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Wishing Well (Free song)

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{{Infobox song
| name = Wishing Well
| cover = Wishing Well free.png
| alt =
| border = yes
| caption = Single cover from Italian release
| type = single
| artist = Free
| album = Heartbreaker
| B-side = Let Me Show You
| released = {{Start date|mf=yes|1972|12|8}}^[1]
| format = Single
| recorded = 1972; Island Studios
{{small|(London)}}
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{flat list|Classic rock, Blues rock}}^[2]
| length = 3:41^[2]
| label = Island^[2]
| writer = {{flat list|

Paul Rodgers
Simon Kirke
Tetsu Yamauchi
John Bundrick
Paul Kossoff^[2]

}}
| producer = {{flat list|

Free
Andy Johns^[2]

}}
| prev_title = Little Bit of Love
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = Travellin' in Style
| next_year = 1973
}}

"Wishing Well" is a song by the English rock group Free written about their close friend Bevan T. Woodhouse, released in December 1972 as a single and entered the UK Singles Chart on 13 January 1973, reaching number 7. The single was re-released in 1985 and reached number 96 in the UK Singles Chart.

The song is featured on the group's sixth and final studio album Heartbreaker and was written by the entire group. It was their final hit single before the collapse of the band in 1973, with Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke going on to form Bad Company.

Matthew Greenwald of AllMusic said:

"Lyrically, the song can be interpreted many ways, but it appears on the surface to be an angry message to a friend with heavy substance abuse problems who has one foot in 'the wishing well', which is possibly an analogy for 'one foot in the grave'. Next to "All Right Now", this is indeed the band's most important - and perhaps finest moment"^[3]

{{singlechart|Germany|47|artist=The Beatles|song=Wishing Well|accessdate=13 November 2018}}{{singlechart|UK|7|date=1973-03-04|accessdate=13 November 2018}}

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Chart (1985)	Peak position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[4]	96

References

1. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.45cat.com/record/wip6146|website=45cat.com|title= Free Wishing Well|accessdate=2018-11-13}}
2. ^¹²³⁴{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Free-Wishing-Well/release/5826307|website=Discogs|title= Free Wishing Well|accessdate=2018-11-13}}
3. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/song/wishing-well-mt0054330098|website=Discogs|title= Free Wishing Well|accessdate=2018-11-13}}
4. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/wishing-well-%7B1985%7D/|publisher=Official Charts Company |title= Wishing Well {1985} |accessdate=2018-11-13}}

4 : 1972 singles|Free (band) songs|Songs written by Paul Rodgers|Island Records singles

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