"Unanimous response from our guests was: YOUR BAND WAS AWESOME" "All of our guests wanted to know who they were and where we had found them" "Absolutely fantastic from start to finish" "The energy they bring to their music is unbelievable" "THEY. ROCKED." "We were blown away by their talent, professionalism, energy and range." "The Ward Eights are a MUST for any celebration" "They had the entire place dancing like crazy people" "Your guests are GUARANTEED to have an amazing time" "Absolutely made the night"

Contact us for a quote!
thewardeights [at] gmail [dot] com

Who are The Ward Eights?

We are a band of nine friends, joined together in a common purpose: to make your party the most hip, most fun and most memorable event of the season.

Where are you based?

We hail from Boston, MA and perform all over New England. We originally formed in 2010 in Cambridge, where we worked together at Harmonix Music Systems, makers of the Rock Band and Dance Central video games.

What do you play?

Funk, soul, rock, hip-hop, pop, jazz and nearly anything else you can think of. With a three-piece horn section, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and both male and female lead vocalists, we cover a LOT of musical ground. Look below for our full song list, and feel free to make requests!

How do I contact the band for a quote?

Send us an email! We are happy to put together a package that meets your needs and budget - complete with dance music for the reception, jazz for dinner and cocktail hour, an MC for bridal party introductions and any creative special requests you may have!

SONG LIST (click headings to sort by category)

