Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song) (Live)" was released as a single on 20 July 1995 in the United Kingdom and Europe, notably the very last single released by the band until October 2014. "Wish You Were Here" served as the fourth and final single from Wyclef Jean's second studio album, "". It was released in December 2001, peaking at #28 on the UK Singles Chart. Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song) "Wish You Were Here" is the title track on Pink Floyd's 1975 album "Wish You Were Here". David Gilmour and Roger Waters collaborated to write the music, and Gilmour sang the lead vocal.
Wish You Were Here (Avril Lavigne song) writing for "Rolling Stone" magazine, described "Wish You Were Here" as a "jangling power ballad". Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic marked "Wish You Were Here" as a highlight of the album, "Goodbye Lullaby". Al Fox, an editor of BBC Music, said that the song is one of the tracks from the album where "Lavigne actually manages to communicate some real sentiment". He also commented that it is "an unassuming strum-along". Bill Lamb of the website About.com found "interesting arrangements and musical settings" in the song. While reviewing "Goodbye Lullaby", Robert Copsey of Digital Spy concluded that the main theme of