I Wish
by Joel Corry (featuring Mabel)

Album: About Last Night… (2021)
Charted: 17
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is a collaboration between Joel Corry and the Swedish-English singer-songwriter Mabel. It is the second time the pair have collaborated, following Corry's remix of Clean Bandit and Mabel's single "Tick Tock."
  • "I Wish" finds Mabel regretting ending a relationship. She wishes the breakup hadn't happened and pleads with him for a second chance.
  • Joel Corry and Mabel wrote the song with:

    Paul Harris of the house music group Dirty Vegas.

    Singer-songwriter Jess Glynne.

    "Lonely" vocalist Harlee.

    Songwriters KABBA and MNEK (Duke Dumont's "Need U (100%)," KSI's "Really Love"). MNEK also supplied the vocals for Corry's UK #1 hit, "Head And Heart."

    The Music vocalist Robert Harvey. He also contributed to the writing of "Lonely" and "Head and Heart."

    Singer, songwriter and topliner Poppy Baskcomb.
  • Corry's production incorporates his signature buoyant house beats. His go-to production assistants, Lewis Thompson and Neave Applebaum, helped with the instrumentation.
  • Mabel included this song as a bonus track on the streaming edition of her 2022 album About Last Night....

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