White wedding ( song ) - wikipedia White wedding ( song ) Jump to : navigation , search This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( June 2008 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) `` 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 ) '' Released 21 June 1982 Format 12 - inch single Recorded 1982 Length 4 : 12 ( album version ) 3 : 30 ( 7 - inch version ) 8 : 19 ( 12 - inch version ) Label Chrysalis Songwriter ( s ) Billy Idol Producer ( s ) Keith Forsey Billy Idol singles chronology `` Hot in the City '' ( 1982 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 1982 ) `` Rebel Yell '' ( 1983 ) `` Hot in the City '' ( 1982 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 1982 ) `` Rebel Yell '' ( 1983 ) Audio sample file help Music video `` White Wedding Pt 1 '' on YouTube `` White Wedding '' is a song by Billy Idol that appeared on his album Billy Idol in 1982 . It is often considered one of his most recognisable songs , although other Idol songs charted higher . It peaked at No. 108 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 on its original release , and reached No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was re-issued in 1983 . In the UK it reached No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart upon its re-release there in 1985 and 1988 , when it was re-issued to promote the Vital Idol remix album . Contents ( hide ) 1 1982 release 2 1983 release 3 1985 re-issue 4 Music video 5 Other versions and appearances 6 Charts 7 References 8 External links 1982 release ( edit ) 7 '' : Chrysalis - CHS 2656 ( UK ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Hole in the Wall '' ( 4 : 14 ) 12 '' : Chrysalis - CHS 12 2656 ( UK ) `` White Wedding ( Parts 1 and 2 ) '' ( 8 : 20 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Hole in the Wall '' ( 4 : 14 ) 7 '' : Chrysalis - CHS 2648 ( US ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Dead on Arrival '' ( 3 : 54 ) 12 '' : Chrysalis - EPC 5002 ( US ) `` White Wedding ( Parts 1 and 2 ) '' ( 8 : 20 ) `` White Wedding ( Part 2 ) '' ( 4 : 27 ) 1983 release ( edit ) 12 '' : Chrysalis - 4V9 42685 ( US ) `` White Wedding ( Parts 1 and 2 ) '' ( 8 : 20 ) `` White Wedding ( Part 2 ) '' ( 4 : 27 ) 7 '' : Chrysalis - CHS 42697 ( US ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Dead on Arrival '' ( 3 : 54 ) 1985 re-issue ( edit ) 7 '' : Chrysalis - IDOL 5 ( UK ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Mega-Idol Mix '' ( 5 : 34 ) 7 '' Mega-Idol comprises `` Flesh For Fantasy '' and `` Hot in the City '' 12 '' : Chrysalis - IDOLX 5 ( UK ) `` White Wedding Parts I & II ( Shot Gun Mix ) '' ( 8 : 20 ) `` Mega-Idol Mix '' ( 7 : 50 ) 12 '' Mega-Idol comprises `` Flesh For Fantasy , '' `` Hot in the City '' and `` Dancing With Myself '' Music video ( edit ) The music video , featuring Idol attending a gothic wedding , is one of his best - known . The bride is played by Perri Lister , Idol 's real - life girlfriend at the time . She is also one of the three dancers clad in black leather , who slap their buttocks in time with the clap track in the song as they shimmy downwards near the end . `` That 's the kind of thing they love in England '' , says Idol . In one scene from the video , Idol forces the barbed - wire wedding ring onto the bride 's finger and cuts her knuckle . Lister insisted that her knuckle actually be cut in order for the scene to appear more realistic . MTV initially removed this scene from the video . Also controversial were the apparent Nazi salutes made by the crowd toward the couple . Director David Mallet says he was merely `` playing with the power of crowd imagery '' when he had the extras reach toward the bride and did not realize how it looked until later . The MTV - edited version of the video is included on the DVD portion of The Very Best of Billy Idol : Idolize Yourself CD / DVD package . Other versions and appearances ( edit ) This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( July 2011 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) The song has been covered by many bands including the Young Werewolves , Murderdolls , Umbra et imago , Deathstars , Doro , Rowland S. Howard , Sentenced , Aiden and the band Queens of the Stone Age . Serbian punk rock band KBO ! recorded a version on their 2001 cover album ( Ne ) Menjajte Stanicu ( which translates as ( Do Not ) Change the Station ) . Post-hardcore band Aiden recorded a version of `` White Wedding '' for their EP Rain in Hell . Part of it is included in Franz Ferdinand 's cover of Gwen Stefani 's `` What You Waiting For ? '' . Also , the gothic rock / steampunk band Abney Park recorded a cover on their 2005 album Taxidermy . The Swedish rock singer Jay Smith recorded a version , included on his first album , self - titled Jay Smith . Metal band Powderburn recorded a cover as part of a medley with `` Rebel