"Wishing I Was Lucky" | ||||
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Single by Wet Wet Wet | ||||
from the album Popped In Souled Out | ||||
Released | 6 April 1987 (UK) 1988 (US) 1989 (France) |
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Format | CD, 7", 12" | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:52 | |||
Label | PolyGram | |||
Writer(s) | Graeme Clark Tommy Cunningham Neil Mitchell Marti Pellow |
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Producer | Wet Wet Wet JWWWL Wilf Smarties |
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Wet Wet Wet singles chronology | ||||
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"Wishing I Was Lucky" was the debut single by Wet Wet Wet. It was taken from their 1987 album Popped In Souled Out. It was released on 6 April 1987 and was their first hit, peaking at #6 on the UK Singles Chart.
Marti Pellow recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile.
The song appears in Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City's fictional radio station Vice City FM.
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Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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Irish Singles Chart[1] | 6 |
UK Singles Chart[2] | 6 |
Chart (1988)[3] | Peak position |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] | 58 |
Chart (1989) | Peak position |
French SNEP Singles Chart[5] | 40 |
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