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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.

Wish You Were Here
Studio album by Mark Wills
Released	May 5, 1998 (1998-05-05)
Genre	Country
Length	38:13
Label	Mercury Nashville
Producer	Carson Chamberlain
Mark Wills chronology
Mark Wills (1996) Wish You Were Here (1998) Permanently (2000)
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

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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

• 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

References

• Wish You Were Here (CD liner notes). Mark Wills. Mercury Records. 1998. 36317.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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