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In 2004, Wish You Were Here was ranked number 36 on the Pitchfork list of the Top 100 albums of the 1970s. [79] IGN rated Wish You Were Here as the eighth-greatest classic rock album, [80] and Ultimate Classic Rock placed Wish You Were Here as the second-best Pink Floyd album. [81] Wright and Gilmour cited Wish You Were Here as their favourite ...
"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.
"See Emily Play" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released as their second single on 16 June 1967 on the Columbia label. [7] Written by original frontman Syd Barrett, it was released as a non-album single, but appeared as the opening track of Pink Floyd, the US edition of the band's debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967).
The band performed the whole nine-part "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" as part of the Wish You Were Here portion of their 1977 In the Flesh Tour, with extra musicians White on guitar and backing vocals and Parry on saxophones and additional keyboards. Parts I–V became a staple of Floyd's performances from 1987 to 1994.
After trying it both separately and as a duet, with Harper still technically on the track singing vocals on the bridge (available on the 2011 Experience and Immersion editions of Wish You Were Here), they turned to Harper to sing lead, who was recording his album HQ at Abbey Road at the same time as Pink Floyd. Harper agreed to sing the part as ...
Wish You Were Here: 1975 [23] "Heart Beat, Pig Meat" † David Gilmour Nick Mason Roger Waters Richard Wright Instrumental Zabriskie Point: 1970 [15] "The Hero's Return" Roger Waters Roger Waters The Final Cut: 1983 [20] "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" ‡ David Gilmour Andriy Khlyvnyuk Stepan Charnetskii: Andriy Khlyvnyuk Non-album single 2022 "Hey You ...
"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 No. 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, No.
"Wish You Were Here" is a song by Swedish band Rednex from their first album, Sex & Violins (1995). Written by Teijo Agélii-Leskelä and produced by Denniz Pop and Max Martin , the ballad is performed by lead singer Annika Ljungberg and was released as the third single of the album in April 1995.