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{{short description|1982 single by Billy Idol}}
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}
| Name = White Wedding
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
| Cover = Billy Idol - White Wedding 1982 single picture cover.jpg
{{Infobox song
| Artist = [[Billy Idol]]
| name = White Wedding
| from Album = [[Billy Idol (album)|Billy Idol]]
| cover = Billy Idol - White Wedding 1982 single picture cover.jpg
| A-side =
| B-side =
| border = yes
| Released = May 27, 1982
| type = single
| Format = [[Vinyl record|Vinyl]] (7" and 12")
| artist = [[Billy Idol]]
| Recorded = 1981
| album = [[Billy Idol (album)|Billy Idol]]
| Genre = [[Post-punk]], [[new wave]], [[gothic rock]]
| A-side = White Wedding (Parts 1 and 2)
| Length = 3:30 (7") <br>8:19 (12")
| B-side = White Wedding (Part 2)
| Label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]
| released = October 1982
| Writer = [[Billy Idol]]
| recorded =
| Producer = [[Keith Forsey]]
| studio =
| genre = *[[Post-punk]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Story Behind Billy Idol's Post-Punk Classic "White Wedding"|url=https://consequence.net/2022/11/billy-idol-white-wedding-story-behind-the-song/|publisher=Consequence Podcast Network|date=November 21, 2022|access-date=June 13, 2024}}</ref>
| Certification =
*[[New wave music|new wave]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/new-wave-songs/|title=Top 50 New Wave Songs|first=Michael|last=Gallucci|date=November 7, 2024|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|access-date=November 8, 2024}}</ref>
| Last single = "[[Hot in the City]]"<br/>(1982)
| length =
| This single = "'''White Wedding'''"<br/>(1982)
* 4:12 (album version)
| Next single = "[[Rebel Yell (song)|Rebel Yell]]"</br>(1984)
* 3:30 (7-inch version)
| Misc =
* 8:25 (12-inch version)
{{Audiosample
| label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]
| Upper caption = Audio sample
| Audio file = White Wedding by Billy Idol.ogg
| writer = Billy Idol
| producer = [[Keith Forsey]]
}}
| prev_title = [[Hot in the City]]
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = [[Rebel Yell (song)|Rebel Yell]]
| next_year = 1983
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|AAZQaYKZMTI|"White Wedding Pt 1"}}}}
}}
}}
{{Refimprove|date=June 2008}}
"'''White Wedding'''" is a [[song]] by [[Billy Idol]] that appeared on his [[album]] ''[[Billy Idol (album)|Billy Idol]]'' (1982). Although "the Big 80's:Episode I"<ref>[http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/pop_up_video/50150/episode.jhtml Pop-Up Video : The Big 80's: Episode 1 at VH1.com]</ref> of [[VH1]]'s ''[[Pop-up Video]]'' trivia show claims Idol wrote the song to voice his displeasure with his sister's fiance (who impregnated her before marrying her), this has turned out not to be the case. On an episode of [[VH1 Storytellers]], Idol claims that there was never any family resentment towards his sister, and that the song was simply heightened fantasy and nothing more.


"'''White Wedding'''" is a song by [[Billy Idol]] that was released as the second single from [[Billy Idol (album)|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,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0yQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT68 |page=68 |title=Bubbling Under the Hot 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=27 November 1982 |volume=94 |number=47 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> then reached No. 36 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] on 2 July 1983 after it was re-issued.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100|title=Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/8229-3082-1|title=BPI}}</ref>
It is often considered his most successful song{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}, although other Idol songs charted higher. It reached #36 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] on its original release, and reached #6 in the

[[UK]] upon its release there in 1985.
==Reception==
''[[Cash Box]]'' called it "a powerful entry" whose "ominous guitar intro" and "accusatory tone" command attention.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1983/CB-1983-05-14.pdf|date=May 14, 1983|accessdate=2022-07-19|page=9}}</ref>


