Wish I Knew You

"Wish I Knew You" is a song by American rock band the Revivalists. The song was written by the band and was produced by Ben Ellman. The song peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart, becoming the band's first chart-topper on the chart. The song also found success on a number of other rock radio formats, as well as adult contemporary stations. This song had also set a record in May 2017 (since beaten by Portugal. The Man's track "Live In The Moment") for the most plays (spins) ever recorded during a week's time (3,488 across the panel) for any track on Alternative/Modern Rock radio since the inception of Mediabase tracking systems in 1988.

In February 2021, for the 25th anniversary of Adult Alternative Airplay, Billboard ranked "Wish I Knew You" at number 57 on its list of the 100 most successful songs in the chart's history; in September 2023, the magazine ranked the song at number 84 on a similar retrospective list for the 35th anniversary of Alternative Airplay.

Music video

The music video was released on February 24, 2016.

Use in other media

The song was featured in a 2017 commercial for Blue Moon.

Charts

Certifications

Release history

See also

• List of Billboard number-one adult alternative singles of the 2010s

References

1. Bad Habit (Steve Lacy song)
2. I Wish You Knew
3. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
4. The Revivalists
5. David Shaw (musician)
6. I Wish I Knew
7. I Knew You When
8. I Knew You Were Trouble
9. Brokeback Mountain
10. If I Never Knew You
11. If I Only Knew
12. I Knew I Loved You (disambiguation)
13. (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One
14. Ooh La La (Faces song)
15. If I Knew
16. The Inspection
17. If I Knew Then
18. Lemony Snicket bibliography
19. Whatever Gets You Through the Day
20. Icarus Falls