Wish You Were Here

Summary

Wish You Were Here is a musical work/composition^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,468 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wish You Were Here's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[3].
• Wish You Were Here's composer is recorded as David Gilmour^[4].
• Wish You Were Here's composer is recorded as Roger Waters^[5].
• Wish You Were Here's genre is popular music^[6].
• Wish You Were Here's genre is progressive rock^[7].
• Wish You Were Here's genre is folk rock^[8].
• Wish You Were Here was produced by Pink Floyd^[9].
• Among the performers on Wish You Were Here was Pink Floyd^[10].
• Wish You Were Here was performed by Pink Floyd^[11].
• Wish You Were Here was performed by Susan Boyle^[12].
• Among the performers on Wish You Were Here was Pink Floyd^[13].
• Wish You Were Here is part of Wish You Were Here^[14].
• Wish You Were Here's language of work or name is recorded as English^[15].
• Wish You Were Here's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Abbey Road Studios^[16].
• Wish You Were Here was published on 1975^[17].
• Wish You Were Here's lyricist is recorded as David Gilmour^[18].
• Wish You Were Here's lyricist is recorded as Roger Waters^[19].
• Wish You Were Here's tonality is recorded as G major^[20].
• Wish You Were Here's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wish You Were Here'}^[21].
• Wish You Were Here's form of creative work is recorded as song^[22].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Release type: Song^[23]

• Genre(s): progressive rock, rock^[24]

• Community tags: progressive rock, rock^[25]

• MusicBrainz ID: 4c776465-ac6b-3d7d-8fd0-c91bf8e89322^[26]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include Pink Floyd^[10] and Susan Boyle^[12]. Wish You Were Here was produced by Pink Floyd^[9].

Publication

Wish You Were Here was published on 1975^[17]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English^[15]. Genres include popular music^[6], progressive rock^[7], and folk rock^[8]. It is part of it^[14].

Why It Matters

Wish You Were Here ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,468 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27]