Yell '' for their Come and Take It EP . Herman 's Hermits did a version released on the album When Pigs Fly : Songs You Never Thought You 'd Hear . It was featured in the 1998 film The Wedding Singer ( in which Idol appears ) , on the American TV series My Name Is Earl and on the British TV series Blackpool . It was also featured in the 1993 film True Romance during the scene where Alabama is being tattooed . It was also featured in the skate video CKY . The line , `` It 's a nice day to start again '' , was featured on the sticker on the front of Idol 's 2005 album , Devil 's Playground . The song was remixed as ( Trashcan Jack vs Billy Idol ) `` Club Wedding '' ( Frenetic ) under Digital Dog 's Jack Rokka guise . It has appeared on numerous dance compilations such as Wild Bassline ( CD2 Mixed by Brooklyn Bounce ) and Clubland 12 . The song is included in the video games Rock Band 2 , Rock Band Unplugged , Guitar Hero Van Halen , Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas and as DLC in Rocksmith . The song was also used in an advertisement for British soap opera Hollyoaks , promoting the week of a wedding storyline . It also featured in an episode of the 2004 BBC miniseries Blackpool as part of the story . The track also appeared on an advert for Coronation Street in 2003 , promoting the climax of a bigamous storyline involving the character Peter Barlow . Barlow , portrayed by Chris Gascoyne , was seated at a table , reflectively spinning his two wedding rings around . On The Colbert Report , a couple who had been prevented from wedding at the Jefferson Memorial , by the 2013 government shutdown , were married . The couple 's first dance was to Audra McDonald singing the song . H.P. Baxxter , frontman of German band Scooter occasionally sings this song unplugged on TV events . A version sung in Greek by George Kostoglou appeared in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 . The American rock band In This Moment was set to collaborate with Idol on the track `` Black Wedding '' off their sixth album Ritual ; the song 's chorus contains the line , `` it 's a nice night for a black wedding , '' an obvious homage to Idol 's 1982 hit `` White Wedding . '' Due to claimed scheduling difficulties , Rob Halford will instead be featured on the track . Charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1982 -- 1983 ) Peak position UK Singles Chart 6 * U.S. Billboard Hot 100 36 U.S. Billboard Top Tracks U.S. Billboard Dance / Disco Top 80 10 Can . RPM RPM Top 50 Singles 5 Notes : * UK re-release in 1985 References ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : Marks , Craig ; Tannenbaum , Rob ( 2011 ) . I Want My MTV : The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution . New York , NY : Dutton . pp. 124 -- 125 . ISBN 978 - 0 - 525 - 95230 - 5 . Jump up ^ Billy Idol , Biography , A & E Jump up ^ Randee Dawn ( 2013 - 10 - 04 ) . `` Stephen Colbert marries couple whose wedding was shut out by shutdown '' . TODAY.com . Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 09 . Jump up ^ Blabbermouth ( 2017 - 05 - 12 ) . `` In This Moment 's Ritual Album to Feature Guest Appearance by Judas Priest 's Rob Halford '' . blabbermouth.com . Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 22 . Jump up ^ Roberts , David ( 2006 ) . British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed . ) . London : Guinness World Records Limited . p. 266 . ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5 . ^ Jump up to : `` Billy Idol Awards '' . AllMusic. 1955 - 11 - 30 . Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 09 . External links ( edit ) Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics ( hide ) Billy Idol Discography Studio albums Billy Idol Rebel Yell Whiplash Smile Charmed Life Cyberpunk Devil 's Playground Happy Holidays Kings & Queens of the Underground Live albums VH1 Storytellers Singles & EPs Do n't Stop ( EP ) `` Dancing with Myself '' `` Mony Mony '' `` Hot in the City '' `` White Wedding '' `` Rebel Yell '' `` Eyes Without a Face '' `` Flesh for Fantasy '' `` Catch My Fall '' `` To Be a Lover '' `` Do n't Need a Gun '' `` Sweet Sixteen '' `` Soul Standing By '' ( Aus & NZ only ) `` Mony Mony ( Live ) '' `` Cradle of Love '' `` L.A. Woman '' `` Prodigal Blues '' `` Heroin '' `` Shock to the System '' `` Adam in Chains '' `` Speed '' `` Do n't You ( Forget About Me ) '' `` Scream '' Compilations Vital Idol Idol Songs : 11 of the Best Greatest Hits The Very Best of Billy Idol : Idolize Yourself Video albums The Very Best of Billy Idol : Idolize Yourself Related articles Generation X Steve Stevens Book : Billy Idol Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Wedding_(song)&oldid=835125701 '' Categories : 1982 singles Billy Idol songs RPM Top Singles number - one singles Songs written by Billy Idol 1982 songs Chrysalis Records singles Songs about marriage Hidden categories : Use British English from October 2014 Use dmy dates from October 2014 Articles needing additional references from June 2008 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Articles needing additional references from July 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Magyar Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 6 April 2018 , at 18 : 29 . About Wikipedia 
