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"Wishful Thinking"
Single by Duncan Sheik
from the album Great Expectations soundtrack
Released1997
GenreRock
Length4:28 (Album Version)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Duncan Sheik
Producer(s)Peter Nashel, Duncan Sheik
Duncan Sheik singles chronology
"Reasons for Living"
(1997)
"Wishful Thinking"
(1997)
"Bite Your Tongue"
(1998)

"Wishful Thinking" is a song written and performed by Duncan Sheik for the soundtrack to the 1998 motion picture Great Expectations starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Robert De Niro. The song was released as the only radio single from the soundtrack.

Track listing

US radio promo

  1. "Wishful Thinking" (Radio Edit) - 3:40
  2. "Wishful Thinking" (Album Version) - 4:28

US Commercial Single

  1. "Wishful Thinking" (Radio Edit) - 3:40
  2. "In The Absence Of Sun" (Album Version) - 5:05

German commercial single

  1. "Wishful Thinking" (Radio Edit) - 3:40
  2. "In The Absence Of Sun" - 5:05
  3. "Wishful Thinking" (Album Version) - 4:28