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 (Pink Floyd song) with scat singing accompaniment. A third verse follows, featuring an increasingly expressive vocal from Gilmour and audible backing vocals. At the end of the recorded song, the final solo crossfades with wind sound effects, and finally segues into the second section of the multi-part suite "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". Lyrically, the song is often considered to be a direct tribute to Syd Barrett. However, on the documentary "The Story of Wish You Were Here", Gilmour and Waters separately describe the original concept that differs from this interpretation. Waters, who mainly wrote the lyrics complementing Gilmour's initial riff idea and