White Wedding (pt. 1 / remastered 2002)
~ Recording by Billy Idol
Annotation
ISRC USCH38400026 corresponds to the original recording.
ISRC USCH30100008 corresponds to the recording that was remastered in 2001.
Annotation last modified on 2016-09-19 00:21 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.2 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Album |
| Chrysalis | CHR 1377 |
| 1.2 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Album |
| Chrysalis | 204 790 |
| 1.2 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Album |
| Chrysalis | DIDX 73, VK 41377 |
| 1.2 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Album |
| Chrysalis | F2 21377 |
| 1.2 | White Wedding (part 1) | 4:11 | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Album |
| Chrysalis | 610308-222 |
| 1.2 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Album |
| Chrysalis | 0946 3 21377 2 2, CD-FA 3290 |
| 1.5 | White Wedding | ?:?? | Billy Idol | The Greatest Hits of 1985 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | |
| 1.2 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Album |
| Chrysalis | ACCD 1377, CDP 32 1377 2 |
| 1.2 | White Wedding (Part 1) | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Album |
| Chrysalis, Fame (US EMI budget reissues), Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | ACCD 1377, CD-FA 3290, CDP 3213772 |
| 1.9 | White Wedding | 4:10 | Billy Idol | Party Power Pack, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 516 640-2 |
| 1.1 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Sedated in the Eighties, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Right Stuff (reissues; once EMI, now UMG) | T2-28996 |
| 1.2 | White Wedding | 4:11 | Billy Idol | Wave: The Biggest New Wave Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | HR 868442 |
| 1.5 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Super Top 50! Disk2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DC 860702 |
| 1.14 | White Wedding | 4:09 | Billy Idol | The Best Rock Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin Records Australia | 8145692, 8145702 |
| 1.5 | White Wedding - Part 1 | 4:11 | Billy Idol | Fetenhits: The Real Classics, the 2nd | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 553 144-2 |
| 1.4 | White Wedding | 4:11 | Billy Idol | Summer Rock: Walking on Sunshine | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.6 | White Wedding | 4:11 | Billy Idol | New Wave Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DOU 878282 |
| 1.2 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | New Wave Classics: The Biggest New Wave Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | HB 882212 |
| 1.4 | White Wedding | 4:14 | Billy Idol | Platinum Hits Volume One | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI-Capitol Special Markets | |
| 1.3 | White Wedding | 4:10 | Billy Idol | Rock Attack 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polymedia Music Service | 553652-2 |
| 1.8 | White Wedding | 4:09 | Billy Idol | The Wedding Singer: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9362468402 |
| 1.8 | White Wedding | 4:09 | Billy Idol | The Wedding Singer: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 46840-2 |
| 1.16 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:09 | Billy Idol | Party Police, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 489336 2 |
| 1.8 | White Wedding | 4:09 | Billy Idol | The Wedding Singer: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann) | 9 46840-2 |
| 1.4 | White Wedding | 4:13 | Billy Idol | 80's Rock Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 46 017 | |
| 1.10 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | The Biggest 80’s Hits in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD218 |
| 1.17 | White Wedding | 4:10 | Billy Idol | Dead or Alive: New Wave Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music New Zealand | 8217112 |
| 1.1 | White Wedding | 4:14 | Billy Idol | Rock On 1983 Sweet Dreams | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI-Capitol Special Markets | er021863 |
| 1.13 | White Wedding | 4:09 | Billy Idol | The Boys Are Back in Town | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Startel Entertainment | STELCD0061 |
| 1.8 | White Wedding | 4:09 | Billy Idol | The Wedding Singer: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | CDW 46840 |
| 1.17 | White Wedding | 4:09 | Billy Idol | Greatest Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | CB 249932 |
| 1.5 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:11 | Billy Idol | Rock That Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | The Alltime Greatest Rock Classics of the 70s, 80s & 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick News | 545 455-2 |
| 4.8 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | The Century of Rock: The Greatest Ever Hits of Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | LBSCD 022 |
| 3.10 | White Wedding | 4:10 | Billy Idol | Decades: The Story of the 60’s / 70’s / 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCDX 337 |
| 1.7 | White Wedding | 4:14 | Billy Idol | ’80s Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets | 72435-27172-2-4 |
| 2.8 | White Wedding | 4:11 | Billy Idol | Essential 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 993342, BX 993352, BX 993362 |
| 1.2 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Immortal Rock 1983 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 5 27235 2 2 |
| 1.1 | White Wedding | 4:14 | Billy Idol | Modern Rock: Lost Hits of the Early '80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2798, R828-14 |
