from the album Indian Summer and Pretty Woman soundtrack
B-side
"Tears Too Late"
Released
23 March 1990
Length
4:00
Label
Chrysalis
EMI
Songwriter(s)
Peter Cox
Richard Drummie
Martin Page
Producer(s)
Peter Wolf
Go West singles chronology
"Let's Build a Boat" (1987)
"King of Wishful Thinking" (1990)
"Faithful" (1992)
"King of Wishful Thinking" (titled "The King of Wishful Thinking" on Chrysalis releases[1]) is a song by British pop duo Go West, written by Peter Cox, Richard Drummie and Martin Page. It was featured in the film Pretty Woman and appeared on its soundtrack.[2] It was later featured on Go West's third studio album, Indian Summer, in 1992.
In terms of the group's discography, "King of Wishful Thinking" has become their best known song.[3] The track reached number three in Canada, number six in Australia, number eight in the United States, and number 18 in the United Kingdom. At the 1991 Brit Awards, the song was nominated for the Brit Award for British Video of the Year.[4]
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^How King of Wishful Thinking got on the Pretty Woman soundtrack
^Dailey, Hannah (4 May 2022). "Kelly Clarkson is the Queen of 'Wishful Thinking' with Her Latest Cover: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
^"History - BRITS Awards". Brits.co.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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