Wish You Were Here (Mark Wills album)

Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here
Studio album by Mark Wills
Released	May 5, 1998
Genre	Country
Length	38:13
Label	Mercury Nashville
Producer	Carson Chamberlain
Mark Wills chronology
Singles from Wish You Were Here
	"I Do (Cherish You)"; Released: February 23, 1998; "Don't Laugh at Me"; Released: July 13, 1998; "Wish You Were Here"; Released: January 11, 1999; "She's in Love"; Released: June 14, 1999;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Wish You Were Here is the second studio album of American

RIAA

platinum certification for U.S. sales of one million copies.

The title track, which was the third release, became Wills's first Number One hit on the country charts in mid-1999. "I Do (Cherish You)" was later covered by 98 Degrees on their album 98 Degrees and Rising, from which it was also released as a single.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Think I Won't"	Ted Hewitt, Rodney Atkins, Max T. Barnes	2:31
2.	"Emily Harper"	Lee Thomas Miller, Michael White	3:23
3.	"Wish You Were Here"	Skip Ewing, Bill Anderson, Debbie Moore	4:00
4.	"She's in Love"	Keith Stegall, Dan Hill	4:42
5.	"Love Is Alive"	Charlie Craig, Shane Teeters, Bruce Bouton	2:50
6.	"Don't Laugh at Me"	Allen Shamblin, Steve Seskin	3:36
7.	"The Last Memory"	Tony Martin, Sunny Russ	3:26
8.	"Help Me Fall"	Ewing, Donny Kees	3:17
9.	"It's Working"	Bob Regan, Barnes	3:16
10.	"Anywhere but Memphis"	Monty Criswell, Martin, Mark Wills	3:34
11.	"I Do (Cherish You)"	Stegall, Hill	3:17

Personnel

Mark Wills – lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks 1, 4)
Eddie Bayers – drums
Dan Dugmore – lap steel guitar
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
Aubrey Haynie— fiddle, mandolin
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Gary Prim – keyboards
John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
John D. Willis – acoustic guitar, gut string guitar
Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	74
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	8
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[4]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	30

References

AllMusic

^ "Mark Wills Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

^ "Mark Wills Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

^ "Mark Wills Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

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Compilation albums

Greatest Hits

Notable singles

"Jacob's Ladder"

"High Low and In Between"

"Places I've Never Been"

"I Do (Cherish You)"

"Don't Laugh at Me"

"Wish You Were Here"

"She's in Love"

"Back at One"

"Almost Doesn't Count"

"Loving Every Minute"

"19 Somethin'"

"And the Crowd Goes Wild"

Other Songs

"Somebody"

"What Hurts the Most"

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[1] AllMusic

[ac_Billboard200_Mark_Wills-2] "Mark Wills Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Mark_Wills-3] "Mark Wills Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

[ac_BillboardHeatseekers_Mark_Wills-4] "Mark Wills Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

[5] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

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