==Music video==
==Music video==
The [[music video]], featuring Idol attending a [[goth subculture|goth]] [[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.<ref name="I Want My MTV">{{cite book|last=Marks|first=Craig|title=I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution|year=2011|publisher=Dutton|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-0-525-95230-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/iwantmymtvuncens00mark/page/124 124–125]|author2=Tannenbaum, Rob|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/iwantmymtvuncens00mark/page/124}}</ref>

In one scene, Idol forces a wedding ring made of [[barbed wire]] onto Lister's finger and cuts her knuckle. Lister insisted that her knuckle actually be cut in order for the scene to appear more realistic.<ref name="I Want My MTV" /> MTV initially removed this scene from the video.<ref>''Billy Idol'', [[Biography (TV series)|Biography]], A & E</ref> Also controversial were the apparent [[Nazi salute]]s made by the crowd toward the couple. Director [[David Mallet (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 after it was filmed.<ref name="I Want My MTV" />


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.
The [[music video]], featuring Idol attending a [[goth subculture|gothic]] [[wedding]], is one of his best-known videos. The bride in the music video is played by [[Perri Lister]], Idol's real-life girlfriend at the time. In a memorable scene from the video, Idol forces the 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.<ref>''Billy Idol'', [[Biography (TV series)|Biography]], A & E</ref> The video was filmed in a real church outside of London. 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==
==Other versions and appearances==
The song 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 (TV serial)|Blackpool]]''.
The song has been [[cover version|covered]] by many bands including Australian 80's Revival band John West Experience and other bands including [[Murderdolls]], Ten Masked Men, Ardor (of [[Tanzwut]]), [[Deathstars]], [[Doro (musician)|Doro]], [[Rowland S. Howard]] on his album ''[[Teenage Snuff Film]]'', [[Sentenced]], [[Aiden]], The Way of All Flesh. Kayvon Zand, Whip, The House Jacks, and the band [[Queens of the Stone Age]] on their 2007 album ''[[Era Vulgaris (album)|Era Vulgaris]]'' as a B-Side. Additionally, the ska band [[Umbrella Bed]] covered it on their album "King Size." [[Serbia]]n punk rock band [[KBO!]] recorded a version on their 2001 cover album ''(Ne) Menjajte Stanicu'' ((Do Not) Change The Station). [[Post-hardcore]] [[Band (music)|band]] [[Aiden]] recorded a version of White Wedding for [[Kerrang!]]s cover [[CD]] ''[[High Voltage!: A Brief History of Rock]]'' and on their [[Extended Play|EP]] [[Rain In Hell]]. Part of it is included in [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand's]] cover of [[Gwen Stefani]]'s "[[What You Waiting For?]]". The song has also been covered by [[Nightmare of the Elf]]. Also, the gothic rock/[[steampunk]] band [[Abney Park (band)|Abney Park]] recorded a cover on their 2005 album ''[[Taxidermy (Abney Park album)|Taxidermy]]''. The band Radio Cult released a cover of the song on their album "Mix Tape" in 2006.


Idol performed the song as part of the pre-game entertainment for the [[2002 NRL Grand Final]] in Sydney, Australia. Idol entered the playing field on a [[hovercraft]] when he managed to sing only two words before a power failure prematurely ended the performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/07/1033538851161.html |title=Idol idle: rebel's yell silenced |work=The Age |date=7 October 2002 |access-date=9 April 2014}}</ref>
"White Wedding" was featured on the fictional [[radio station]] [[Grand_Theft_Auto:_San_Andreas_soundtrack#K-Dust_-_K-DST.2C_The_Dust|K-DST]] in the [[video game]] ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''. It has been featured in the 1998 [[film]], ''[[The Wedding Singer]]'' and the [[television program|TV series]], ''[[My Name Is Earl]]''. It was also sung by [[Eva Avila]], in the 2006 [[Canadian Idol]] show ''80's Hits'' and by Toby Rand on the finale of the television show ''Rockstar: Supernova''. It was also featured in the skate video [[CKY (video series)|CKY]].


The line, "It's a nice day to start again", was featured on the sticker on the front of Billy's 2005 comeback album, ''[[Devil's Playground (album)|Devil's Playground]]''.
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 (album)|Devil's Playground]]''.


