I Wish I Could Have Been There
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| "I Wish I Could Have Been There" | ||||
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| Single by John Anderson | ||||
| from the album Solid Ground | ||||
| B-side | "Solid Ground" | |||
| Released | April 18, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:34 | |||
| Label | BNA | |||
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"I Wish I Could Have Been There" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released in April 1994 as the fourth and final single from his album Solid Ground. It peaked at number 4 in the United States, and number 21 in Canada. Anderson co-wrote this song with Kent Robbins.
The narrator wishes that he could have been around his family more often for many things.
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine gave the song a mixed review, saying that while Anderson "squeezes the emotional maximum from this nostalgic ballad with his usual full vocal assault", she compared its theme to the song "Cat's in the Cradle."[1]