Wishful Thinking (China Crisis song)
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| “Wishful Thinking” | |||||
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| Single by China Crisis from the album Working with Fire & Steel: Possible Pop Songs - Volume 2 |
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| B-side | "This Occupation" | ||||
| Released | 1983 | ||||
| Format | 7", 12" | ||||
| Recorded | 1983 | ||||
| Genre | New Wave | ||||
| Length | 4:08 | ||||
| Label | Virgin | ||||
| Writer(s) | Gary Daly, Eddie Lundon | ||||
| Producer | Mike Howlett | ||||
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"Wishful Thinking" is a song by English pop group China Crisis, included on numerous "Best of" compilations as well as their 1983 album Working with Fire & Steel: Possible Pop Songs - Volume 2.
A bittersweet, reflective tale of a couple dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, it reached #9 in the UK charts in early 1984, their only top 10 hit single.

