. . "\"Life Is Like A Star\"" . "\"Wish I Was\" is a 1983 single by British singer Sandie Shaw. Shaw was most famous for being the most successful British female singer of the 1960s, thanks to a string of hit singles on the Pye Records label. She had semi-retired in 1972 and had released very little work for the following ten years until she recorded \"Anyone Who Had a Heart\" for the B.E.F.'s \"Music Of Quality And Distinction\" album."@en . . . . . . . "Wish I Was"@en . .