Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) tribute to Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett, who left seven years earlier due to mental health problems. As with their previous album "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973), Pink Floyd used studio effects and synthesizers, and brought in guest singers: Roy Harper, who provided the lead vocals on "Have a Cigar", and Venetta Fields, who added backing vocals to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". "Wish You Were Here" topped record charts in the United Kingdom and the United States, and Harvest Records' parent company EMI was unable to print enough copies to meet demand. Although it initially received mixed
Wish You Were Here (Delta Goodrem song) writing materials for her upcoming album, Goodrem worked with Gary Clark and wrote "Wish You Were Here" as a tribute to remember O'Flaherty. During the single's press release, Delta opened up about the genesis of the song, stating "I tried a million different ways to write this song. I had to have a song about this moment in my life of losing one of my best friends. Then on his actual birthday, it was two years later, I said I’m not leaving this day without having the song about it. You can try a million ways, I wrote probably 20