Wishes (song)

"Wishes" is an album by Human Nature, released as the third single from their album Telling Everybody. The song peaked at No. 6 in Australia, becoming their first top ten single.[1]

This article is about the 1996 single by Human Nature. For other uses, see Wishes (disambiguation).
"Wishes"
Single by Human Nature
from the album Telling Everybody
B-side"You Know"
Released20 October 1996
Recorded1996
Sydney, Australia
GenrePop
Length4:06
LabelSony Music Records, Columbia Records
Songwriter(s)Alan Glass, Andrew Klippel
Producer(s)Andrew Klippel
Human Nature singles chronology
"Tellin' Everybody"
(1996)		 "Wishes"
(1996)		 "Don't Say Goodbye"
(1997)

Track listing

Australian single[2]
  1. "Wishes" (written by: Alan Glass & Andrew Klippel)
  2. "Last Christmas" (written by: George Michael)
  3. "You Know" (written by: Michael Tierney, Andrew Tierney & Paul Begaud)
  4. "Wishes II" (written by: Alan Glass & Andrew Klippel)

European single[3]
  1. "Wishes"
  2. "You Know" (written by: Michael Tierney, Andrew Tierney & Paul Begaud)

UK single[4]
  1. "Wishes" (album version) – 4:04
  2. "Wishes" (Carl Mcintosh's R & B Mix) – 4:32
  3. "Wishes" (Carl Mcintosh's Urban Alternative Mix) – 4:17
  4. "Wishes" (Ak's Comfort Zone Mix) – 4:54
  5. "Wishes" (a cappella) – 3:49

Charts

Weekly charts

"Wishes" debuted at No. 43 in Australia in the week commencing October 27, 1996, before rising to a peak of No. 6 on January 12, 1997.[5]

Chart (1996–97) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 6
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 68

Year-end charts
Chart (1996) Position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 60
Chart (1997) Position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 94

Sales and certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[10] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Awards

"Wishes" was nominated for an ARIA music award at the 1997 ceremony.[11] It lost to "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1997 "Wishes" Highest Selling Single Nominated

References
  1. "Human Nature Charts". Australian Charts. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. "Human Nature - Wishes Aus". Discogs. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  3. "Human Nature - Wishes EU". Discogs. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. "Human Nature - Wishes UK". Discogs. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  5. "Human Nature- Wishes". Australian Charts. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  6. "Australian-charts.com – Human Nature – Wishes". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  7. "Offiziellecharts.de – Human Nature – Wishes". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  8. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1996". The Australian Record Industry Association Ltd. Archived from the original on 2015-11-02. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  9. "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 1997". aria.com.au. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  10. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020.
  11. "Winners By Year - 27th ARIA Awards 2013". ariaawards.com.au. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
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