Wish You Were Here (Mark Wills album)

Wish You Were Here is the second studio album of American country music artist Mark Wills. Released on May 5, 1998, on Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, all of which made top 10: "I Do (Cherish You)", "Don't Laugh at Me", "Wish You Were Here", and "She's in Love". The album itself peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts and #74 on The Billboard 200. It also received RIAA platinum certification for U.S. sales of one million copies.

The title track, which was the third release, became Wills's first Number One hit on the country charts in mid-1999. "I Do (Cherish You)" was later covered by 98 Degrees on their album 98 Degrees and Rising, from which it was also released as a single.

• Mark Wills – lead vocals, additional backing vocals (1, 4)
• Gary Prim – keyboards
• Brent Mason – electric guitars
• John D. Willis – acoustic guitars, gut-string guitar
• Dan Dugmore – lap steel guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Glenn Worf – bass
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
• John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals

• Keith Stegall – executive producer
• Carson Chamberlain – producer
• John Kelton – recording, mixing
• Paula Montonado – recording assistant, mix assistant
• Steve Lowery – overdub recording
• Mark Nevers – overdub recording
• Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Claudia Mize – A&R administrative director
• Sandra Fox – production coordinator
• Sonda Perkins – production assistant
• Jim Kemp – art direction
• Alter Ego Design – design
• Matthew Barnes – photography
• Jennifer Kemp – stylist
• Lorrie Turk – hair, make-up
• Star Ray Management – management

• Wish You Were Here (CD liner notes). Mark Wills. Mercury Records. 1998. 36317.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)