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Wedding Present

Band Leeds United Kingdom Formed 1985

Wedding Present formed in 1985 in Leeds, United Kingdom. Wedding Present has 49 chart appearances on 14 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1985–2019. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “My Favourite Dress”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #6. The station that charted Wedding Present most often is John Peel (BBC Radio 1), with 48 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1987.

49appearances

14countdowns

45songs charted

2stations

0#1 finishes

1985–2019years

The Wedding Present rose in Leeds in 1985 out of the ashes of the Lost Pandas, and from day one it has been David Gedge's band: he sings, he plays guitar, and he is the only member who has never left. Early on, with Peter Solowka, Keith Gregory and Shaun Charman beside him, the formula was guitars strummed so fast they blurred into a single white-hot buzz, with Gedge's plain, blunt voice cutting through the din. They fit right in with the C86 crowd, but they played harder and faster than most of it.

George Best, in 1987, is the blueprint, a headlong rush through "My Favourite Dress", "Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft" and "A Million Miles". Bizarro, in 1989, dug in deeper with "Kennedy" and "Brassneck", and Seamonsters, in 1991, slowed the tempos and turned up the tension, as on the brooding "Dalliance". The Corduroy EP in 1990 even found room for a cover of "Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)".

Then, in 1992, they pulled off their famous stunt: a new single every month for the whole year, 12 in all, a run that matched Elvis Presley's record for UK top 40 hits in one calendar year. Watusi and Saturnalia followed through the '90s, and the lineup has kept changing around Gedge ever since.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Wedding Present on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	My Favourite Dress	165	3	#6	–	1987
2	Brassneck	124	2	#19	–	1989
3	Dalliance	110	2	#8	–	1991
4	Kennedy	98	1	#2	–	1989
5	Nobody's Twisting Your Arm	98	1	#2	–	1988
6	Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft	96	1	#3	–	1987
7	Sucker	96	1	#3	–	1995
8	Come Play With Me	94	1	#4	–	1992
9	Take Me I'm Yours	94	1	#4	–	1988
10	Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)	88	1	#7	–	1990
11	A Million Miles	86	1	#8	–	1987
12	Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?	86	1	#8	–	1988
13	Corduroy	84	1	#9	–	1990
14	Anyone Can Make A Mistake	82	1	#10	–	1987
15	Dare	78	1	#12	–	1991
16	Fleshworld	74	1	#14	–	1991
17	Flying Saucer	74	1	#14	–	1992
18	Take Me!	74	1	#14	–	1989
19	Go Out And Get 'Em Boy	72	1	#15	–	1985
20	I'm Not Always So Stupid	72	1	#15	–	1988
21	Swimming Pools, Movie Stars	72	1	#15	–	1994
22	Once More	70	1	#16	–	1986
23	Don't Talk, Just Kiss	66	1	#18	–	1990
24	Silver Shorts	66	1	#18	–	1992
25	This Boy Can Wait	66	1	#18	–	1986
26	Love Slave	64	1	#19	–	1992
27	Heather	62	1	#20	–	1990
28	Crawl	58	1	#22	–	1990
29	Rotterdam	58	1	#22	–	1991
30	Bewitched	54	1	#24	–	1989
31	Blue Eyes	54	1	#24	–	1992
32	You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends	46	1	#28	–	1986
33	Click Click	42	1	#30	–	1994
34	Getting Nowhere Fast	40	1	#31	–	1987
35	Octopussy	38	1	#32	–	1991
36	2, 3, Go	30	1	#36	–	1996
37	Felicity	30	1	#36	–	1986
38	Interstate 5	30	1	#36	–	2004
39	So Long Baby	28	1	#37	–	1994
40	Spangle	24	1	#39	–	1994
41	Sticky	20	1	#41	–	1992
42	What Have I Said Now?	12	1	#45	–	1989
43	Falling	10	1	#46	–	1992
44	Go Man Go	10	1	#46	–	1996
45	Don't Laugh	4	1	#49	–	1988

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 94 95 96 04

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2019	486	My Favourite Dress	KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2004	36	Interstate 5	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2004
2000	21	Brassneck	John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (2000)
2000	25	My Favourite Dress	John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (2000)
1996	36	2, 3, Go	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1996
1996	46	Go Man Go	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1996
1995	3	Sucker	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1995
1994	15	Swimming Pools, Movie Stars	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994
1994	30	Click Click	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994
1994	37	So Long Baby	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994
1994	39	Spangle	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994
1992	4	Come Play With Me	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992
1992	14	Flying Saucer	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992
1992	18	Silver Shorts	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992
1992	19	Love Slave	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992
1992	24	Blue Eyes	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992
1992	41	Sticky	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992
1992	46	Falling	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992
1991	8	Dalliance	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty')
1991	12	Dare	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty')
1991	14	Fleshworld	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty')
1991	22	Rotterdam	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty')
1991	32	Octopussy	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty')
1990	7	Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1990
1990	9	Corduroy	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1990
1990	18	Don't Talk, Just Kiss	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1990
1990	20	Heather	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1990
1990	22	Crawl	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1990
1990	39	Dalliance	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1990
1989	2	Kennedy	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989
1989	14	Take Me!	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989
1989	19	Brassneck	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989
1989	24	Bewitched	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989
1989	45	What Have I Said Now?	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989
1988	2	Nobody's Twisting Your Arm	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988
1988	4	Take Me I'm Yours	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988
1988	8	Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988
1988	15	I'm Not Always So Stupid	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988
1988	49	Don't Laugh	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988
1987	3	Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1987
1987	6	My Favourite Dress	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1987
1987	8	A Million Miles	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1987
1987	10	Anyone Can Make A Mistake	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1987
1987	31	Getting Nowhere Fast	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1987
1986	16	Once More	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1986
1986	18	This Boy Can Wait	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1986
1986	28	You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1986
1986	36	Felicity	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1986
1985	15	Go Out And Get 'Em Boy	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1985

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