Wedding Ring (song)

"Wedding Ring" is a song written by Stevie Wright and George Young. It was originally recorded by the Australian rock group the Easybeats in 1965, whose version reached #6 on the Australian charts.[1]

"Wedding Ring"
Australian record label
Single by The Easybeats
from the album It's 2 Easy
B-side	"Me Or You"
Released	26 August 1965
Recorded	June 1965 Armstrong Studios, Melbourne
Genre	Power pop Australian rock
Length	2:03
Label	Parlophone/Albert Productions
Songwriter(s)	Stevie Wright/George Young, Harry Vanda
Producer(s)	Ted Albert
Australian singles chronology
"She's So Fine" (1965) "Wedding Ring" (1965) "Sad and Lonely and Blue" (1965)

Single track listing

1. Wedding Ring
2. Me Or You

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Australia Music Maker[1]	6

The Sports version

"Wedding Ring"
Single by The Sports
from the album 'O.K, U.K!'
Released	August 1979
Studio	Stiff Mobile & Brittania Road Studios, London
Genre	Pop Rock
Length	2:43
Label	Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)	Stevie Wright/George Young, Harry Vanda
Producer(s)	Dave Robinson, Liam Sternberg
The Sports singles chronology
"Suspicious Minds" (1979) "Wedding Ring" (1979) "Strangers on a Train" (1980)

Australia rock band The Sports released a version as the lead single from their extended play album, O.K, U.K!. The song peaked at number 40 on the Australian Kent Music Report.[2]

Charts

Chart (1979)	Position
Australian Kent Music Report	40

Other Versions

In July 2018, The Screaming Jets released a version as the lead single from their eighth studio album Gotcha Covered.[3]

References

1. Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940 - 1969. Turramurra, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 288. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian singles and albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
3. "The Screaming Jets Wedding Ring". Play MPE. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2019.