Wishing I Was Lucky

"Wishing I Was Lucky"
Single by Wet Wet Wet
from the album Popped In Souled Out
Released 6 April 1987 (UK)
1988 (US)
1989 (France)
Format CD, 7", 12"
Genre Pop
Length 3:52
Label PolyGram
Writer(s) Graeme Clark
Tommy Cunningham
Neil Mitchell
Marti Pellow
Producer Wet Wet Wet
JWWWL
Wilf Smarties
Wet Wet Wet singles chronology
"Wishing I Was Lucky"
(1987)
"Sweet Little Mystery"
(1987)

"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.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Wishing I Was Lucky" — 3:52
  2. "Words of Wisdom" — 3:57
7" single
  1. "Wishing I Was Lucky" — 3:52
  2. "Words of Wisdom" — 3:57
12" maxi
  1. "Wishing I Was Lucky"
  2. "Words of Wisdom"
  3. "Still Can't Remember Your Name"
12" double pack

Record 1:

  1. "Wishing I Was Lucky"
  2. "Words of Wisdom"
  3. "Still Can't Remember Your Name"

Record 2:

  1. "Wishing I Was Lucky"

Charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
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

References

  1. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 19, 2008)
  2. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  3. ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved February 19, 2008)
  4. ^ Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  5. ^ "Wishing I Was Lucky", French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 19, 2008)