White Wedding (song) "Ritual"; the song's chorus contains the line, "it's a nice night for a black wedding," an obvious homage to Idol's 1982 hit "White Wedding." Due to claimed scheduling difficulties, Rob Halford of Judas Priest was featured on the track instead. Notes: White Wedding (song) "White Wedding" is a song by Billy Idol that appeared on his album "Billy Idol" in 1982. It is often considered one of his most recognizable songs, although other Idol songs charted higher. In the US, it peaked at No. 110 on the "Billboard" Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart on 27 November 1982, then reached
1980s in music duet with The Look, he wrote "Manic Monday", a number two pop hit for the Bangles. Artists that covered his music included Tom Jones, who brought his version of the song "Kiss" into the top 40 for the second time in the decade. Melissa Morgan brought her cover of "Do Me, Baby" to the top of the R&B charts in 1986. Other notable artists that covered Prince during the 1980s were The Pointer Sisters and Cyndi Lauper. He also won an Academy Award for the song "Purple Rain". In 1989, Irish singer Sinead O'Connor would record a cover of his