Let's Get Married (The Proclaimers song)

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"Let's Get Married"
Single by The Proclaimers
from the album Hit the Highway
ReleasedFebruary 1994
GenreRock
Length4:10
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)
  • Craig Reid
  • Charles Reid
The Proclaimers singles chronology
"King of the Road"
(1990) 		"Let's Get Married"
(1994) 		"What Makes You Cry"
(1994)

"Let's Get Married" is a song by Scottish rock duo The Proclaimers. Released in 1994, it was the lead single from their third studio album Hit the Highway. A marriage-themed song, the single charted in the United Kingdom, Austria and Canada.

Music video[]

Released in the United Kingdom in February 1994,[1] the music video for "Let's Get Married", directed by Lindy Heymann,[1][2] was filmed in the Mojave Desert and in Las Vegas.[2]

Reception[]

Peter Galvin of Rolling Stone characterized "Let's Get Married" as "an anything-but-smarmy love song about the joys of matrimony".[3]

In popular culture[]

"Let's Get Married" was featured in Season 4 Episode 1 of BBC Scotland sitcom Two Doors Down in January 2019.[4]

Charts[]

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Ö3 Austria Top 40[5] 21
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 60
UK Singles Chart[7] 21

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Proclaimers: Let's get Married (1994 Video)". IMDb. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Today is 25 years since the UK release of The Proclaimers third album 'Hit The Highway'". The Proclaimers. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. ^ Galvin, Peter. "Album Reviews - The Proclaimers: Hit the Highway". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Two Doors Down (2016) s04e01 Episode Script". Springfield! Springfield!. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  5. ^ "austriancharts.at > The Proclaimers in der österreichischen Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Image: RPM Weekly". Government of Canada - Library and Archives. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Proclaimers - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
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