Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) still sounds unconvincing in its ponderous sincerity and displays a critical lack of imagination in all departments." However, Robert Christgau wrote in "The Village Voice": "The music is not only simple and attractive, with the synthesizer used mostly for texture and the guitar breaks for comment, but it actually achieves some of the symphonic dignity (and cross-referencing) that "The Dark Side of the Moon" simulated so ponderously." He later wrote: "My favorite Pink Floyd album has always been "Wish You Were Here", and you know why? It has soul, that's why – it's Roger Waters's lament for Syd, not my
Wish You Were Here (Delta Goodrem song) Current Affair" on 26 October 2012 to promote the album, performng "Wish You Were Here". On 28 October 2012, she performed the song, as well as "Sitting on Top of the World" at a Guerilla Gig, filmed by pay TV music network Channel (V) at Broadbeach Mall. Goodrem later performed the song on "New Zealand's Got Talent". In November, she appeared on television show "Mornings" to sing "Wish You Were Here". "Wish You Were here" debuted at number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart before peaking at number five in its second week on the chart. It was certified platinum