- I Wish You Would
Infobox Single
Name = I Wish You Would
Cover size =
Caption =
Artist =The Yardbirds
from Album =
A-side =
B-side = "A Certain Girl" (Naomi Neville )
Released = May 1964
Format =7" single
Recorded =
Genre =Blues rock
Length = 2:19 / B-Side: 2:18
Label = Columbia DB7283 (UK)
Epic 9709 (US)
Writer =Billy Boy Arnold
Producer =Giorgio Gomelsky
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = -
This single = "I Wish You Would"
(1964)
Next single = "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl "
(1964)
Misc ="I Wish You Would" is a song by songwriterBilly Boy Arnold , performed by Englishblues rock bandThe Yardbirds and released on their debut single.This release also marked the first of several "bloopers" made by The Yardbirds' U.S. label, Epic. First U.S. pressings of the single and the extremely rare U.S. picture sleeve show the song as "I Wish You Could". One side of the picture sleeve shows the group, the other side an unrelated advertisement.
Covers
David Bowie recorded a version of it for his "Pin Ups " album in 1973.The Sweet also made their version of this song in their "Identity Crisis" album, released in 1982.Credits
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Keith Relf -lead vocals ,harmonica
*Eric Clapton -lead guitar
*Chris Dreja -rhythm guitar
*Paul Samwell-Smith - bass,backing vocals
*Jim McCarty - drums,backing vocals
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