Song · Wedding Present
“Kennedy” by Wedding Present
From the album Bizarro (1989)
“Kennedy” by Wedding Present appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1989. It was first released in 1989 on the album Bizarro. Its best result is #2 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #66 alternative song of 1989 and #464 of the '80s.
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"Kennedy" was the one and only single the Wedding Present pulled from Bizarro, their second album and the first proper one for RCA, released in October 1989, and it gave them their first Top 40 hit. David Gedge wrote it, Chris Allison produced it and Steve Lyon engineered.
It arrived hard on the heels of the band's detour into Ukrainian folk music on their John Peel sessions side project, and it marks them getting back to their own business with real urgency. Among the single's B-sides, just to keep everyone guessing, was a cover of the Tom Jones hit "It's Not Unusual".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 2 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989 | 50 |
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