"Wish I Knew You" is a song by American rock band the Revivalists. The song was written by the band and was produced by Ben Ellman, and released on their 2015 album Men Amongst Mountains. The song peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart, becoming the band's first chart-topper on the chart. The song also found success on a number of other rock radio formats, as well as adult contemporary stations. This song had also set a record in May 2017 (since beaten by Portugal. The Man's track "Live in the Moment") for the most plays (spins) ever recorded during a week's time (3,488 across the panel) for any track on Alternative/Modern Rock radio since the inception of Mediabase tracking systems in 1988.
In February 2021, for the 25th anniversary of Adult Alternative Airplay, Billboard ranked "Wish I Knew You" at number 57 on its list of the 100 most successful songs in the chart's history; in September 2023, the magazine ranked the song at number 84 on a similar retrospective list for the 35th anniversary of Alternative Airplay.
Music video The music video was released on February 24, 2016.
Use in other media The song was featured in a 2017 commercial for Blue Moon.https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wLZN/blue-moon-shines-brighter-song-by-the-revivalists iSpot
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2016–18) Peak position Czech Republic Modern Rock (IFPI) 10Greece Digital Songs (Billboard)6 Iceland (Tónlistinn) 20
Year-end charts Chart (2016) Position US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard) 3 Chart (2017) Position US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) 46 US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) 7 US Rock Airplay Songs (Billboard) 3 Chart (2018) Position Iceland (Plötutíóindi) 74 US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) 54
Certifications
Release history Region Date Format Label Ref. United StatesMarch 7, 2016 Triple A radio October 25, 2016 Modern rock radio April 10, 2017 Hot AC radio
See also List of Billboard number-one adult alternative singles of the 2010s
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