your wedding shouldn’t sound great, because they definitely should. But, that is only one piece of the puzzle. The biggest factor that sets a great band apart, is their ability to entertain you and your guests. If the singers and musicians are not physically engaged with your party, and are simply playing good music, your guests will get bored after a bit. Trust me! However, if the band is playing great music, and everyone on stage is also engaging with the entire room, you and your guests will not be able to pull yourself from the dance floor. And this is what we specialize in.
Yes! Although, we do not invite potential clients to attend other couples weddings. WE DO schedule public band showcases where you can preview the band live.
You can submit an enquiry or call us to schedule a video viewing.
Tip: If a band does not offer a way for you to view them live, I would be very hesitant to hire them
Sway performs a wide variety of music. We specialize in Top-40 through the decades. We play everything from Current Top 40, Latin, Big-Band, Motown, Classic Rock, etc. For a sample of the songs we perform and the different genres, visit the SWAYLIST page. Click Here.
We are a scalable band from 7-15 pieces, depending on the size of the event. Our core band consists of our rhythm section (Keys, Bass, Drums & Guitar, and 3-5 vocalists. From there we add 1-4 horns and 1-3 violins.
We have some great options for Ceremony music. Whether you would like a solo piano, or a string quartet, we provide you with guidance in selecting all of the music that fits you for your wedding.
Every event is different, but if you were to ask what a timeline looks like for most weddings, it would be as follows.
Yes! Please visit our Facebook page for a few more videos. We also have a large selection of videos in our archive, so if you don’t see what you’re looking for just ask, and we might have it to share with you. Events & Gallery
YES! Even if your favorite song is not on the SWAYLIST, there is a good chance we already know it. If we don’t know it, we are happy to learn it. Just ask.
Sway has played over 100 of the most popular wedding venues in Chicago and the suburbs. Click here to view.
Once you decide Sway Chicago is your entertainment of choice, we will send you a simple 1 page contract based off the initial proposal that we agreed upon. If the contract is agreeable, then typically, a downpayment of 50% is required at the time of a contract signing.
We do have limited liability insurance. If a venue needs to be named on the policy for a specific event, our insurance company will issue a COI of our policy, including who needs to be named on the certificate.
We had Sway play at our wedding and hands down, it was the best decision we could have made. From the first conversation to the last, Steve was very professional and timely in his responses. Not only is he professional, the band is amazing. From the moment the dance floor opened up, we had the whole wedding dancing, even some people who usually don't dance. They are very good at reading the crowd and picking songs people like to dance to. I still, months later, get complements on how great they were and would recommend to anyone!!
The band exceeded all expectations! Our guests are still talking about how incredible the music was. Steve and the team were a dream to work with from start to finish. The band exceeded all expectations! Our guests are still talking about how incredible the music was. Steve and the team were a dream to work with from start to finish. Steve and the team were a dream to work with from start to finish. The band exceeded all expectations! Our guests are still talking about how incredible the music was. Steve and the team were a dream to work with from start to finish.
Absolutely unforgettable experience. The energy, vocals, and transitions were flawless. Every guest kept asking us where we found this band. Absolutely unforgettable experience. The energy, vocals, and transitions were flawless. Every guest kept asking us where we found this band.Absolutely unforgettable experience. The energy, vocals, and transitions were flawless. Every guest kept asking us where we found this band.
Hillary Foreman, Google Reviews
Coreen Kiva, The knot
MacKinzie Neal, Google Reviews
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Elevate your events with Sway and experience moments that transform into everlasting memories.
