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 (Avril Lavigne song) during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade last week. "That was kind of more my older stuff and more pop rock and aggressive and a lighter subject. Goodbye Lullaby, for me, was a record that I was writing for myself." Lavigne also described her meeting with Martin and the work on "Wish You Were Here": "He said some really kind things that really meant a lot to me. He worked with so many people and he's an artist, he's very sensitive. We wrote a couple really special songs together. It's kind of hard to work with someone new, and when I