King of Wishful Thinking - Wikipedia King of Wishful Thinking This is the current revision of this page, as edited by Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars ( talk contribs ) at 23 : 29, 22 August 2017 ( → ‎ Peak positions ). The present address ( URL ) is a permanent link to this version. Revision as of 23 : 29, 22 August 2017 by Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars ( talk contribs ) ( → ‎ Peak positions ) ( diff ) ← Previous revision Latest revision ( diff ) Newer revision → ( diff ) `` King of Wishful Thinking '' Single by Go West from the album Indian Summer and Pretty Woman soundtrack Released 1990 Recorded 1989 Genre Pop rock Length 4 : 01 Label Chrysalis, Capitol Songwriter ( s ) Peter Cox, Richard Drummie, Martin Page Producer ( s ) Ron Fair, Jon Gass, Go West, Peter Wolf Go West singles chronology `` Let 's Build a Boat '' ( 1987 ) `` King of Wishful Thinking '' ( 1990 ) `` Faithful '' ( 1992 ) `` Let 's Build a Boat '' ( 1987 ) `` King of Wishful Thinking '' ( 1990 ) `` Faithful '' ( 1992 ) Indian Summer track listing `` What You Wo n't Do for Love '' ( 5 ) `` King of Wishful Thinking '' ( 6 ) `` The Sun and the Moon '' ( 7 ) Pretty Woman soundtrack track listing `` Fame ' 90 '' ( 2 ) `` King of Wishful Thinking '' ( 3 ) `` Tangled '' ( 4 ) `` King of Wishful Thinking '' is a 1990 song by the British pop duo Go West. It was featured in the film Pretty Woman and appeared on its soundtrack. It was later featured on Go West 's fourth studio album, Indian Summer, in 1992. The song was written by Peter Cox, Richard Drummie & Martin Page. Contents 1 Chart positions 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 References 3 External links Chart positions Weekly charts Chart ( 1990 -- 92 ) Peak position Australia 6 New Zealand 24 Sweden 20 UK Singles Chart 18 US Billboard Hot 100 8 US Adult Contemporary 7 Year - end charts Chart ( 1990 ) Position Australia 62 US Billboard Hot 100 70 References ^ Jump up to : `` Go West - King of Wishful Thinking ( Song ) ''. Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 3 July 2010. ^ Jump up to : `` Go West - Billboard SIngles ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 3 July 2010. Jump up ^ `` The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart 1990 ( 61 -- 100 ) ( from The ARIA Report No. 50 ) ''. Imgur.com ( original document published by ARIA ). Retrieved 10 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 - 1990 ''. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 2009 - 09 - 15. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Go West Peter Cox Richard Drummie Studio albums Go West Bangs & Crashes Dancing on the Couch Indian Summer futurenow 3D Singles `` We Close Our Eyes '' `` Call Me '' `` Goodbye Girl '' `` Eye to Eye '' `` Do n't Look Down '' `` True Colours '' `` I Want to Hear It from You '' `` Do n't Look Down -- The Sequel '' `` From Baltimore to Paris '' `` The King Is Dead '' `` King of Wishful Thinking '' `` Faithful '' `` What You Wo n't Do for Love '' `` Still in Love '' `` Tracks of My Tears '' `` We Close Our Eyes '' ( remix ) This 1990s pop song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King_of_Wishful_Thinking&oldid=796768662 '' Categories : 1990 singles Capitol Records singles Chrysalis Records singles Go West ( band ) songs Song recordings produced by Peter Wolf ( producer ) Songs written by Peter Cox ( musician ) Songs written by Martin Page 1990 songs 1990s pop song stubs Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from July 2011 Use British English from July 2011 Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk Article Talk More Contents About Wikipedia Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 22 August 2017, at 23 : 29. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sings the song king of wishful thinking
Answer: Go West