I Went to Your Wedding

"I Went to Your Wedding" is a popular song written and composed by Jessie Mae Robinson and published in 1952.

For the song "I Went to a Wedding..." by Half Man Half Biscuit, see Saucy Haulage Ballads.

Background

The song's melody is very similar to the old Russian song Po Donu gulyaet kazak molodoi (Young Cossack went near the Don). The song is a report of a wedding, attended by the ex-lover of one of the parties being married, who obviously is still in love with the person to whom it is addressed. While the lines "You came down the aisle/ Wearing a smile/ A vision of loveliness" might suggest the song being directed to a female, the best-known versions of the song have been sung by female singers, presumably to male ex-lovers.

Patti Page Recording

The biggest hit version was recorded by Patti Page. It was recorded on August 6, 1952, and issued by Mercury Records as catalog number 5899, with the flip side "You Belong to Me." It first entered the Billboard chart on August 22, 1952, lasting 21 weeks and reaching #1 on the chart.[1] "I Went to Your Wedding" also afforded Page a #1 hit in Australia.

Cover Versions
  • The song was parodied by Spike Jones and his City Slickers later in the decade, depicting the singer as glad to "get rid" of the bride. Ray Stevens covered the Spike Jones version in 2012 on the 9-CD project, The Encyclopedia of Recorded Comedy Music.

See also

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.
  2. "I Went to Your Wedding". Allmusic. Retrieved August 24, 2011.


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