who sang nice day for a white wedding
This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( June 2008 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( June 2008 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) `` 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 ) '' Released 21 June 1982 Format 12 - inch single Recorded 1982 Length 4 : 12 ( album version ) 3 : 30 ( 7 - inch version ) 8 : 19 ( 12 - inch version ) Label Chrysalis Songwriter ( s ) Billy Idol Producer ( s ) Keith Forsey Billy Idol singles chronology `` Hot in the City '' ( 1982 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 1982 ) `` Rebel Yell '' ( 1983 ) `` Hot in the City '' ( 1982 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 1982 ) `` Rebel Yell '' ( 1983 ) Audio sample file help Music video `` White Wedding Pt 1 '' on YouTube `` 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 ) '' Released 21 June 1982 Format 12 - inch single Recorded 1982 Length 4 : 12 ( album version ) 3 : 30 ( 7 - inch version ) 8 : 19 ( 12 - inch version ) Label Chrysalis Songwriter ( s ) Billy Idol Producer ( s ) Keith Forsey Billy Idol singles chronology `` Hot in the City '' ( 1982 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 1982 ) `` Rebel Yell '' ( 1983 ) `` Hot in the City '' ( 1982 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 1982 ) `` Rebel Yell '' ( 1983 ) `` Hot in the City '' ( 1982 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 1982 ) `` Rebel Yell '' ( 1983 ) `` Hot in the City '' ( 1982 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 1982 ) `` Rebel Yell '' ( 1983 ) `` Hot in the City '' ( 1982 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 1982 ) `` Rebel Yell '' ( 1983 ) `` Hot in the City '' ( 1982 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 1982 ) `` Rebel Yell '' ( 1983 ) Audio sample file help file help Music video `` White Wedding Pt 1 '' on YouTube `` White Wedding '' is a song by Billy Idol that appeared on his album Billy Idol in 1982 . It is often considered one of his most recognisable songs , although other Idol songs charted higher . It peaked at No. 108 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 on its original release , and reached No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was re-issued in 1983 . In the UK it reached No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart upon its re-release there in 1985 and 1988 , when it was re-issued to promote the Vital Idol remix album . 7 '' : Chrysalis - CHS 2656 ( UK ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Hole in the Wall '' ( 4 : 14 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Hole in the Wall '' ( 4 : 14 ) 12 '' : Chrysalis - CHS 12 2656 ( UK ) `` White Wedding ( Parts 1 and 2 ) '' ( 8 : 20 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Hole in the Wall '' ( 4 : 14 ) `` White Wedding ( Parts 1 and 2 ) '' ( 8 : 20 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Hole in the Wall '' ( 4 : 14 ) 7 '' : Chrysalis - CHS 2648 ( US ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Dead on Arrival '' ( 3 : 54 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Dead on Arrival '' ( 3 : 54 ) 12 '' : Chrysalis - EPC 5002 ( US ) `` White Wedding ( Parts 1 and 2 ) '' ( 8 : 20 ) `` White Wedding ( Part 2 ) '' ( 4 : 27 ) `` White Wedding ( Parts 1 and 2 ) '' ( 8 : 20 ) `` White Wedding ( Part 2 ) '' ( 4 : 27 ) 12 '' : Chrysalis - 4V9 42685 ( US ) `` White Wedding ( Parts 1 and 2 ) '' ( 8 : 20 ) `` White Wedding ( Part 2 ) '' ( 4 : 27 ) `` White Wedding ( Parts 1 and 2 ) '' ( 8 : 20 ) `` White Wedding ( Part 2 ) '' ( 4 : 27 ) 7 '' : Chrysalis - CHS 42697 ( US ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Dead on Arrival '' ( 3 : 54 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Dead on Arrival '' ( 3 : 54 ) 7 '' : Chrysalis - IDOL 5 ( UK ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Mega-Idol Mix '' ( 5 : 34 ) `` White Wedding '' ( 3 : 30 ) `` Mega-Idol Mix '' ( 5 : 34 ) 7 '' Mega-Idol comprises `` Flesh For Fantasy '' and `` Hot in the City '' 7 '' Mega-Idol comprises `` Flesh For Fantasy '' and `` Hot in the City '' 12 '' : Chrysalis - IDOLX 5 ( UK ) `` White Wedding Parts I & II ( Shot Gun Mix ) '' ( 8 : 20 ) `` Mega-Idol Mix '' ( 7 : 50 ) `` White Wedding Parts I & II ( Shot Gun Mix ) '' ( 8 : 20 ) `` Mega-Idol Mix '' ( 7 : 50 ) 12 '' Mega-Idol comprises `` Flesh For Fantasy , '' `` Hot in the City '' and `` Dancing With Myself '' 12 '' Mega-Idol comprises `` Flesh