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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.

"I Went to Your Wedding"

"You Belong to Me"

June 16, 1952 (1952-06-16) by St. Louis Music Corp.[1]

September 13, 1952 (1952-09-13)

August 16, 1952 (1952-08-16)[2]

Popular music

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Mercury 5899[2]

Jessie Mae Robinson[1]

Jack Rael

Background[edit]

The song's melody is 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[edit]

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 number 1 on the chart.[3] "I Went to Your Wedding" also afforded Page a number 1 hit in Australia.

Another version was recorded by the orchestra, on August 15, 1952, and issued by Columbia Records as catalog number 39856.

Sammy Kaye

The song was also recorded by in the United Kingdom in 1952.

Alma Cogan

A version by Hank Snow peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1952.[4]

country music

The French rendering of "I Went To Your Wedding," re-titled "Ton mariage," was recorded in 1953 by ; Line Renaud and Tino Rossi also recorded versions.

Lys Assia

singer Victor Wood performed and released a bilingual version of "I Went To Your Wedding" in which he alternated the original lyrics with Filipino ones.

Philippine

There's a cover version on Damita Jo Sing A Country Song, a Mercury Records album from 1962

The song was parodied by and his City Slickers in December 1952, depicting the singer as glad to "get rid" of the bride.[5] Ray Stevens covered the Spike Jones version in 2012 on the 9-CD project, The Encyclopedia of Recorded Comedy Music.[6]

Spike Jones

List of number-one singles of 1952 (U.S.)