I Wish You Well

"I Wish You Well" is the first single released from Canadian singer Tom Cochrane's 1995 album Ragged Ass Road. Inspired by Cochrane's experiences during the years following the success of his album Mad Mad World, the song was released in August 1995 as his first single since 1992. It became only the second song—and the first by a Canadian artist—to debut atop the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart, giving Cochrane his second number-one single in his home country, and it also reached number three on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart. Outside Canada, "I Wish You Well" managed to find fleeting chart success in the United Kingdom and the United States.

"I Wish You Well"
Single by Tom Cochrane
from the album Ragged Ass Road
ReleasedAugust 1995
Recorded1995
Length4:24
LabelEMI, Capitol
Songwriter(s)Tom Cochrane
Producer(s)Tom Cochrane
Tom Cochrane singles chronology
"Bigger Man"
(1992)		 "I Wish You Well"
(1995)		 "Wildest Dreams"
(1995)

Background

"I Wish You Well" was written by Tom Cochrane, inspired by the turmoil he experienced after the success of Mad Mad World and the touring to support the album. Described by Cochrane as "a blur",[1] this period left his home life in a state of disorder, including a year in which he separated with his wife, Kathleen. According to Cochrane, "I Wish You Well" and Ragged Ass Road addresses these issues and what he learned from the period.[1]

Chart performance

Released as a single in August 1995, "I Wish You Well" debuted at number one on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart on September 4, 1995,[2] becoming the second song in the chart's history to accomplish this feat (not counting the magazine's first number one), after Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in 1985.[3] It was also the first song by a Canadian artist to debut at number one. The single stayed at the summit for another week, then dropped to number seven on September 18.[4] It stayed in the top 100 for 26 weeks, last appearing at number 98 on February 26, 1996.[5] It was the fourth most successful single of 1995 in Canada,[6] and it also peaked at number three on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart on October 9, 1995.[7]

The song did not make a substantial commercial impact outside Canada, charting only in the United Kingdom and the United States. In the latter country, it peaked at number one on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 on November 18, 1995.[8] In the United Kingdom, the song debuted and peaked at number 93 on October 15, 1995, then left the top 100 the next week.[9]

Track listings

Charts
gollark: It's a good indicator, though.
gollark: > how do they even make this useless junk for a dollar?! it's a modern marvelThe amazing power of automated assembly lines I guess?
gollark: It's not sarcastic as much as vaguely ironic, but yes.
gollark: Not particularly.
gollark: I mean "uncool" as in "actually really quite bad".

References
  1. "The Stories Behind Tom's Songs – I Wish You Well". Tomcochrane.info. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  2. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2749." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  3. "RPM 100 Singles – January 5, 1985". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  4. "RPM 100 Hit Tracks – September 18, 1995". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  5. "RPM 100 Hit Tracks – February 26, 1996". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  6. "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1995". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  7. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2769." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  8. "Tom Cochrane Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  9. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  10. "RPM Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1995". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
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