Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)

"Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" is a 1982 song by A Flock of Seagulls, the opening song and only hit single from their second album Listen.[2] The song exemplifies "synth-pop's spaced-out loneliness" and yearning for imagined, absent lovers,[3] and is noted for its Wall of Sound-styled layer of synthesizer padding – a "multi-layered, hypnotic song", according to AllMusic.[2]

"Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)"
Single by A Flock of Seagulls
from the album Listen
B-side"Committed"
Released20 October 1982
Recorded1982, Compass Point Studios[1]
GenreNew wave, synthpop
Length4:09 (7" version)
5:29 (Album version)
9:34 (Extended version)
LabelZomba Records
Songwriter(s)Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley and Paul Reynolds
Producer(s)Mike Howlett
A Flock of Seagulls singles chronology
"Space Age Love Song"
(1982)		 "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)"
(1982)		 "Nightmares"
(1983)

Unlike the band's 1982 hit "I Ran (So Far Away)", largely a United States and Australian hit, "Wishing" performed strongly in the band’s home country, the United Kingdom, and reached the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart; in the US it reached the Top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the middle of 1983.[4] It was popular in South Africa, reaching #8.[5]

Formats
7" Jive 25 (UK) – 1982
No.TitleLength
1."Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)"4:00
2."Committed"2:50
12" Jive T25 (UK) – 1982
No.TitleLength
1."Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) (Long Version)"9:08
2."Committed"5:34
3."Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) (Short Version)"4:57
12" Jive VJ 12014 (US) – 1982
No.TitleLength
1."Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)"6:03
2."The Flight of Yuri Gagarin"7:03
3."Rosenmontag"8:01
4."Committed (Extended Version)"5:34
CD August Day 41 (UK) – 2019[6]
No.TitleLength
1."Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) [Extended Remix]"8:34
2."Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) [Ilya Santana Remix]"6:08
3."Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) [Soda Pimps Remix]"4:06
4."Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) [Chris Coco Dub]"6:52
5."Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) [Extended Instrumental]"8:34
6."Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) [Ilya Santana Instrumental Remix]"6:08
7."Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) [Orchestral Version]"5:32

Chart and certifications

References
  1. "Behind The Vinyl - "Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)" with Mike Score from A Flock Of Seagulls". boom 97.3. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. Bogdanov, Vladimir (2001). All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music. Backbeat Books. p. 137. ISBN 9780879306281. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  3. "Spin Alternative Record Guide". Spin. 10 October 1995. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  4. Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2002). All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 417. ISBN 9780879306533. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  5. Brian Currin. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (F)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  6. Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) (liner notes). A Flock of Seagulls. Concord Music Publishing. 2019. ADAY041.CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6279." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  8. "The World's Music Charts (Songs from the Year 1983)". Archived from the original on 30 November 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  9. CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JULY 9, 1983 at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 September 2012). Cash Box magazine.
  10. "British single certifications – A Flock of Seagulls – Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 October 2019. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.


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