Single:
Wishing Well entered the Australian singles chart* on 12 February 1973 and peaked at #48.
Album:
The song is on Heartbreaker which entered the Australian albums chart* on 14 May 1973 and peaked at #29.
Songwriters:
Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Tetsu Yamauchi, John Bundrick, Paul Kossoff
Producers:
Free, Andy Johns
Record label of Australian release:
Island
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Free was an English rock band formed in London in 1968, best known for their hit songs All Right Now and Wishing Well. They became renowned for their live shows and non-stop touring. Free disbanded in 1973. Lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become the frontman of the more successful rock supergroup Bad Company, which also featured his Free bandmate Simon Kirke on drums.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_(band)
Matthew Greenwald, AllMusic:
Lyrically, the song can be interpreted many ways, but it appears on the surface to be an angry message to a friend with heavy substance abuse problems who has one foot in ‘the wishing well’, which is possibly an analogy for ‘one foot in the grave’. Next to All Right Now, this is indeed the band’s most important – and perhaps finest moment.
Read more: www.allmusic.com/song/wishing-well-mt0054330098
Lyrics:
Take off your hat, kick off your shoes
I know you ain’t goin’ anywhere
Run ’round the town, singin’ your blues
I know you ain’t goin’ anywhere
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Also on Bang a Gong:
Wishing Well by Sherbet
All Right Now by Free
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