The song, which Stookey credits to divine inspiration,[1] has since been recorded by many singers (with versions by Petula Clark and Mary MacGregor returning it to the Billboard Hot 100) and remains a popular choice for performance at weddings.
Stookey recorded "Wedding Song (There Is Love)" for his solo album Paul and, which was released on July 23, 1971.
[5] "Wedding Song..." did not enter the UK singles chart despite being aired on October 26, 1972 Top of the Pops broadcast.
[7] "Wedding Song (There Is Love)" afforded Clark a major hit in Australia in the spring of 1973, spending 11 weeks in the Top 20 with a peak of No.
Prior to the release of the Petula Clark version, Southern Comfort had recorded "Wedding Song (There Is Love)" for their 1972 album Stir Don't Shake from which it was issued as a single in August 1972.
"The Wedding Song" was the second and final chart single by the Nevada fronted by Kelley—subsequent to the band's version of "How Great Thou Art" (No.
"Wedding Song" was intended to be issued as a fourth single from the album and would have followed up the 1976-77 top ten hit "Muskrat Love".
[9] "The Wedding Song (There Is Love)" returned to the Billboard charts in the autumn of 1978 via a version by Mary MacGregor which reached No.
MacGregor had been discovered by Peter Yarrow, whose wedding occasioned the song's composition, but Yarrow was not involved in MacGregor's recording of "The Wedding Song", which was produced by Gene Cotton and recorded at the Creative Workshop studio in Berry Hill, Tennessee.