I Wish You Were There

The story behind

REO Speedwagon released the song I Wish You Were There in 1980, from the album Hi Infidelity. The song was recorded in a New York studio, and the lyrics talk about a relationship that ended, but keeps spinning in the mind. It is a ballad with soft piano and a voice that feels sincere. The song became one of the group's hits, and it is still played at parties and in moments of nostalgia. People listen to it because they feel it, not because they know it by heart.