Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song) "Pulse" was issued as a single/EP. Its intro replicates the sound of the original, semi-ambient intro. The cover of the EP features two men whose faces are distorted by fish bowls, referring to the line "We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year". The "Experience" edition of Wish You Were Here from the 2011 Why Pink Floyd...? re-release campaign includes a version of "Wish You Were Here" prominently featuring Stéphane Grappelli on violin. The recording of Grappelli, which Nick Mason thought he may have recorded over in subsequent sessions for Wish You Were Here, was
Wish You Were Here (Badfinger album) release, because of a lawsuit between Warner music publishing and Badfinger's management. The album's abbreviated manufacturing run and short tenure on the market has made the original LP relatively rare. Before being recalled, "Wish You Were Here" had time enough to chart, peaking at number 148 in the United States. In the 1990s it was re-released in CD format in Japan and Germany only. The album was eventually issued on CD in the US in 2007. Many of the tracks have appeared on Badfinger compilation albums. After completing "Wish You Were Here", Pete Ham decided to quit Badfinger; he was