"uncovered in the EMI vaults during re-mastering work for the Why Pink Floyd...? campaign. Mason discussed the alternative version on the BBC Radio 4 Front Row program and revealed that Yehudi Menuhin, who was recording with Grappelli in Abbey Road's Studio Two, was also invited to play on ""Wish You Were Here"" but declined, as he wasn't as comfortable as Grappelli at improvising. ""Wish You Were Here (Live)"" is a live recording of Pink Floyd's title track off their ninth studio album ""Wish You Were Here"", recorded by the band for their third live album, ""Pulse"". ""Wish You Were Here"
"Wish You Were Here (The Ten Tenors album) Wish You Were Here is the twelfth studio album from Australian vocal group The Ten Tenors, released in April 2017. The album is a ""homage"" to many great artists who have deceased. The Ten Tenors say ""This isn’t intended to be sombre, rather a celebration of the happiness these people brought to the world. Put simply, to all the lost artists, we wish you were here"". In an interview with Today show on 10 April, the band say it was inspired by David Bowie's death. The album was promoted with a national"
"Wish That You Were Here ""Wish That You Were Here"" is a song by the English indie rock band Florence and the Machine written by Florence Welch, Andrew Wyatt, and Emile Haynie. It was released on Island Records on 26 August 2016. The song was made available via digital download and is featured on the soundtrack of the film ""Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children"", which was directed by Tim Burton. Welch — a longtime fan of Burton's work — had expressed interest in collaborating with him long before the recording of ""Wish That You Were Here"", as they shared"
"continued into 1975, where the two bands collaborated for the ""Beachago"" tour. ""Wishing You Were Here,"" as well as other Chicago songs such as ""Feelin' Stronger Every Day,"" were performed by the two bands together. The bands revived their collaboration for a second ""Beachago"" tour in 1989, during which they played this song. For the encore of one June 1989 performance, with Kath and Cetera no longer in the band, Beach Boys Mike Love and Carl sang Kath and Cetera's lead vocals, respectively. Wishing You Were Here ""Wishing You Were Here"" is a song written by Peter Cetera for the"
"Wish You Were Here (Incubus song) ""Wish You Were Here"" is a song by American rock band Incubus and the lead single from their fourth studio album, ""Morning View"". Released in late summer 2001, it peaked at #2 on the Modern Rock and #4 on the Mainstream Rock Charts that year. ""Wish You Were Here"" would become one of the band's most well known songs and be included on the 2009 greatest hits compilation ""Monuments and Melodies"". The song is featured in the video game ""Donkey Konga 2."" Prior to release, the track was played during Moby's Area:One summer festival"
"Wishing You Were Here ""Wishing You Were Here"" is a song written by Peter Cetera for the group Chicago and recorded for their album ""Chicago VII"" (1974), with lead vocals by Terry Kath (uncredited on the original album package), while Cetera sang the song's bridge. The third single released from that album, it reached #11 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100, #9 on the ""Cash Box"" Top 100, and hit #1 on the Easy Listening chart. Kath and Cetera swap their usual instruments, with Kath on bass and Cetera on guitar. James William Guercio, Chicago's producer at the time, played"
"media claiming they played ""Wish You Were Here"". On 2 July 2005 Pink Floyd performed at the London Live 8 concert with Roger Waters rejoining David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright. It was the quartet's first performance together in over 24 years — the band's last show with Waters was at Earls Court in London on 17 June 1981. Gilmour announced the Live 8 reunion on 12 June 2005: The band's set consisted of ""Speak to Me/Breathe/Breathe (Reprise)"", ""Money"", ""Wish You Were Here"", and ""Comfortably Numb"". As on the original recordings, Gilmour sang the lead vocals on ""Breathe"" and"
