Wish You Were Here (Incubus song)

"Wish You Were Here"
Single by Incubus from the album Morning View
B-side	Mexico (live)/Drive (live)/Warmth (live)/Wish You Were Here (live)
Released	2001
Format	CD/DVD single
Recorded	2001
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	3:36
Label	Sony Records
Writer	Incubus
Producer	Scott Litt and Incubus
Incubus singles chronology
"Drive" (1999) "Wish You Were Here" (2001) "Warning" (2002)

"Wish You Were Here" is the first single off Incubus's 2001 album, Morning View. It peaked at #2 on the Modern Rock Charts that year. In regards to the song's meaning, vocalist Brandon Boyd stated:

“	The song wasn't specifically about a person. It was about me acknowledging a very brief moment in my life and in my experience with all of these guys in making this record. In that moment, I wish that I had somebody to go, "I love you, man." I was wishing that there was someone there to share that moment with.[1]	„

Contents 1 Tracking listing 1.1 CD single 1.2 Australian CD single 1.3 UK CD single 1.4 UK DVD single 2 Music videos 3 References 4 External links

Tracking listing

CD single

1. Wish You Were Here
2. Mexico (live)
3. Drive (live)
4. Warmth (live)
5. Wish You Were Here (live)

Australian CD single

1. Wish You Were Here
2. Mexico
3. Warmth (live)
4. Drive (live)

UK CD single

1. Wish You Were Here (Album Version)
2. New Skin
3. Drive (Orchestral Studio Version)
4. Wish You Were Here (Video)

UK DVD single

1. Wish You Were Here (Video) – Live at ‘The Morning View Sessions’
2. Wish You Were Here
3. A Certain Shade of Green
4. 4 x Video Clips from the session

Music videos

In light of the September 11 attacks, the original music video produced for "Wish You Were Here" was deemed inappropriate by MTV. Boyd remarked:

“	We spent a lot of money, a lot of days, blood, sweat, tears, and then it was deemed inappropriate by our people and MTV... In the original video, we were emulating a scene from the movie Head by The Monkees. [In the movie] there were thousands of screaming women and Army people, cops, clowns and photographers chasing the Monkees off this bridge. The only [thing they can do] is jump. We [shot a scene where we're] running away from these people. That part was [deemed] inappropriate — screaming girls, screaming people. Then, our only place to go is to leap off this bridge, and it shows us descending and smacking into the water.[2]	„

The second video, which found substantial airplay, had the band performing in front of a dark background, a light breeze blowing toward them. It also used various home video-like footage of swimming and other summer activities. The original "bridge jump" version would eventually air much later.

References

External links

• "Wish You Were Here" music video (second version)

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Brandon Boyd | Mike Einziger | José Pasillas | DJ Chris Kilmore | Ben Kenney
Alex Katunich | Gavin Koppell
Discography
Studio albums: Fungus Amongus | S.C.I.E.N.C.E. | Make Yourself | Morning View | A Crow Left of the Murder... | Light Grenades
Live albums: Live at Lollapalooza 2003 | Live in Japan 2004 | Live in Sweden 2004 | Live in Malaysia 2004
DVDs: When Incubus Attacks Volume 2 | Morning View Sessions | Alive at Red Rocks | Look Alive CD/DVD
EPs: Enjoy Incubus | When Incubus Attacks Volume 1
Singles: "A Certain Shade of Green" | "New Skin" | "Pardon Me" | "Stellar" | "Drive" | "Wish You Were Here" | "Warning!" | "Nice to Know You" | "Are You In?" | "Circles" | "Megalomaniac" | "Talk Shows on Mute" | "Agoraphobia" | "Make a Move" | "Anna-Molly" | "Dig" | "Love Hurts" | "Oil and Water"
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