Wish You Were Here

Mark Wills

About Wish You Were Here

"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.


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They kissed goodbye at the terminal gate
She said, "You're gonna be late if you don't go"
He held her tight, said, "I'll be alright
I'll call you tonight to let you know"
He bought a postcard, on the front it just said Heaven
With a picture of the ocean and the beach
And the simple words he wrote her
Said he loved her and they told her
How he'd hold her if his arms would reach

Wish you were here, wish you could see this place
Wish you were near, I wish I could touch your face
The weather's nice, it's paradise
It's summertime all year and there's some folks we know
They say, "Hello, I miss you so, wish you were here"

She got a call that night but it wasn't from him
It didn't sink in right away, ma'am the plane went down
Our crews have searched the ground
No survivors found she heard him say
But somehow she got a postcard in the mail
That just said Heaven with a picture of the ocean and the beach
And the simple words he wrote her
Said he loves and they told her
How he'd love her if his arms would reach

Wish you were here, wish you could see this place
Wish you were near, I wish I could touch your face
The weather's nice, it's paradise
It's summertime all year and there's some folks we know
They say, "Hello, I miss you so, wish you were here"

The weather's nice, in paradise
It's summertime all year and all the folks we know
They say, "Hello, I miss you so, wish you were here"
Wish you were here

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Mark Wills

Daryl Mark Williams (born August 8, 1973) is an American country music artist, best known professionally as Mark Wills Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well as a greatest hits package. In that same timespan, he charted sixteen singles on the Billboard country charts, all of which made the top 40. After leaving Mercury in 2003, he signed to Equity Music Group and charted three more singles. Two of these were later included on his sixth studio album, Familiar Stranger, which was released on the Tenacity label in 2008. more »

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Written by: BARRY ALAN GIBB, MAURICE ERNEST GIBB, ROBIN HUGH GIBB

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10 facts about this song

Release Date
"Wish You Were Here" was released in 1999 and is one of the most popular songs of Mark Wills.
Awards
The song won the Single of the Year award from the Academy of Country Music in 1999.
Performance in Billboard Charts
"Wish You Were Here" reached number one on Billboard's US Hot Country Songs chart and stayed there for four weeks.
Country Music Association (CMA) Performance
The song was nominated for both Song and Single of the Year at the CMA Awards.
Album Success
"Wish You Were Here" is a titular song on Mark Wills' album which achieved platinum status by the RIAA and peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
Songwriters
"Wish You Were Here" was written by Skip Ewing and Debbie Moore.
Song's Insurance Connection
The song was later used in an advertisement for Progressive Auto Insurance in the mid-2000s.
Song's Theme
This country ballad is a poignant song, it tells the story of a man who dies in a plane crash and his last message to his loved ones.
Producer
The song was produced by Carson Chamberlain, a renowned country music producer.
Trivia
Despite sharing the same title, this song is not related to Pink Floyd's song "Wish You Were Here".

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