Title	Artist	Decade	Genre
A Little Less Conversation	Elvis Presley	1960s	Rockabilly
ABC	Jackson 5	1970s	Soul
Aeroplane	Red Hot Chili Peppers	1990s	Rock
Ain't No Mountain High Enough	Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell	1960s	Soul
Ain't No Other Man	Christina Aguilera	2000s	Pop
Ain't Too Proud To Beg	The Temptations	1960s	Soul
Animals	Neon Trees	2010s	Rock
Apache (Jump On It)	Sugar Hill Gang	1980s	Hip-hop (medley)
At Last	Etta James	1960s	Soul
Back in Black	AC/DC	1980s	Classic Rock
Bad Romance	Lady Gaga	2000s	Pop
Beat It	Michael Jackson	1980s	Pop
Beer Barrel Polka	Will Glahé	1930s	Polka
Big Poppa	The Notorious B.I.G.	1990s	Hip-hop (medley)
Billie Jean	Michael Jackson	1980s	Pop
Billionaire	Bruno Mars	2010s	Pop
Birthday	The Beatles	1960s	The Beatles are their own genre
Bittersweet	Fuel	1990s	Rock
Blessed	Elton John	1990s	Ballad
Blow	Kesha	2010s	Pop
Bourbon Street Parade	Paul Barbarin	1940s	Jazz
Brick House	The Commodores	1970s	Funk
Bust a Move	Young MC	1980s	Hip-hop (medley)
California Love	Tupac	1990s	Hip-hop (medley)
Call Me Maybe	Carly Rae Jepsen	2010s	Pop
Can't Take My Eyes Off You	Frankie Valli	1960s	Pop
Chain of Fools	Aretha Franklin	1960s	Soul
Cissy Strut	The Meters	1960s	Funk
Crazy in Love	Beyonce	2000s	Pop
Crazy	Gnarls Barkley	2000s	Trip-hop
Cult Of Personality	Living Colour	1980s	Rock
Dance Dance	Fallout Boy	2000s	Rock
DJ Got Us Falling in Love	Usher	2010s	R&B
Dock of the Bay	Otis Redding	1960s	Soul
Don't Do It	Great Divide / Marvin Gaye	1960s	Rock
Don't Stop Believin'	Journey	1980s	Classic Rock
Down on the Corner	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1960s	Classic Rock
Downeaster Alexa	Billy Joel	1990s	Ballad
Everything I Do	Bryan Adams	1990s	Ballad
Everything	Michael Buble	2000s	Pop
F**k You	Cee Lo Green	2010s	Neo Soul
Family Affair	Mary J. Blige	2000s	R&B
Farmhouse	Phish	2000s	Rock
Feel Good, Inc.	Gorillaz	2000s	Trip-hop
Fly Away	Lenny Kravitz	1990s	Rock
Fool in the Rain	Led Zeppelin	1970s	Rock
Footsteps in the Dark	Isley Brothers	1970s	Funk
Forever Young	Rod Stewart	1980s	Rock
Frankenstein	Edgar Winter Group	1970s	Rock
Gangsta's Paradise	Coolio	1990s	Hip-hop (medley)
Genuine Only	Ne-Yo	2010s	R&B
Georgia On My Mind	Ray Charles	1960s	Soul
Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine	James Brown	1970s	Funk
Ghostbusters	Ray Parker, Jr.	1980s	Pop
Gin & Juice	Snoop Dogg	1990s	Hip-hop (medley)
Give It to Me Baby	Rick James	1980s	Funk
Gold Digger	Kanye West	2000s	Hip-hop
Good Day	Ice Cube	1990s	Hip-hop
Got To Get You Into My Life	The Beatles	1960s	The Beatles are their own genre
Gravity	John Mayer	2000s	Ballad
Groove Is In The Heart	Deee-Lite	1990s	Pop
Groove Me	King Floyd	1970s	Soul
Hallelujah I Love Her so	Ray Charles	1950s	Soul
Happy Together	The Turtles	1960s	Classic Rock
Happy	Pharrell Williams	2010s	Pop
Hard To Handle	The Black Crowes	1990s	Rock
Hava Nagila	Abraham Zevi Idelsohn	1910s	Jewish Traditional
Heatwave	Martha and the Vandellas	1960s	Soul
Hella Good	No Doubt	2000s	Pop
Hey Bulldog	The Beatles	1960s	The Beatles are their own genre
Hit 'em Up Style	Blu Cantrell	2000s	R&B
Hold On I'm Comin'	Sam and Dave	1960s	Soul
Howlin' For You	Black Keys	2010s	Rock
I Ain't No Joke	Eric B. & Rakim	1980s	Hip-hop (medley)
I Believe in a Thing Called Love	The Darkness	2000s	Rock
I Can't Help Falling in Love	Elvis Presley	1960s	Ballad
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)	The Four Tops	1960s	Soul
I Feel Good	James Brown	1960s	Soul
I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)	Michael McDonald	1980s	Funk
I Kissed a Girl	Katy Perry	2000s	Pop
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)	Whitney Houston	1980s	Pop
I Want You Back	Jackson 5	1960s	Soul
I Wish	Stevie Wonder	1970s	Soul
I'll Be There	Jackson 5	1970s	Soul
I'll Be Your Mirror	Velvet Underground	1960s	Rock
I'll Take You There	The Staple Singers	1970s	Soul
If I Ain't Got You	Alicia Keys	2000s	R&B
In My Life	The Beatles	1960s	The Beatles are their own genre
Into the Mystic	Van Morrison	1970s	Ballad
It Takes Two	Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock	1980s	Hip-hop (medley)
It's Your Thing	Isley Brothers	1960s	Soul
Jump Around	House Of Pain	1990s	Hip-hop
Jump Jive and Wail	Brian Setzer / Louis Prima	1950s	Swing
Jump	Van Halen	1980s	Classic Rock
Jumpin' Jack Flash	Rolling Stones	1960s	Classic Rock
Jungle Boogie	Kool And The Gang	1970s	Funk
Keasbey Nights	Catch 22	1990s	Ska
Killing Me Softly	Lauryn Hill and the Fugees	1990s	Ballad
King of Rock	Run-DMC	1980s	Hip-hop (medley)
