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Wish I Could Fly

song written and composed by Per Gessle, originally recorded by Roxette in 1998 and released in 1999
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Wish I Could Fly

Summary

Wish I Could Fly is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wish I Could Fly's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Wish I Could Fly's composer is recorded as Per Gessle[4].
  • Wish I Could Fly's genre is pop music[5].
  • Wish I Could Fly was produced by Per Gessle[6].
  • Wish I Could Fly was performed by Roxette[7].
  • Among the performers on Wish I Could Fly was Roxette[8].
  • Wish I Could Fly's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Wish I Could Fly's lyricist is recorded as Per Gessle[10].
  • Wish I Could Fly's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wish I Could Fly'}[11].
  • Wish I Could Fly's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

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[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9151a622-dc0e-4292-90a9-4868da51778a[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Roxette[7]. Wish I Could Fly was produced by Per Gessle[6].

Publication

Wish I Could Fly's language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is pop music[5].

Why It Matters

Wish I Could Fly ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

Related Entities

Per Gessle

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Wish I Could Fly. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wish-i-could-fly
MLA “Wish I Could Fly.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/wish-i-could-fly.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wish-i-could-fly_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Wish I Could Fly}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wish-i-could-fly}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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