The song is featured in the 1985 Italian horror film [[Demons (1985 film)|Demons]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Demons soundtrack info on IMDB|website = [[IMDb]]|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089013/soundtrack/?ref_=tt_trv_snd}}</ref>
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 (CD02 Mixed by Brooklyn Bounce) and Clubland 12.


On ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', a couple who had been prevented from wedding at the [[Jefferson Memorial]], by the [[United States federal government shutdown of 2013|2013 government shutdown]], were married. The couple shared their first dance as [[Audra McDonald]] sang the song.<ref>{{cite web|author=Randee Dawn |url=http://www.today.com/entertainment/stephen-colbert-marries-couple-whose-wedding-was-shut-out-shutdown-8C11336421 |title=Stephen Colbert marries couple whose wedding was shut out by shutdown |publisher=TODAY.com |date=2013-10-04 |access-date=2014-04-09}}</ref>
The song is included in the video games ''[[Rock Band 2]]'', ''[[Rock Band Unplugged]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero Van Halen]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''.


The German heavy metal singer [[Doro (musician)|Doro Pesch]] featured a cover of "White Wedding" on her 2000 album ''[[Calling the Wild]].''<ref>{{Citation |title=Doro - White Wedding | date=29 July 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt_eH1pY7_Q |language=en |access-date=2023-02-25}}</ref>
The Web site DustFilms.com features a "literal video" version of this song, with parody lyrics describing the actual events taking place in the video.

The American metal band [[In This Moment]] was set to collaborate with Idol on the track "Black Wedding" off their sixth album ''[[Ritual (In This Moment album)|Ritual]]''; the song's chorus contains the line, "it's a nice night for a black wedding," an obvious homage to Idol's "White Wedding." Due to claimed scheduling difficulties, [[Rob Halford]] of [[Judas Priest]] was featured on the track instead.<ref>{{cite web|author=Blabbermouth |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/in-this-moments-ritual-album-to-feature-guest-appearance-by-judas-priests-rob-halford/ |title=In This Moment's Ritual Album to Feature Guest Appearance by Judas Priest's Rob Halford |publisher=blabbermouth.com |date=2017-05-12 |access-date=2017-06-22}}</ref>

[[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] drummer Joey Jordison's side project – the US horror punk band [[Murderdolls]] – reached number 24 on the UK Singles chart in 2003 with their cover of "White Wedding."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/165/murderdolls/|title=MURDERDOLLS - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref>

The American rock band [[Queens of the Stone Age]] released a cover of the song in 2007.

==Track listing==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
===1982 release===
'''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
{{col-2}}
===1983 release===
'''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===
'''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"
{{col-end}}


==Charts==
==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{{col-2}}
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for "White Wedding"
! scope="col"| Chart (1982–1985)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=Illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=147}} N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] from mid-1983 until 12 June 1988.</ref>
!align="left"|Chart (1982/1985)
| 9
!align="left"|Peak<br>position
|-
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=6259|rowheader=true|access-date=March 29, 2020}}
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|6<sup>1</sup>
|-
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|5|artist=Billy Idol|song=White Wedding|rowheader=true}}
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|36
|-
|-
{{single chart|UK|6|date=1985-08-04|rowheader=true}}
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
|align="center"|4
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|36|artist=Billy Idol|rowheader=true|access-date=21 November 2024}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboarddanceclubplay|10|artist=Billy Idol|rowheader=true|access-date=21 November 2024}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardmainstreamrock|4|artist=Billy Idol|rowheader=true|access-date=21 November 2024}}
|}
|}
{{col-2}}


