"I Went to Your Wedding" is a popular song written by Jessie
Mae Robinson and published in 1952.
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 it is addressed to. 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.
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 #1 on the chart.
Another version was recorded by the Sammy Kaye orchestra, on
August 15, 1952, and issued by Columbia Records as catalog
number 39856. The song was also recorded by Alma Cogan in the
United Kingdom in 1952.
It was then famously 'spoofed' by Spike Jones and his City
Slickers later in the decade. The lines quoted above were
altered thus: "You tripped down the aisle/ Fell flat on your
(laughter) smile/ Your father was loaded too". The male
ex-lover (Jones' vocalist) is in fact now interpreted to be
glad to "get rid" of the bride!