I Wish You Would

original song written and composed by Billy Boy Arnold; first recorded by Billy Boy
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q5979943
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I Wish You Would

Summary

I Wish You Would is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Wish You Would's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Wish You Would's composer is recorded as Billy Boy Arnold[4].
  • I Wish You Would's genre is blues[5].
  • Among the performers on I Wish You Would was Billy Boy Arnold[6].
  • I Wish You Would was performed by The Yardbirds[7].
  • Among the performers on I Wish You Would was John P. Hammond[8].
  • Among the performers on I Wish You Would was Canned Heat[9].
  • I Wish You Would was performed by David Bowie[10].
  • I Wish You Would was performed by Hot Tuna[11].
  • Among the performers on I Wish You Would was The Sweet[12].
  • Among the performers on I Wish You Would was The Red Devils[13].
  • Among the performers on I Wish You Would was Tom Jones[14].
  • I Wish You Would's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • I Wish You Would was published on June 1955[16].
  • I Wish You Would's lyricist is recorded as Billy Boy Arnold[17].
  • I Wish You Would's title is recorded as I Wish You Would[18].
  • I Wish You Would's different from is recorded as I Wish You Would[19].
  • I Wish You Would's form of creative work is recorded as song[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ff018bd9-8a54-33cf-87b3-a7546679a427[22]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include Billy Boy Arnold[6], The Yardbirds[7], John P. Hammond[8], Canned Heat[9], David Bowie[10], and Hot Tuna[11].

Publication

I Wish You Would was published on June 1955[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[15]. Its genre is blues[5].

Why It Matters

I Wish You Would ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_i-wish-you-would-q5979943_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{I Wish You Would}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-wish-you-would-q5979943}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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