"Wish You Were Here (Badfinger album) Wish You Were Here is the sixth album by rock band Badfinger and their third consecutive album produced by Chris Thomas. It was recorded in the spring of 1974 at Colorado's Caribou Ranch and released in November of that year on Warner Bros. Records. ""Wish You Were Here"" was the second and last album the band released on the Warner's label. Although the album received a favourable review in ""Rolling Stone"" magazine and is sometimes considered to be the band's best work, it was withdrawn from record stores in early 1975, seven weeks after"
"Wish You Were Here (Delta Goodrem song) ""Wish You Were Here"" is a song by Australian singer–songwriter Delta Goodrem. It was sent to Australian radio on 4 October 2012, and was released digitally on 12 October 2012 and as a CD single on 19 October 2012. The song is the third single released from Goodrem's fourth studio album ""Child of the Universe"". In July 2009, one of Goodrem's lifelong friends, Liam O'Flaherty, was involved in a motorbike accident which took his life. Goodrem was very devastated upon learning the death of O'Flaherty, who was only 24 when he died. While"
"Wish You Were Here (Avril Lavigne song) ""Wish You Were Here"" is a song by Canadian recording artist Avril Lavigne from her fourth studio album, ""Goodbye Lullaby"" (2011). The song was released on September 9, 2011 by RCA Records as the third and final single from the album. ""Wish You Were Here"" was written by Lavigne along with the song's producers Max Martin and Shellback. According to Lavigne, the song shows her vulnerable side. Critical reception toward the song was positive, with critics praising it as a highlight on the album. The accompanying music video for ""Wish You Were Here"""
"Wish You Were Here (Mark Wills song) ""Wish You Were Here"" is a song written by Bill Anderson, Skip Ewing, and Debbie Moore, and recorded by American country music artist Mark Wills. The song reached the top of the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. It was released in January 1999 as the third single and title track from his album of the same name. The song was also Wills's first ""Billboard"" number-one single. Wills told ""Billboard"" magazine that it while some people say it is a sad song, ""it's really a very positive, optimistic"
"be included on the ""Morning View Sessions"" DVD. The video would also air years later on Fuse TV. ""Wish You Were Here"" was performed on the ""Late Show with David Letterman"" on November 1, 2001. Upon winning ""Billboard""'s Modern Rock Single of the Year for ""Drive,"" Incubus performed ""Wish You Were Here"" at the award show . Wish You Were Here (Incubus song) ""Wish You Were Here"" is a song by American rock band Incubus and the lead single from their fourth studio album, ""Morning View"". Released in late summer 2001, it peaked at #2 on the Modern Rock and"
"love song about life after death."" ""Wish You Were Here"" debuted at number 54 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 23, 1999. Wish You Were Here (Mark Wills song) ""Wish You Were Here"" is a song written by Bill Anderson, Skip Ewing, and Debbie Moore, and recorded by American country music artist Mark Wills. The song reached the top of the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. It was released in January 1999 as the third single and title track from his album of the same name."
"tour across August 2017 and peaked at number 18 on the ARIA Charts. Wish You Were Here (The Ten Tenors album) Wish You Were Here is the twelfth studio album from Australian vocal group The Ten Tenors, released in April 2017. The album is a ""homage"" to many great artists who have deceased. The Ten Tenors say ""This isn’t intended to be sombre, rather a celebration of the happiness these people brought to the world. Put simply, to all the lost artists, we wish you were here"". In an interview with Today show on 10 April, the band say it"
"be easy to distinguish from each other. The second half of the show comprised the ""Wish You Were Here"" album in its exact running order (""Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V)"", ""Welcome to the Machine"", ""Have a Cigar"", ""Wish You Were Here"" and ""Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–IX)""). This was the first time ""Welcome to the Machine"" and ""Wish You Were Here"" were played live, with the latter being played differently than the studio album. It featured an extended guitar solo, a reprise of the second verse and Richard Wright closing the song with a piano solo."
