Wish You Were Here (track)
by Pink Floyd
Year: 1975
From the album Wish You Were Here (track #4)
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Wish You Were Here appears on the following album(s) by Pink Floyd:
- Wish You Were Here (track #4) (this album) (1975)
- Delicate Sound Of Thunder (track #10) (1988)
- Pulse (track #22) (1995)
- Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd (track #23) (compilation) (2001)
- A Collection Of Great Dance Songs (track #5) (compilation) (1981)
- The Best Of Pink Floyd: A Foot In The Door (track #6) (compilation) (2011)
- Shine On (track #21) (compilation) (1992)
- Live At Knebworth 1990 (track #3) (2021)
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| 3 days ago |  Ilolahti | 1,067 | 80/100 | |
| 03/09/2026 05:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 81,480 | 71/100 | |
| 03/07/2026 15:34 | lolhahaha | 1,077 | 82/100 | |
| 03/01/2026 10:43 | bkrkrts | 30 | 91/100 | |
| 02/24/2026 02:03 | stareaterogni0n | 3,804 | 72/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 94.6/100, a mean average of 93.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 94.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.1.
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Squonk007 12/26/2025 00:41 | #312323
My go to song singing in the shower.
Si solo pudiera elegir 10 canciones de la historia del rock está sería una de ellas.
Name a better song….
A very good song and very good Pink Floyd song. Much more straightforward than their other stuff, but it succeeds in being straightforward. An acoustic ballad like this wouldn’t succeed if it was something like 10 minutes, which Pink Floyd still succeeds with a 10+ minute song with Shine on I-V. Don’t think WYWH is the best song ever or the best Pink Floyd song, but believe me, it’s up there, and it makes sense why this is their most popular song.
Instrumentally, this may be the best thing Pink Floyd had done to that point. Lead guitar was awesome in this title track.
Very powerful, engaging and moving song. Gilmour's scat singing as well the tight, yet emotionally powerful chord progression really make it amazing.
VictorVale 12/15/2018 17:14 | #227187
Umas das maiores baladas já feitas!
One of the more straight forward Pink Floyd songs, but I think that's what makes it so special. When the chorus hits, it's so powerful and beautiful, and I feel that it's one of their most heartfelt and emotional songs.
Without a doubt the most heartfelt, honest, and impassioned song from Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here" starts off with a beautiful opening guitar piece from David Gilmour that perfectly invokes tranquility and warmth
Songs don't get any better than Wish you were here.
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