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Wish You Were Here

song written and composed by David Gilmour and Roger Waters, originally recorded by British band Pink Floyd in 1975
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1130223
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Wish You Were Here is a visual artwork associated with the genres of popular music, progressive rock, and folk rock.

Key Facts

  • Composer: David Gilmour[3], Roger Waters[4]
  • Genre: popular music[5], progressive rock[6], folk rock[7]
  • Producer: Pink Floyd[8]
  • Performer: Pink Floyd[9], Susan Boyle[10]
  • Part of: Wish You Were Here[11]
  • Language of work or name: English[12]
  • Recorded at studio or venue: Abbey Road Studios[13]
  • Publication date: 1975[14]
  • Lyricist: David Gilmour[15], Roger Waters[16]
  • Tonality: G major[17]
  • Title: Wish You Were Here[18]
  • Form of creative work: song[19]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[20]

  • Genre(s): progressive rock, rock[21]

  • Community tags: progressive rock, rock[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4c776465-ac6b-3d7d-8fd0-c91bf8e89322[23]

Why It Matters

Wish You Were Here has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

David Gilmour Roger Waters Susan Boyle Wish You Were Here

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd, Susan Boyle +1
    Form of creative work → song
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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