"felt that the ""plaintive singing, over brushed drums and strings"" of ""Wishing You Were Here"" ""strike deeper into the heart."" Wishing You Were Here (Alison Moyet song) ""Wishing You Were Here"" is a song by British singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, released in 1991 as the second single from her third studio album ""Hoodoo"". It was written by Moyet and Pete Glenister, and produced by Glenister. Kirsty MacColl provided backing vocals on the song. Having recording her second studio album ""Raindancing"" while living in Los Angeles, Moyet returned to live in England after completing a world tour. Moyet's record company, CBS, wanted"
"Wishing You Were Here (Alison Moyet song) ""Wishing You Were Here"" is a song by British singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, released in 1991 as the second single from her third studio album ""Hoodoo"". It was written by Moyet and Pete Glenister, and produced by Glenister. Kirsty MacColl provided backing vocals on the song. Having recording her second studio album ""Raindancing"" while living in Los Angeles, Moyet returned to live in England after completing a world tour. Moyet's record company, CBS, wanted her to continue producing pop hits but this left the singer feeling artistically compromised and under pressure to deliver. During"
"was short-lived; less than a year later, The Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge Tour (like the Division Bell Tour, also sponsored in part by Volkswagen) finished with a worldwide gross of over US$300 million. The Stones and U2 (with their Vertigo Tour) remain the only acts ever to achieve a higher worldwide gross from a tour, even when adjusting for inflation. These shows are documented by the Pulse ""album"" and ""DVD"". In 1996, Gilmour and Wright performed ""Wish You Were Here"" with Billy Corgan (of The Smashing Pumpkins fame) at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. In an interview"
"Wish You Were Here (Mark Wills album) Wish You Were Here is the second studio album of American country music artist Mark Wills. Released on May 5, 1998, on Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced four singles on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, all of which made top 10: ""I Do (Cherish You)"", ""Don't Laugh at Me"", ""Wish You Were Here"", and ""She's in Love"". The album itself peaked at #8 on the ""Billboard"" Top Country Albums charts and #74 on The Billboard 200. It also received RIAA platinum certification for U.S. sales"
"guitar on the recording as well. Guercio appeared on stage with the band, playing acoustic guitar, when they performed the song on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve to ring in 1975. The instrumental track for the song had been recorded before Cetera realized it was too low for him to sing, so Kath performed the lead vocal instead. The Beach Boys were at Caribou Ranch when ""Wishing You Were Here"" was recorded, and three members of that band — Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, and Dennis Wilson — joined Cetera in singing the harmonies. The Beach Boys' collaboration with Chicago"
"in New York, Rzeznik performed a duet version of the song Iris with Canadian pop-punk singer Avril Lavigne. The Goo Goo Dolls also performed the song ""Name"" at a live concert with LeAnn Rimes. Rzeznik also performed Pink Floyd's ""Wish You Were Here"" with Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit for the victims of September 11 as a tribute to the heroes. On July 4, 2004, Rzeznik and his bandmates returned home to Buffalo and played a free show to give back to their loyal fans, over 60,000 of whom attended. The day quickly became a city triumph when rain came"
"by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of 70,000 copies. Wish You Were Here (Delta Goodrem song) ""Wish You Were Here"" is a song by Australian singer–songwriter Delta Goodrem. It was sent to Australian radio on 4 October 2012, and was released digitally on 12 October 2012 and as a CD single on 19 October 2012. The song is the third single released from Goodrem's fourth studio album ""Child of the Universe"". In July 2009, one of Goodrem's lifelong friends, Liam O'Flaherty, was involved in a motorbike accident which took his life. Goodrem was very devastated upon learning"
"employed a publicist and kept themselves distant from the press, their relationship with the media began to sour. Following the publication by ""NME"" of a negative critique of the band's new material, written by Nick Kent (a devotee of Syd Barrett) and Pete Erskine, the band returned to the studio in the first week of 1975. ""Wish You Were Here"" is Floyd's second album with a conceptual theme written entirely by Roger Waters. It reflects his feeling that the camaraderie that had served the band was, by then, largely absent. The album begins with a long instrumental preamble and segues"
"were later included on the compilation album """". The song was preceded on the compilation by ""Wish You Were Here"", with lyrics by Roger Waters written in tribute to Barrett. The band Opal released a cover of the song on the Barrett tribute album ""Beyond the Wildwood"" in 1987. In reference to the lyrics in the song, some has theoried that Barrett was in fact aware of what was happening to him. This is alluded to in the opening line "" (""It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here, and I'm most obliged to you for making it"
