Olly Murs hilariously helps out man trying to decide what songs to ban at his wedding

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Putting together a playlist to get everyone on the dancefloor at a wedding is an important part of the planning for the big day - and one man got some unexpected advice when asking for help with what songs to ban at his own future wedding.

The 24-year-old, named Harry, took to X (formerly Twitter ) recently, sharing a list of songs he would not allow to be played on the day he ties the knot.

The list included some classic crowd pleasers sure to get people's feet tapping, such as Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond, Mr Brightside by The Killers, and Queen's top 10 hits Don't Stop Me Now, and We Are The Champions.

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The list also notably included any song by Oasis, with Harry clearly not feeling the recent hype about the Gallagher brothers' reunion tour next year.

Harry posted his list of banned wedding songs on X, writing: "I need more suggestions, please help Twitter."

And one response to his post came from none other than former X Factor star, Olly Murs, who hilariously quipped: "Anything by Olly Murs". Harry then wrote back to the singer, commenting: "I'll allow Troublemaker at my wedding, that's an absolute banger."

Besides Olly, plenty of other people on X were quick to weigh in on Harry's controversial post, which sparked debate by putting the likes of Angels by Robbie Williams, and Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson, on the no-play list.

One person wrote: "I can understand not liking songs, but it sounds like you are just banning any song that will get people up on the dancefloor." And another simply commented: "Just cancel the wedding."

Even Specsavers got involved, jokingly posting: "We do hearing checks btw."

However, others had plenty of their own suggestions of songs to avoid at a wedding, including dance numbers such as YMCA, the Macarena, and the Cha Cha Slide, and beloved ABBA hits like Dancing Queen.