These are the Best Hair Band Ballads for Weddings to get people on the dance floor. Hair bands were popular in the 80’s to early 90’s. Hair bands were rock bands of their own genre called glam rock, hair metal, and pop metal. Hair bands produced rock, hard rock and heavy metal styles of music. Hair bands were characterized by their long hair, flashy clothing and heavy makeup. For purposes of our list, we will combine glam rock and pop metal artists on our list. Pop metal bands include Whitesnake and Def Leppard. Glam rock bands include Twisted Sister and Motley Crue.

Many hair band ballads can be characterized as power ballads - a slow, emotional song that gradually builds to a strong finale. Webster dictionary describes a ballad as a slow romantic or sentimental song. Some ballads can be a bit more difficult to dance to as the song builds and then falls several times.

Beginning glam rock bands in the early 80’s included Def Leppard, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot and Motley Crue. The second half of the 80’s featured bands like of Bon Jovi, Motley Crue’s continued success, Guns ‘N’ Roses and Van Halen. Hair bands continued to be successful in the early 90’s with W.A.S.P., and Slaughter. With the creation of grunge rock with bands like Nirvana, teens turned their focus away from glam rock to more popular grunge music.

Our Top 5 Hair Band Ballads for Wedding Receptions: 1) Faithfully – Journey, 2) Heaven – Warrant, 3) I'll Be There For You - Bon Jovi. 4) The Search Is Over – Survivor, 5) Love Of A Lifetime – Firehouse.

Being former wedding DJs, we've calculated a list of our favorite Hair Band Ballas. If you have a special song that you think should be added to our list, please add your song suggestion through the comment section below. Be sure to also check out the song lyric link to find song relevance to what you want for in your song choice. Once decided, we provided a link to iTunes to purchase and Amazon.com to purchase and listen to a sample of each song.

Best Hair Band Ballads

Song	Artist	Format	Lyrics	iTunes	Amazon
Alone	Heart	Rock	Lyrics
Alone Again	Dokken	Rock	Lyrics
Amanda	Boston	Rock	Lyrics
Angel	Aerosmith	Rock	Lyrics
Anytime	Michael Schenker Group (MSG)	Rock	Lyrics	- -
Babe	Styx	Rock	Lyrics
Ballad Of Jayne	L.A. Guns	Rock	Lyrics
Because The Night	Keel	Rock	Lyrics
Beth	Kiss	Rock	Lyrics
Carrie	Europe	Rock	Lyrics
Close My Eyes Forever	Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne	Rock	Lyrics
Cryin'	Vixen	Rock	Lyrics
Don't Close Your Eyes	Kix	Rock	Lyrics
Don't Know What you Got (Til It's Gone)	Cinderella	Rock	Lyrics
Don't You Ever Leave Me	Hanoi Rocks	Rock	Lyrics
Dream On	Britny Fox	Rock	Lyrics
Every Rose Has It's Thorn	Poison	Rock	Lyrics
Faithfully	Journey	Rock	Lyrics
Fly High Michelle	Enuff Z'nuff	Rock	Lyrics
Fly To the Angels	Slaughter	Rock	Lyrics
Forever	Kiss	Rock	Lyrics
Givin' Yourself Away	Ratt	Rock	Lyrics
Headed For A Heartbreak	Winger	Rock	Lyrics
Heaven	Warrant	Rock	Lyrics
Heaven In Your Eyes	Loverboy	Rock	Lyrics
Here I Go Again	Whitesnake	Rock	Lyrics
High Enough	Damn Yankees	Rock	Lyrics
Hold On To My Heart	W.A.S.P.	Rock	Lyrics
Home Sweet Home	Motley Crue	Rock	Lyrics
Honestly	Stryper	Rock	Lyrics
House Of Pain	Faster Pussycat	Rock	Lyrics
I Believe In You	Y&T	Rock	Lyrics
I Need You Now (More Than Words Can Say)	Alias	Rock	Lyrics
I Remember You	Skid Row	Rock	Lyrics
I Saw Red	Warrant	Rock	Lyrics
I Still Think About You	Danger Danger	Rock	Lyrics
I Want To Know What Love Is	Foreigner	Rock	Lyrics
I'll Be There For You	Bon Jovi	Rock	Lyrics
I'll Be There For You	Black 'N Blue	Rock	Lyrics
I'll Never Let You Go	Steelheart	Rock	Lyrics
I'll See You In My Dreams	Giant	Rock	Lyrics	- -
Is This Love	Whitesnake	Rock	Lyrics
Keep On Loving You	REO Speedwagon	Rock	Lyrics
Love Bites	Def Leppard	Rock	Lyrics	- -	- -
Love Is On The Way	Saigon Kick	Rock	Lyrics
Love Of A Lifetime	Firehouse	Rock	Lyrics
Love Song	Tesla	Rock	Lyrics
Love Walked In	Thunder	Rock	Lyrics
Love Walks In	Van Halen	Rock	Lyrics
Mama I'm Coming Home	Ozzy Osbourne	Rock	Lyrics
Miles Away	Winger	Rock	Lyrics
Missing You	John Waite	Rock	Lyrics
More Than Words	Extreme	Rock	Lyrics
Never Say Goodbye	Bon Jovi	Rock	Lyrics
Nobody's Fool	Cinderella	Rock	Lyrics
Nothing Else Matters	Metallica	Rock	Lyrics
November Rain	Guns N' Roses	Rock	Lyrics
One In A Million	Trixter	Rock	Lyrics
Only My Heart Talkin'	Alice Cooper	Rock	Lyrics
Only Time Will Tell	Nelson	Rock	Lyrics
Open Arms	Journey	Rock	Lyrics
Out Of Love	Blue Murder	Rock	Lyrics
Patience	Guns N' Roses	Rock	Lyrics
Screaming In The Night	Krokus	Rock	Lyrics
Second Chance	38 Special	Rock	Lyrics
Silent Lucidity	Qyeensryche	Rock	Lyrics
Sister Christian	Night Ranger	Rock	Lyrics
Something To Believe In	Poison	Rock	Lyrics
Still Loving You	Scorpions	Rock	Lyrics
Suffer Me	Alcatrazz	Rock	Lyrics
The Angel Song	Great White	Rock	Lyrics
The Flame	Cheap Trick	Rock	Lyrics
The Price	Twisted Sister	Rock	Lyrics
The Search Is Over	Survivor	Rock	Lyrics
These Dreams	Heart	Rock	Lyrics
To Be With You	Mr. Big	Rock	Lyrics
Two Steps Behind	Def Leppard	Rock	Lyrics	- -	- -
Wanted Dead Or Alive	Bon Jovi	Rock	Lyrics
What Love Can Be	Kingdom Come	Rock	Lyrics
When I Look Into Your Eyes	Firehouse	Rock	Lyrics
When I See You Smile	Bad English	Rock	Lyrics
When I'm With You	Sheriff	Rock	Lyrics
When Love And Hate Collide	Def Leppard	Rock	Lyrics	- -	- -
When The Children Cry	White Lion	Rock	Lyrics
Wind Of Change	Scorpions	Rock	Lyrics