"Wish You the Best" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter

Lewis Capaldi Lewis Marc Capaldi ( ; born 7 October 1996) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. He was nominated for the Critics' Choice Award at the 2019 Brit Awards. In March 2019, his single " Someone You Loved" topped the UK Singles Chart wher ...

, released on 13 April 2023 as the third single from his second studio album '' Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent''. It debuted atop the

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, becoming the third single from the album to reach the top and Capaldi's fifth number one overall.

Commercial performance

The song debuted at number one on the

dated 21 April 2023, making it Capaldi's fifth overall number-one song on the chart. It was helped to number one by sales of a

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, with 16,800 sales coming from the format.

Music video

A music video was released on 14 April 2023. Its storyline is based on

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, a terrier dog in 19th-century Scotland that visited the grave of his owner for 14 years after the owner's death. The dog was played by Winnie, a

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, and the owners are played by veteran actor David Bradley and Tom Lewis. A scene involving Winnie carrying an envelope in her mouth took 10 days of training to get right. The video tells the story of Willow (Winnie), a dog owned by postman John Fry (Bradley). When John dies, Willow sits in front of his grave before being noticed and adopted by the new postman (Lewis). Just like with John, Willow joins the postman during deliveries, but is also shown to miss John. The video ends with Willow herself dying and the postman placing her collar on John's grave.

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References

{{Lewis Capaldi 2023 singles 2023 songs Lewis Capaldi songs Pop ballads Song recordings produced by TMS (production team) Songs written by JP Saxe Songs written by Lewis Capaldi Songs written by Malay (record producer) UK Singles Chart number-one singles Universal Music Group singles Vertigo Records singles