King of Wishful Thinking	Go West	1990s	Pop
Kiss	Prince	1980s	Funk
Lady Marmalade	Patty LaBelle	1970s	Soul
Let Me Clear My Throat	DJ Kool	1990s	Hip-hop (medley)
Let's Dance	David Bowie	1980s	Classic Rock
Let's Get It Started	Black Eyed Peas	2000s	Pop
Let's Stay Together	Al Green	1970s	Soul
Lilly	Pink Martini	2000s	Latin
Love Fool	The Cardigans	1990s	Pop
Love Shack	B-52s	1980s	Disco
Love You Madly	Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington	1950s	Jazz
Loving Cup	Phish / Rolling Stones	1970s	Rock
Mercy	Duffy	2000s	Neo Soul
Michelle	The Beatles	1960s	The Beatles are their own genre
Moondance	Van Morrison	1970s	Ballad
Move On Up	Curtis Mayfield	1970s	Soul
Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5	2010s	Pop
Muppet Show Theme	The Muppets	1970s	Muppet Overture
Mustang Sally	Wilson Pickett	1960s	Soul
My Girl	The Temptations	1960s	Soul
My Prerogative	Bobby Brown	1980s	Funk
Need You Tonight	INXS	1980s	New Wave
Never Alone	Lady Antebellum & Jim Brickman	2000s	Pop
Next To Me	Emeli Sandé	2010s	Neo Soul
Oh! Darling	The Beatles	1960s	The Beatles are their own genre
Only The Good Die Young	Billy Joel	1970s	Rock
Papas Got A Brand New Bag	James Brown	1960s	Soul
Party Up (Up In Here)	DMX	2000s	Hip-hop (medley)
Pick Up The Pieces	Average White Band	1970s	Funk
Picture in a Frame	Pearl Jam / Tom Waits	1990s	Ballad
Poison	Bell Biv Devoe	1990s	R&B / New Jack Swing
Put Down The Duckie	Sesame Street	1980s	Muppet Blues
Rainbow Connection	The Muppets	1970s	Muppet Ballad
Regulate	Warren G & Nate Dogg	1990s	Hip-hop
Rehab	Amy Winehouse	2000s	Neo Soul
Ride wit Me	Nelly	2000s	Hip-hop (medley)
Rock Steady	Aretha Franklin	1970s	Soul
Rock With You	Michael Jackson	1970s	Pop
Rock Your Body	Justin Timberlake	2000s	Pop
Rolling in the Deep	Adele	2010s	Neo Soul
Royals	Lorde	2010s	Pop
Rude	Magic!	2010s	Reggae
Rumpshaker	Wreckx-N-Effect	1990s	Hip-hop (medley)
Sail	Awolnation	2010s	Rock
Second That Emotion	Smokey Robinson	1960s	Soul
September	Earth Wind & Fire	1970s	Funk
Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)	The Jacksons	1970s	Pop
Shining Star	Earth Wind & Fire	1970s	Funk
Short Skirt, Long Jacket	Cake	2000s	Rock
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours	Stevie Wonder	1970s	Soul
Sir Duke	Stevie Wonder	1970s	Soul
Sledgehammer	Peter Gabriel	1980s	Rock
Son of a Preacher Man	Dusty Springfield	1960s	Soul
Sorry Ms. Jackson	Outkast	2000s	Hip-hop (medley)
Soul Man	Sam and Dave	1960s	Soul
Spiderwebs	No Doubt	1990s	Rock
Stars Fell on Alabama	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	1930s	Jazz
Stay With Me	Sam Smith	2010s	Soul
Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)	Incubus	1990s	Rock
Summertime	Heyward/Gershwin	1930s	Jazz
Superstition	Stevie Wonder	1970s	Funk
Sweet Caroline	Neil Diamond	1960s	Ballad
Take Your Mama	Scissor Sisters	2000s	Rock
Talk Dirty to Me	Jason Derulo	2010s	Pop
The Breaks	Kurtis Blow	1980s	Hip-hop (medley)
The Chicken	Jaco Pastorius	1980s	Funk
The Humpty Dance	Digital Underground	1990s	Hip-hop (medley)
The Power of Love	Huey Lewis	1980s	Rock
The Seed (2.0)	The Roots	2000s	Hip-hop
The Tracks of My Tears	Smokey Robinson	1960s	Soul
The Way I Am	Ingrid Michaelson	2000s	Pop
The Way You Look Tonight	Frank Sinatra / Fred Astaire	1930s	Ballad
The Way You Make Me Feel	Michael Jackson	1980s	Pop
These Arms of Mine	Otis Redding	1960s	Soul
This Is How We Do It	Montell Jordan	1990s	R&B
Thrift Shop	Macklemore	2010s	Hip-hop
Thriller	Michael Jackson	1980s	Pop
Tightrope	Janelle Monae	2010s	Neo Soul
Time Bomb	Rancid	1990s	Ska
Treasure	Bruno Mars	2010s	Pop
Unforgettable	Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole	1950s	Jazz
Up On Cripple Creek	The Band	1960s	Classic Rock
Use Me	Bill Withers	1970s	Soul
Valerie	Amy Winehouse / The Zutons	2000s	Neo Soul
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'	Michael Jackson	1980s	Pop
We Are Family	Sister Sledge	1970s	R&B
What A Wonderful World	Louis Armstrong	1960s	Ballad
What is Hip?	Tower of Power	1970s	Funk
When the Saints Go Marching In	Traditional	1930s	Jazz
With A Little Help From My Friends	The Beatles	1960s	The Beatles are their own genre
Without Me	Eminem	2000s	Hip-hop (medley)
Womanizer	Britney Spears	2000s	Pop
Wonderful Tonight	Eric Clapton	1970s	Ballad
Working My Way Back To You	The Spinners	1970s	Pop
You Are the Best Thing	Ray LaMontagne	2000s	Neo Soul
You Are	Lionel Richie	1980s	Ballad
You Can Get It If You Really Want	Jimmy Cliff	1970s	Reggae
You Go Down Smooth	Lake Street Dive	2010s	Rock
You Shook Me All Night Long	AC/DC	1980s	Classic Rock