"of The Feeling, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd and Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Mike + The Mechanics, to cover the Floyd's ""Wish You Were Here"". Near the end of the song a performer appeared on a tightrope above the stadium, walked along it, and shook hands with a mannequin, which then burst into flames (referencing the cover of Floyd's 1975 album ""Wish You Were Here""). A psychedelic bus then enters with Russell Brand sitting on top singing ""Pure Imagination"" from ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"" then segues into ""I Am the Walrus""; before introducing Fatboy Slim, who played"
"for the new album. Menuhin watched as Grappelli played on the song ""Wish You Were Here""; however, the band later decided his contribution was unsuitable and, until 2011, it was believed that the piece had been wiped. It turns out his playing was included on the album, but so low in the final mix that the band presumed it would be insulting to credit him. He was paid £300 for his contribution (equivalent to £ in 2019). Dick Parry again played saxophone, on ""Shine On You Crazy Diamond"". The opening bars of ""Wish You Were Here"" were recorded from Gilmour's"
"Bicycle Club at Earls Court Arena, their concert being the final event ever to take place there before its demolition. Band member Jamie MacColl introduced Gilmour, saying; ""This man gave me my first guitar and was one of the first people to play this venue and by my count has played here more than 27 times."" Gilmour then played with the band on their song ""Rinse Me Down"" before a performance of ""Wish You Were Here"". In 2005, Waters and Eric Clapton performed the song at the Tsunami Aid concert, and in 2005's Live 8, Waters rejoined his former bandmates"
"compared the scene where Lavigne is in the bathtub with the music video for Britney Spears song ""Everytime"" but the two scenes have different meanings. Lavigne performed the song on ""Good Morning America"" on November 22, 2011. Credits adapted from ""Goodbye Lullaby"" album liner notes. Wish You Were Here (Avril Lavigne song) ""Wish You Were Here"" is a song by Canadian recording artist Avril Lavigne from her fourth studio album, ""Goodbye Lullaby"" (2011). The song was released on September 9, 2011 by RCA Records as the third and final single from the album. ""Wish You Were Here"" was written by"
"in 2001. It was announced as ""Morning View""'s lead single in June that year. Guitarist Mike Einziger noted that ""Wish You Were Here"" was one of the last songs written for ""Morning View"" and that ""the content is about being happy living for the moment and not looking forward to the future as some event."" Vocalist Brandon Boyd also elaborated on its meaning: ""The song wasn't specifically about a person. It was about me acknowledging a very brief moment in my life and in my experience with all of these guys in making this record. In that moment, I wish"
"Hear You Me! A Tribute to Mykel and Carli Hear You Me! A Tribute To Mykel And Carli is a compilation album released in 1998 on Vast Records. When Mykel and Carli Allan died, a tribute and benefit concert was organized to help the Allan family with the funeral costs. The show featured bands that were friends of the Allan sisters (that dog. and Black Market Flowers amongst others), and was headlined by Weezer. The concert took place at the Palace Theater in Hollywood on August 15, 1997. The show, in turn, inspired the album, which was conceived as both"
"Wish You Were Here (1987 film) Wish You Were Here is a 1987 British comedy-drama film starring Emily Lloyd and Tom Bell. It was written and directed by David Leland. The original music score was composed by Stanley Myers. The story is loosely based on the formative years of Cynthia Payne. Sixteen-year-old Lynda Mansell lives in a small English seaside town in the early 1950s. She is feisty, outspoken and precocious and tries to shock other people with her histrionic behaviour and vulgar tongue (her favourite insult is ""Up yer bum""). Bored with conventional jobs (which she frequently loses) and"
"song on his ongoing Us + Them Tour, in a version which resembles the album version, in which the music is yet again synchronised perfectly with the screen video. Quotes by David Gilmour, taken from the ""Wish You Were Here"" songbook. Welcome to the Machine ""Welcome to the Machine"" is the second song on Pink Floyd's 1975 album ""Wish You Were Here"". Written by bassist Roger Waters, it features heavily processed synthesizers and acoustic guitars, as well as a wide range of tape effects. The track was built upon a basic throbbing sound made by an EMS VCS 3 followed"
"to reach number 128 on the UK Singles Chart. In his review for ""Rolling Stone"" magazine, Jon Blistein praised Welch for ""singing wistfully over a distant keyboard and string plucks"", also noting the ""bombastic chorus that's as determined as it is heartbreaking"". Critic Christine Costello regarded the collaboration between the group and Burton as one of the most interesting pairings of 2016, also stating ""Welch’s renowned, whimsical vocals and art-pop sound are a perfect backdrop for Burton’s infamous scenes of twisting trees, gloomy palettes and underworld aesthetic often captured in his films"". Wish That You Were Here ""Wish That You"