Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
- Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
Infobox Single
Name = Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
Artist = A Flock of Seagulls
from Album = Listen
B-side = "Committed"
Released = 1982
Format = 7", 12"
Recorded = 1982
Genre = New Wave
Length = 4:09 (7" version)
5:29 (Album version)
9:34 (Extended version)
Label = Zomba Records
Writer =
Producer = Mike Howlett
Certification =
Last single = "Space Age Love Song" (1982)
This single = "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" (1982)
Next single = "Nightmares" (1983)
"Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" is a 1982 New Wave song by A Flock of Seagulls, appearing as the opening performance on their second album "Listen". Its wistful, bleak lyrics on separation are built on a driving rhythm backed by a heavy Wall of Sound-styled layer of synthesizer padding.
In contrast to the band's 1982 hit "I Ran (So Far Away)", which was largely a United States hit, "Wishing" song peaked strongly in Great Britain and in Canada where it reached the Top 10, but only reached #26 on the U.S. Billboard charts in summer 1983.
In a celebration of early electronic music, digital radio station BBC 6 Music compiled a chart of its listeners' favourite synthesizer riffs in November 2006. "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" came second in the list to the Tubeway Army single "Are 'Friends' Electric?".
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