For Fantasy , '' `` Hot in the City '' and `` Dancing With Myself '' The music video , featuring Idol attending a gothic wedding , is one of his best - known . The bride is played by Perri Lister , Idol 's real - life girlfriend at the time . She is also one of the three dancers clad in black leather , who slap their buttocks in time with the clap track in the song as they shimmy downwards near the end . `` That 's the kind of thing they love in England '' , says Idol . In one scene from the video , Idol forces the barbed - wire wedding ring onto the bride 's finger and cuts her knuckle . Lister insisted that her knuckle actually be cut in order for the scene to appear more realistic . MTV initially removed this scene from the video . Also controversial were the apparent Nazi salutes made by the crowd toward the couple . Director David Mallet says he was merely `` playing with the power of crowd imagery '' when he had the extras reach toward the bride and did not realize how it looked until later . The MTV - edited version of the video is included on the DVD portion of The Very Best of Billy Idol : Idolize Yourself CD / DVD package . This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( July 2011 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( July 2011 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) The song has been covered by many bands including the Young Werewolves , Murderdolls , Umbra et imago , Deathstars , Doro , Rowland S. Howard , Sentenced , Aiden and the band Queens of the Stone Age . Serbian punk rock band KBO ! recorded a version on their 2001 cover album ( Ne ) Menjajte Stanicu ( which translates as ( Do Not ) Change the Station ) . Post-hardcore band Aiden recorded a version of `` White Wedding '' for their EP Rain in Hell . Part of it is included in Franz Ferdinand 's cover of Gwen Stefani 's `` What You Waiting For ? '' . Also , the gothic rock / steampunk band Abney Park recorded a cover on their 2005 album Taxidermy . The Swedish rock singer Jay Smith recorded a version , included on his first album , self - titled Jay Smith . Metal band Powderburn recorded a cover as part of a medley with `` Rebel Yell '' for their Come and Take It EP . Herman 's Hermits did a version released on the album When Pigs Fly : Songs You Never Thought You 'd Hear . It was featured in the 1998 film The Wedding Singer ( in which Idol appears ) , on the American TV series My Name Is Earl and on the British TV series Blackpool . It was also featured in the 1993 film True Romance during the scene where Alabama is being tattooed . It was also featured in the skate video CKY . The line , `` It 's a nice day to start again '' , was featured on the sticker on the front of Idol 's 2005 album , Devil 's Playground . The song was remixed as ( Trashcan Jack vs Billy Idol ) `` Club Wedding '' ( Frenetic ) under Digital Dog 's Jack Rokka guise . It has appeared on numerous dance compilations such as Wild Bassline ( CD2 Mixed by Brooklyn Bounce ) and Clubland 12 . The song is included in the video games Rock Band 2 , Rock Band Unplugged , Guitar Hero Van Halen , Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas and as DLC in Rocksmith . The song was also used in an advertisement for British soap opera Hollyoaks , promoting the week of a wedding storyline . It also featured in an episode of the 2004 BBC miniseries Blackpool as part of the story . The track also appeared on an advert for Coronation Street in 2003 , promoting the climax of a bigamous storyline involving the character Peter Barlow . Barlow , portrayed by Chris Gascoyne , was seated at a table , reflectively spinning his two wedding rings around . On The Colbert Report , a couple who had been prevented from wedding at the Jefferson Memorial , by the 2013 government shutdown , were married . The couple 's first dance was to Audra McDonald singing the song . H.P. Baxxter , frontman of German band Scooter occasionally sings this song unplugged on TV events . A version sung in Greek by George Kostoglou appeared in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 . The American rock band In This Moment was set to collaborate with Idol on the track `` Black Wedding '' off their sixth album Ritual ; the song 's chorus contains the line , `` it 's a nice night for a black wedding , '' an obvious homage to Idol 's 1982 hit `` White Wedding . '' Due to claimed scheduling difficulties , Rob Halford will instead be featured on the track . Chart ( 1982 -- 1983 ) Peak position UK Singles Chart 6 * U.S. Billboard Hot 100 36 U.S. Billboard Top Tracks U.S. Billboard Dance / Disco Top 80 10 Can . RPM RPM Top 50 Singles 5 Chart ( 1982 -- 1983 ) Peak position UK Singles Chart 6 * U.S. Billboard Hot 100 36 U.S. Billboard Top Tracks U.S. Billboard Dance / Disco Top 80 10 Can . RPM RPM Top 50 Singles 5 * UK re-release in 1985 * UK re-release in 1985
Billy Idol Billy Idol