Soca Wedding Songs

Want something special for your wedding day? Try Soca music. Soca is a linguistic fusion of the word so from American soul and ca from calypso. It is Trinidad and Tobago’s genuine popular music, with a large amount of musical roots like no other music style.

The most representative and famous Soca song is “(Feelin’) Hot Hot Hot“, from 1982, performed by Arrow or Alphonsus Cassell, a top selling Soca song of all time having over 12 million copies sold. The original version of the song became an international hit and was covered by various artists worldwide, including David Johansen in his Buster Poindexter persona.

Beside its African roots Soca is also a development of the traditional Trinidadian calypso, gospel and parang music. Soca has been also influenced by many other music styles such as the 1960s black popular music such as soul, funk, electric blues, Hip Hop and rap, by the zouk from the French Caribbean islands and Jamaican reggae. There are also some strong elements from chutney music, a type of music popular that originated from Trinidad and Tobago’s large minority Asian Indians.

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Soca was at its origins a combination of the melodic and rhythmic sound of calypso and the East Indian sounds of chutney music. Some notable Soca artists to take into consideration when looking for good songs are: The Mighty Arrow M.B.E, Superblue, Shadow, Rikki Jai, Big Red, Jumo, Shatta Youth, The Baron, Burning Flames, King Wellington, Oscar B, Byron Lee & the Dragonaires, Dexter “Blaxx” Stewart, Alison Hinds, Destra Garcia, Shurwayne Winchester, Bunji Garlin, Maximus Dan, Fay-Ann Lyons, Jamesy P, Kevin Lyttle, Claudette Peters, El-A-Kru, Square One, Patrice Roberts, Nadia Batson, Michelle Sylvester, Mr. Killa, Benjai, Iwer George, Ajumu, Sheldon Douglas and many others.

Here are some Soca songs that have become international hits:

Follow the Leader by Soca Boys, originally recorded by Nigel and Marvin Lewis

Sweet Soca Music by Sugar Daddy

Raggamuffin by Square One

DJ Ride by Square One

Turn Me On by Kevin Lyttle

Tempted to Touch by Rupee

Who Let The Dogs Out by Baha Men (originally recorded by Anslem Douglas)

What I Want by Fireball and produced by Bob Sinclair