Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) "The Dark Side of the Moon", but critics displeased about being denied access backstage savaged the performance. "Wish You Were Here" was sold in one of the more elaborate packages to accompany a Pink Floyd album. Storm Thorgerson had accompanied the band on their 1974 tour, and had given serious thought to the meaning of the lyrics, eventually deciding that the songs were, in general, concerned with "unfulfilled presence", rather than Barrett's illness. This theme of absence was reflected in the ideas produced by his long hours spent brainstorming with the band. Thorgerson had noted that Roxy Music's "Country Life"
Wish You Were Here (Mark Wills song) Wish You Were Here (Mark Wills song) "Wish You Were Here" is a song written by Bill Anderson, Skip Ewing, and Debbie Moore, and recorded by American country music artist Mark Wills. The song reached the top of the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. It was released in January 1999 as the third single and title track from his album of the same name. The song was also Wills's first "Billboard" number-one single. Wills told "Billboard" magazine that it while some people say it is a sad song, "it's really a very positive, optimistic