Let's Get Married (The Proclaimers song)

"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.

"Let's Get Married"
Single by The Proclaimers
from the album Hit the Highway
Released	February 1994
Genre	Rock
Length	4:10
Label	Chrysalis
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)

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. "The Proclaimers: Let's get Married (1994 Video)". IMDb. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
2. "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.