Burning The Ground Exclusive 1988
“Wishing I Was Lucky” is the debut single of Scottish band Wet Wet Wet, released as the lead single from their first album, Popped in Souled Out (1987). Recorded for £600 in Edinburgh, it was released in March 1987 and was their first hit, peaking at No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 10 in Ireland. The following year, the song reached the top 20 in Belgium and the Netherlands, while in the United States, “Wishing I Was Lucky” became the group’s first of two songs to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 58.
Tommy Cunningham later said of the song: “I was in a queue in a chip shop in Glasgow when it came on Radio Clyde. I felt like shouting to everybody, ‘That’s me and my mates!’ It was an incredible feeling I’ve not forgotten.” Marti Pellow recorded an acoustic, solo version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album, Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile.
SIDE A:
Wishing I Was Lucky (Gotta Job Mix) 6:25
SIDE B:
Wishing I Was Lucky (Instrumental Dub) 4:28
Wishing I Was Lucky (Live) 3:50
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Wishing I Was Lucky | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #58 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: UNI Records – UNI-8000
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
CREDITS:
- Bass – Graeme Clark
- Co-producer – Wilf Smarties (tracks: A,B1)
- Drums – Tommy Cunningham
- Guitar – Graeme Duffin
- Keyboards – Neil Mitchell
- Mixed By – Phil Thornally* (tracks: A, B1)
- Producer – Wet Wet Wet (tracks: A,B1)
- Producer, Mixed By – Paul Pink (tracks: B2)
- Vocals – Marti Pellow
- Written-By – Wet Wet Wet
NOTES:
From The UNI LP, “Popped In Souled Out”
Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
DAC: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner
SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!
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Love this song …. Thank you
A great track that should have been a bigger hit, and a band who should have been big in the US as in the rest of the world. I worked the music video to the pools back in the day, as well as another “lucky” song, ‘Til Tuesday’s “(Believed You Were) Lucky” that was released the same year. Uni pretty much stopped working Wet Wet Wet after this single, even though the were later handed their biggest hit, the cover of The Troggs’ “Love Is All Around”. It was #1, #2 or top 10 in 20 countries yet somehow managed… Read more »
Thank you for all these nice and even better rip yet.
I visit this place since years, I surely will search on these Wet Wet Wet, did’nt know them.
I appreciate the quality of your work, thanks, many thanks.
You’re welcome, Col-Hectorz 🙂
Thank you for the new post and you excellent processing work on your rips, back at those days was one of my favorites to mix with I don’t wanna be a hero of Johnny Hates Jazz.
You’re welcome, Dino 🙂
I love it when you post a ‘new’ gem to my ears! I might have heard it on the radio back in the day, but thanks for unearthing it in pristine quality!! Great production and very catchy… Fit in perfectly with the zeitgeist at the time – Johnny Hates Jazz, Breathe, Rick Astley, etc. Thank you Paul!
You’re welcome, Retro Hound. I love Wet Wet Wet. It is very underrated 🙂
Thank you Paul.
You’re welcome, Jason 🙂
Thank you, Paul for this 12-inch. I am not too familiar with their discography like I am with other artists, but this looks cool.
Many thanks!
Jeff
You’re welcome, Jeff 🙂
This is great. I love Wet Wet Wet so thank you.
I wish they would release more super deluxe editions, yet they would need cooperation from Marti which I feel he wouldn’t give.
Hopefully you will upload more WWW one day.
Thank you, FluffyPaws 🙂