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Wishing You Were Here
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- "Wishing You Were Here" may also refer to a different song by Deborah Gibson.
| "Wishing You Were Here" | ||
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| Single by Chicago | ||
| from the album Chicago VII | ||
| B-side(s) | "Life Saver" | |
| Released | October 1974 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 4:37 | |
| Label | Columbia Records | |
| Writer(s) | Peter Cetera | |
| Producer(s) | James William Guercio | |
| Chart positions | ||
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| 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. The third single released from that album, it reached #11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and hit #1 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.
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 to provide back-up harmonies on the recording [1].
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| Chicago |
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| Robert Lamm | James Pankow | Lee Loughnane | Walter Parazaider | Bill Champlin Jason Scheff | Tris Imboden | Keith Howland Terry Kath | Peter Cetera | Danny Seraphine | Laudir DeOliveira | Donnie Dacus | Chris Pinnick | Dawayne Bailey |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: The Chicago Transit Authority | Chicago | Chicago III | Chicago V | Chicago VI |Chicago VII | Chicago VIII | Chicago X | Chicago XI | Hot Streets | Chicago 13 | Chicago XIV | Chicago 16 | Chicago 17 | Chicago 18 | Chicago 19 | Twenty 1 | Night & Day Big Band | Chicago XXX |
| Live albums: Chicago at Carnegie Hall | Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert |
| Compilations: Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits | Greatest Hits, Volume II | Greatest Hits 1982-1989 The Heart of Chicago 1967-1997 | The Heart of Chicago 1967-1998 Volume II | The Very Best of: Only the Beginning | Love Songs |
| Christmas albums: Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album | What's It Gonna Be, Santa? |
| Unreleased album: Stone of Sisyphus |
| Box sets: The Box |