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Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) by A Flock of Seagulls
Genre: Space
Year: 1983
Year: 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 bands 1982 hit "I Ran (So Far Away)", which was largely a United States and Australian hit, "Wishing" peaked strongly in Great Britain, Ireland 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 Read full article at wikipedia.org
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More songs by A Flock of Seagulls: I Ran (So Far Away), I Ran.
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