===Year end charts===
'''Notes''':
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
*<sup>1</sup> - UK re-release in 1985
|+Year-end chart performance for "White Wedding"
! scope="col"| Chart (1983)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/860ttad.jpg|title=Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983|publisher=[[Kent Music Report]]|via=Imgur.com|access-date=5 August 2020}}</ref>
| 61
|-
! scope="row"| Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6699&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6699.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6699|title=The Top Singles of 1983|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=17 July 2013 |publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=10 August 2023}}</ref>
| 21
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1983-12-31|title=Top Selling Singles of 1983|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=10 August 2023}}</ref>
| 11
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1985)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|publisher=Spotlight Publications|location=London, England|page=10|date=18 January 1986}}</ref>
| 58
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Billy Idol|title=White Wedding|award=Gold|relyear=1982|certyear=1983|access-date=20 July 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Billy Idol|title=White Wedding|award=Platinum|source=radioscope|type=single|relyear=1982|certyear=2021|access-date=December 18, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Billy Idol|title=White Wedding|award=Gold|relyear=2004|certyear=2022|access-date=26 September 2022|id=8229-237-1}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 08:23, 28 December 2024

"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
Genre
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,[3] then reached No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 2 July 1983 after it was re-issued.[4] 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.[5]

Reception

[edit]

Cash Box called it "a powerful entry" whose "ominous guitar intro" and "accusatory tone" command attention.[6]

Music video

[edit]

The music video, featuring Idol attending a goth 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.[7]

In one scene, Idol forces a wedding ring made of barbed wire onto Lister's finger and cuts her knuckle. Lister insisted that her knuckle actually be cut in order for the scene to appear more realistic.[7] MTV initially removed this scene from the video.[8] 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 after it was filmed.[7]

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]

The song 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.

Idol performed the song as part of the pre-game entertainment for the 2002 NRL Grand Final in Sydney, Australia. Idol entered the playing field on a hovercraft when he managed to sing only two words before a power failure prematurely ended the performance.[9]

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 is featured in the 1985 Italian horror film Demons.[10]

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 shared their first dance as Audra McDonald sang the song.[11]

The German heavy metal singer Doro Pesch featured a cover of "White Wedding" on her 2000 album Calling the Wild.[12]

The American metal 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 "White Wedding." Due to claimed scheduling difficulties, Rob Halford of Judas Priest was featured on the track instead.[13]

Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison's side project – the US horror punk band Murderdolls – reached number 24 on the UK Singles chart in 2003 with their cover of "White Wedding."[14]

The American rock band Queens of the Stone Age released a cover of the song in 2007.

Track listing

[edit]

Charts

[edit]

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[26] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[27] Platinum 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[28] Gold 400,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "The Story Behind Billy Idol's Post-Punk Classic "White Wedding"". Consequence Podcast Network. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ^ Gallucci, Michael (7 November 2024). "Top 50 New Wave Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Bubbling Under the Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 47. 27 November 1982. p. 68. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. ^ "Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  5. ^ "BPI".
  6. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 14 May 1983. p. 9. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  7. ^ a b c 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.
  8. ^ Billy Idol, Biography, A & E
  9. ^ "Idol idle: rebel's yell silenced". The Age. 7 October 2002. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Demons soundtrack info on IMDB". IMDb.
  11. ^ Randee Dawn (4 October 2013). "Stephen Colbert marries couple whose wedding was shut out by shutdown". TODAY.com. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  12. ^ Doro - White Wedding, 29 July 2011, retrieved 25 February 2023
  13. ^ Blabbermouth (12 May 2017). "In This Moment's Ritual Album to Feature Guest Appearance by Judas Priest's Rob Halford". blabbermouth.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  14. ^ "MURDERDOLLS - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  15. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 147. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid-1983 until 12 June 1988.
  16. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6259." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  17. ^ "Billy Idol – White Wedding". Top 40 Singles.
  18. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  19. ^ "Billy Idol Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  20. ^ "Billy Idol Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  21. ^ "Billy Idol Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  22. ^ "Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 5 August 2020 – via Imgur.com.
  23. ^ "The Top Singles of 1983". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  24. ^ "Top Selling Singles of 1983". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  25. ^ "Top 100 Singles". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 18 January 1986. p. 10.
  26. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Billy Idol – White Wedding". Music Canada. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  27. ^ "New Zealand single certifications – Billy Idol – White Wedding". Radioscope. Retrieved 18 December 2024. Type White Wedding in the "Search:" field.
  28. ^ "British single certifications – Billy Idol – White Wedding". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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