| "Wish I Could Fly" | ||||
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| Single by Roxette | ||||
| from the album Have a Nice Day | ||||
| B-side | "Happy Together" | |||
| Released | 1 February 1999 | |||
| Recorded | January; March 1998 | |||
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| Length | 4:40 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Per Gessle | |||
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 Artwork for the 2000 US version of the single | ||||
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| "Wish I Could Fly" on YouTube | ||||
"Wish I Could Fly" is a song by Swedish pop music duo Roxette, released on 1 February 1999 as the lead single from their sixth studio album, Have a Nice Day (1999). An orchestral pop ballad containing elements of electronica, the song was written as an experiment by Per Gessle, who was attempting to establish if a prominently-placed drum loop would fit alongside a large orchestra. The track became a sizable hit for the duo, peaking inside the top twenty of Billboard's European Hot 100 Singles, and was the most-played song on European radio of 1999. It would also become their final top 40 hit on the UK Singles Chart.