| 1.4 | White Wedding (Part 1) | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Greatest Hits | Billy Idol | Album + Compilation | Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Chrysalis | 528 8122, 7243 5 28812 2 2 | |
| 1.4 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Greatest Hits (Limited Edition) | Billy Idol | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Chrysalis | 72435-36407-0-5 |
| 1.4 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Greatest Hits | Billy Idol | Album + Compilation |
| Chrysalis, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | 7243 5 28812 2 2 |
| 1.4 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Greatest Hits | Billy Idol | Album + Compilation | Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | ||
| 1.4 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Greatest Hits | Billy Idol | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | TOCP-65692 |
| 1.8 | White Wedding | 4:09 | Billy Idol | Instant Party: Irresistible '80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.18 | White Wedding | 4:11 | Billy Idol | 80's: Simply the Best Eighties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | 0927410792 |
| 1.12 | White Wedding | 4:14 | Billy Idol | 100% Classic Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations) | 72435-31331-2-2 |
| 1.4 | White Wedding (Part 1) | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Greatest Hits | Billy Idol | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Chrysalis | CDCHR (WI) 173 |
| 1.4 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Greatest Hits | Billy Idol | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Chrysalis | 7243 5 28812 2 2 |
| 2.2 | White Wedding | 4:13 | Billy Idol | The Best Beer Drinking Songs in the World... Ever! Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 1.12 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | The Pure Gold Collection: 100% Classic Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations) | |
| 1.2 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Billy Idol | Album |
| Chrysalis | 72435-32860-2-6 |
| 1.19 | White Wedding (Part 1) | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Rock Der Rykker | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CMC Special | 5381222 |
| 1.21 | White Wedding | 4:10 | Billy Idol | The Ultimate Hen Night Party Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | WSMCD103 |
| 1.6 | White Wedding | 4:13 | Billy Idol | The Best Air Guitar Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.3 | White Wedding | 4:09 | Billy Idol | Absolute Rock Classics 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records) | ACCD 3005 |
| 2.17 | White Wedding | 4:11 | Billy Idol | Air Guitar | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 542032 2 0 |
| 1.2 | White Wedding (part 1) | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Billy Idol (24-bit digitally remastered) | Billy Idol | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Chrysalis | 72435-32860-2-6 |
| 4.9 | White Wedding | 4:15 | Billy Idol | Greatest Hits of the 80's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.5 | White Wedding | ?:?? | Billy Idol | Humo Presenteert: Luchtgitaar! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 5 81078 2 1 |
| 1.15 | White Wedding | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Now and Then | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | CDEMCJD (WFD) 6008 |
| 1.6 | White Wedding | 4:13 | Billy Idol | The Best Air Guitar Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | 5814222, 7243 5 81422 2 8 |
| 1.18 | White Wedding | 4:11 | Billy Idol | Destination Hits 1985 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music France (1994–2013) | 7243 5926742 5 |
| 2.10 | White Wedding | 4:15 | Billy Idol | School Reunion: The 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Box Music (Polish Label), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 5 91525 2 3, VTDCD 544 |
| 2.5 | White Wedding | 4:14 | Billy Idol | 80's New Wave | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Special Markets | 72435-92011-2-2 |
| 1.3 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Edge of the 80s: Early 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL PRA/07 |
| 1.17 | White Wedding | 4:11 | Billy Idol | Rock Favourites | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DC 901368 |
| 2.17 | White Wedding | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Guitar of the Millennium | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.8 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Back to the Movies: Hits From the Flix | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 611 |
| 1.10 | White Wedding | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Rock Legends | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!) | 7243 576627 2 7 |
| 1.4 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | The Original 80s Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 7243 4 73961 2 0 |
| 1.5 | White Wedding | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Greatest Hits of Punk & New Wave | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 8634762 |
| 1.12 | White Wedding | 4:13 | Billy Idol | The World's Best Ever Beer Songs 2005 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!) | 7243 874521 2 1 |
| 1.18 | White Wedding | 4:11 | Billy Idol | Blackpool | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.18 | White Wedding | 4:11 | Billy Idol | Blackpool | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 2.3 | White Wedding | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Big Shiny ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Canada | 7243 8 63738 2 3 |
