White Wedding (song)

"White Wedding"
Single by Billy Idol
from the album Billy Idol
A-side"White Wedding (Parts 1 and 2)"
B-side"White Wedding (Part 2)"
ReleasedOctober 1982
GenrePost-punk[1]
Length
  • 4:12 (album version)
  • 3:30 (7-inch version)
  • 8:25 (12-inch version)
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)Billy Idol
Producer(s)Keith Forsey
Billy Idol singles chronology
"Hot in the City"
(1982)
"White Wedding"
(1982)
"Rebel Yell"
(1983)
Music video
"White Wedding Pt 1" on YouTube

"White Wedding" is a song by Billy Idol that was released as the second single from his self-titled studio album in 1982. Although not Idol's highest-charting hit, it is often considered one of his most recognizable songs. In the US, it peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart on 27 November 1982,[2] then reached No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 2 July 1983 after it was re-issued.[3] In the UK, it reached No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart upon its re-release there on 1 July 1985, when it was re-issued to promote the Vital Idol remix album.[4]

  1. ^ "The Story Behind Billy Idol's Post-Punk Classic "White Wedding"". Consequence Podcast Network. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Bubbling Under the Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 47. 27 November 1982. p. 68. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ^ "Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  4. ^ "BPI".

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