The Story of Wish You Were Here The Story of Wish You Were Here The Story of Wish You Were Here is a direct-to-video documentary about the making of "Wish You Were Here" album by Pink Floyd. After being shown on a few television channels, such as BBC Four, it was released on 26 June 2012, on DVD and Blu-ray. The film gives an extensive insight of concept, recording the songs and designing the album cover. It includes exclusive interviews with almost every key person, who participated in producing the album. It is the second Pink Floyd documentary by Eagle Rock, the previous being "The Making of
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