Wishing I Was Lucky
Wishing I Was Lucky a song by Wet Wet Wet on Foxsoundi
About Wishing I Was Lucky
Two years after obtaining a record deal with Polygram records, "Wishing I Was Lucky" was the first single released by "White Soul" Scottish group Wet Wet Wet. The single was a success reaching #6 in the UK in June 1987, spending 17 weeks in the Top 100. It was also a minor hit in the USA, reaching the lower end of the Billboard charts at #58. The lyrics reflected the despair felt by the unemployed in the midst of the political climate of Thatcher's Britain. .
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About this song
- Credited to
- Wet Wet Wet
- Album
- Popped In Souled Out (30th Anniversary Edition) · Track 1 of 42 · Opens the album
- Released
- September 21, 1987
- Duration
- 3:54
- On Last.fm
- 34,507 listeners on Last.fm
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From the album: Popped In Souled Out (30th Anniversary Edition)
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