Wish You Were Here (Mark Wills album)

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
Mark Wills (1996) Wish You Were Here (1998) Permanently (2000)

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Allmusic	[1]

Wish You Were Here is the second studio album of American country music artist Mark Wills. Released on May 5, 1998, on Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, all of which made top 10: "I Do (Cherish You)", "Don't Laugh at Me", "Wish You Were Here", and "She's in Love". The album itself peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts and #74 on The Billboard 200. It also received 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

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

• Eddie Bayers – drums on all tracks
• Dan Dugmore – lap steel guitar on "Love Is Alive"
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar on all tracks except "Love Is Alive"
• Aubrey Haynie— fiddle on all tracks except "She's in Love", mandolin on "She's in Love"
• Brent Mason – electric guitar on all tracks
• Gary Prim – keyboards on all tracks
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals on all tracks
• John D. Willis – acoustic guitar on all tracks, gut string guitar on "She's in Love" and "I Do (Cherish You)"
• Mark Wills – lead vocals on all tracks, additional background vocals on "She's in Love" and "Don't Think I Won't"
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar on all tracks

Chart performance

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	8
U.S. Billboard 200	74
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	1

References

1. Wish You Were Here (Mark Wills album) at AllMusic

• Wish You Were Here (CD liner notes). Mark Wills. Mercury Records. 1998. 36317.