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Wish You Were Here was Pink Floyd's fastest-selling album ever. [52] The album was certified silver and gold (60,000 and 100,000 sales respectively) in the UK on 1 August 1975, and Gold in the US on 17 September 1975. It was certified six-times platinum in the US on 16 May 1997, [56] and by 2004 had sold an estimated 13 million copies worldwide ...
The main theme features what were, for Pink Floyd, rather unusual chords. In the final version's key of D minor, the chords are D minor ninth, E♭maj7 sus2 /B♭, Asus2sus4, and A♭sus2. All these chords contain the tonic of the song, D—even as a tritone, as is the case in the fourth chord. [4] [5] [6]
There were an awful lot of people who thought Pink Floyd was the name of the lead singer and that was Pink himself and the band. That's how it all came about, it was quite genuine. — David Gilmour, December 1992, In the Studio with Redbeard for "Making of Shine On" and "Making of Wish You Were Here" [ 18 ]
"Wish You Were Here" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, released as the title track of their 1975 album of the same name. [2] [3] Guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour and bassist/vocalist Roger Waters collaborated in writing the music, with Gilmour singing lead vocals.
"Welcome to the Machine" is the second song on Pink Floyd's 1975 album Wish You Were Here. [3] [4] It features heavily processed vocals, layers of synthesizers, acoustic guitars as well as a wide range of tape effects. The song was written by bassist Roger Waters.
The record has not been released as a standalone album, but has been released in segments as part of other Pink Floyd releases; namely the Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here immersion box sets (2011) and The Early Years 1965-1972 box set (2016).
The album includes many works from A Momentary Lapse of Reason as well as tracks from older Pink Floyd albums. [7] The double LP release did not have "Us and Them" on the track listing. Both the double LP and the double cassette had "Wish You Were Here" between "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" and "Comfortably Numb". [7]
After a tour of the UK performing Dark Side, Pink Floyd returned to the studio in January 1975 and began work on their ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here. [130] Parsons declined an offer to continue working with them, becoming successful in his own right with the Alan Parsons Project , and so the band turned to Brian Humphries. [ 131 ]