| 3.14 | White Wedding | 4:14 | Billy Idol | 100% Rock, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick (Imprint of Brunswick Record Corporation) | 060249820384(2) |
| 1.1 | White Wedding (Part 1) | 4:14 | Billy Idol | Absolutely the Best of Modern Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Fuel 2000 Records, EMI Music Special Markets | 302 061 434-2, 72435-79982-2-2 |
| 2.2 | White Wedding | 4:09 | Billy Idol | McMusic Summer Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| McMusic ANS | McCD 132 |
| 2.14 | White Wedding – Pt. 1 | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Classic Rock Gold (BMG club edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records, UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | B0004371-02, D 261551 |
| 2.14 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Classic Rock Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | B000437102 |
| 2.6 | White Wedding | 4:09 | Billy Idol | Absolute Rock Deluxe | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4052 |
| 1.4 | White Wedding | 4:15 | Billy Idol | The Absolute Very Best of the World's Best Ever Beer Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.2 | White Wedding | 4:11 | Billy Idol | Absolute Rock Classics, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.2 | White Wedding | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Best of Classic Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 09463-39135-2-3 |
| 2.11 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Pretty Woman: Special Edition Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 348 3072 |
| 2.9 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | The Very Best of Back to the Movies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD820 |
| 2.5 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Superstars of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time-Life Records (Time-Life Music subsidiary) | |
| 1.6 | White Wedding | 4:14 | Billy Idol | 25 Years of MTV Music Television | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Pomaton EMI (Polish division of EMI) | |
| 2.19 | The Wedding Singer (White Wedding) | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Chartboxx: Movie Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Catalogue Marketing (a division of EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG) | 392282 |
| 2.12 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Fantastic 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 3645622 |
| 2.5 | White Wedding | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Jim Beam: Pub Jukebox Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Liberation Music (Australian, big L logo or “Liberation” on one line) | LIBCD8222.2 |
| 1.6 | White Wedding | 4:11 | Billy Idol | Monsters of Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | White Wedding | 4:13 | Billy Idol | This Is '80s New Wave | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Cleopatra Records (US label, predominantly industrial/goth, and low budget compilations), Universal Music Special Markets | CLP 1664 |
| 1.9 | White Wedding | 4:12 | Billy Idol | 101 80s Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCDX 865 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.10 | White Wedding, Part 1 | 4:13 | Billy Idol | Stereoplay Highlights CD 19 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| stereoplay | CD 697 019 |
| 1.13 | White Wedding | 4:14 | Billy Idol | Music That Changed Our Lives: Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 70876-12143-2-1 | |
| 1.13 | White Wedding | 4:14 | Billy Idol | Rock Selects | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 70876-12143-2-1 | |
| 5.3 | White Wedding | 4:10 | Billy Idol | The Radio Essential Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Promo Only | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.12 | White Wedding, Pt 1 | 4:12 | Billy Idol | Greatest Hits | Billy Idol | Album + Compilation |
| Star Mark | LDB 5096 |
Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Steve Bates |
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| engineer: | Brian Reeves |
| producer: | Keith Forsey (drummer, producer and songwriter) |
| bass guitar: | Phil Feit |
| drums (drum set): | Steve Missal |
| guitar: | Billy Idol (English rock singer‐songwriter) Steve Stevens (US guitarist and songwriter) |
| lead vocals: | Billy Idol (English rock singer‐songwriter) |
| arranger: | Billy Idol (English rock singer‐songwriter) Steve Stevens (US guitarist and songwriter) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1982) Chrysalis Records, Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1982, in 2002) |
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| recorded at and mixed at: | Westlake Audio (former name of Westlake Recording Studios) in Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| stream for free: | https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=o5oTrvdNoP4 [info] https://open.spotify.com/track/1gzIbdFnGJ226LTl0Cn2SX [info] |
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| recording of: | White Wedding |
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Related works
White Wedding
| lyricist and composer: | Billy Idol (English rock singer‐songwriter) |
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| publisher: | Boneidol Music Chrysalis Music Group Inc. Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher) Chrysalis Music Publishing Ltd. Rare Blue Music Inc |
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| later parody versions: | Christ's Wedding White Wedding (Literal Video Version) |
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| is the basis for: | Nice Day for a Wedding (Wedding Chapel Music) |
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