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I Wish for You the World
"I Wish For You the World" is a 2012 song by Games Maker Choir featuring Alistair Griffin. It was composed on the occasion of 2012 Summer Olympics by Griffin and songwriter/composer Richard Chance, who writes music for television and film. The single was released officially on 16 December 2012 as a UK Christmas single on Decca Records. The proceeds from the single went to the British Olympic Foundation and the British Paralympic Association.[1] The song was promoted with videos and messages of support from the mayor of London Boris Johnson[2] and many Olympic athletes, notably rowers Katherine Grainger, Andrew Triggs Hodge and Great Britain Rowers team[3] and by tenor Alfie Boe. Mayor Johnson said about the song:
BackgroundThe Games Maker Choir had been put up during the Olympics when Victoria Verbi, a university student and Games Maker on the Olympic Park, placed a call for singers in the volunteers' newsletter.[4] Within two days she had more than 200 members and the choir went on to perform at several locations around the Olympic Park and on local radio during the Olympics.[5] Alistair Griffin wanted to record a song he had been inspired to write whilst attending the Olympic Games[6] and knew about the existence of the choir and invited them in October 2012 to take part in the recording. Griffin says about his choice of the choir:
A select group of elite members of the 400 strong Choir held a rehearsal in The Actors Workshop in Covent Garden and the final recording was in Angel Recording Studios in Islington, London. SupportThe single received high-profile support from Boris Johnson. On 16 December 2012, the choir performed it as part of the coverage of BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2012, performing on BBC Radio 5 Live.[7] Charts
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