Wishing You Were Here

For the Alison Moyet song, see Wishing You Were Here (Alison Moyet song). For the Deborah Gibson song, see M.Y.O.B. (album).
"Wishing You Were Here"
Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago VII
B-side "Life Saver"
Released October 1974
Format 7" single
Genre Rock
Length 4:37
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Peter Cetera
Producer(s) James William Guercio
Chicago singles chronology
"Call on Me"
(1974)		 "Wishing You Were Here"
(1974)		 "Harry Truman"
(1975)

"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.[1] Kath and Cetera swap their usual instruments, with Kath on bass and Cetera on guitar.

The Beach Boys' contribution

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.

The Beach Boys' collaboration with Chicago continued into 1975, where the two bands collaborated for the "Beachago" tour.[2] "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.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australia ARIA [3] 51
Canada RPM Top Singles 12
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [4] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 11
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[5] 1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [6] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1974) Rank
Australia [3] 161
Canada RPM Top Singles [7] 124
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[8] 111

Personnel

Additional Personnel

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 55.
  2. ↑ "Wishing You Were Here". Song Facts.
  3. 1 2 Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  4. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  5. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard. 1974-12-21. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  8. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.


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