Wedding Bells (Godley & Creme song)

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"Wedding Bells"
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Single by Godley & Creme
from the album Ismism
B-side "Babies"
Released9 November 1981 (1981-11-09)
Studio Lymehouse Studio (Leatherhead, Surrey)
Length3:22
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s) Godley & Creme
Producer(s) Godley & Creme
Godley & Creme singles chronology
"Under Your Thumb"
(1981)
"Wedding Bells"
(1981)
"Snack Attack"
(1981)
Music video
"Wedding Bells" on YouTube

"Wedding Bells" is a song written and recorded by English duo Godley & Creme, released as the second single from their fourth studio album, Ismism (1981). The single peaked at No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1981. [1]

Contents

The single's B-side, "Babies", a synth-pop song, was later included as a bonus track on the double CD compilation Freeze Frame...Plus + Ismism...Plus, released in the UK in 2004, [2] and on a 2006 Japanese reissue of Ismism. [3]

The single's cover was taken by music photographer Peter Ashworth.

Charts

ChartPosition
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 44
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 23
Ireland (IRMA) [6] 13
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [7] 44
UK Singles (OCC) [8] 7

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