"Wish I Could Fly" is a song by the Swedish pop duo Roxette

Roxette

Roxette are a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle . Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act from the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!...

. Released in February 1999, it was the first single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from their sixth studio album Have a Nice Day

Have a Nice Day (Roxette album)

-Singles:*"Wish I Could Fly"*#"Wish I Could Fly"*#"Happy Together"*#"Wish I Could Fly" *"Anyone"*#"Anyone"*#"Anyone" *#"Cooper"...

.

In the UK, the single peaked at #11, which was Roxette's highest position for a single since their 1993 hit "Almost Unreal

Almost Unreal

"Almost Unreal" is a pop song performed by Swedish duo Roxette. The song was released in May 1993 and is featured on the soundtrack of Super Mario Bros....

" (#7). The single also made the Top 10 in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 and Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, Top 20 in Austria

Austria

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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 and Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, Top 30 in Germany

Germany

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 and the Top 40 in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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.

While the album Have a Nice Day

Have a Nice Day (Roxette album)

-Singles:*"Wish I Could Fly"*#"Wish I Could Fly"*#"Happy Together"*#"Wish I Could Fly" *"Anyone"*#"Anyone"*#"Anyone" *#"Cooper"...

wasn't released in the U.S. Roxette signed a distribution deal with Edel Music

Edel Music

-History:Edel Music was founded in 1986 by Michael Haentjes in Germany as a mail order record company selling mostly soundtracks. With artists such as Scooter, SASH!, Holly Johnson and many others, it became a very successful pop music label...

, enabling "Wish I Could Fly" to peak at #27 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary Chart in 2000.

The song was also a considerable radio hit, becoming the most played song in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 in 1999.. A Spanish-language version of the song, "Quisiera Volar", was included on the South American release of the album.

Unlike most Roxette songs, this song has a video that has been described as NSFW

NSFW

Not suitable/safe for work , not work-suitable/safe , or not school-suitable is Internet slang or shorthand...

 due to its images of a couple (neither of whom is in the band) in an apparently sexual situation.

Track listing

CD Maxi

1. "Wish I Could Fly"
2. "Happy Together"
3. "Wish I Could Fly" (Demo, or in the U.K. Todd Terry's Remix)

CD Maxi – Remixes

1. "Wish I Could Fly" (Tee's Radio Mix) – 4:02
2. "Wish I Could Fly" (Tee's In House Mix) – 7:57
3. "Wish I Could Fly" (StoneBridge R&B Mix) – 4:32
4. "Wish I Could Fly" (StoneBridge Club Mix) – 6:34

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak Position
Sweden Single Charts Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	4
UK Top 75	11
Finnish Single Charts Mitä hittiä The Official Finnish Charts is a national record chart in Finland composed by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.The singles chart was started in January 1991 as Radiomafian lista and was broadcast on the radio station Radiomafia of the Finnish Broadcasting Company, YLE. This chart is based on a...	9
Italian Single Charts Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy....	4
Norwegian Single Charts VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	13
German Single Charts Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	26
Austrian Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	11
Swiss Single Charts Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	12
Netherlands Single Charts MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	35
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	27
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	40