Songs Similar to Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Album: Wish You Were Here · Rock · Sad
Pink Floyd's “Wish You Were Here” from the album Wish You Were Here is a rock track that we file under sad songs. If it's the one you keep replaying, the list below collects tracks that fans of it also play; the original moves at roughly 122 BPM.
The closest match right now is “Have a Cigar” by Pink Floyd (100% match). The list also pulls in King Crimson, Kansas, The Doors and Queen — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with Pink Floyd's. By genre, the list is mostly rock (19 of 20 tracks), with alternative mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.
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Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.
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FAQ about “Wish You Were Here”
What songs are similar to Wish You Were Here?
On our list, the closest matches are “Have a Cigar” by Pink Floyd, “Welcome to the Machine” by Pink Floyd and “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.
Who does Wish You Were Here sound like?
Based on listening data, “Wish You Were Here” sits closest to Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Kansas and The Doors. Fans of Pink Floyd play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.
Is Wish You Were Here Rock?
We file “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd under Rock. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.
How do you find similar songs to Wish You Were Here?
Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “Wish You Were Here” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.