"I Wish I Could Have Been There" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist John Anderson.
It was released in April 1994 as the fourth and final single from his album Solid Ground.
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine gave the song a mixed review, saying that while Anderson "squeezes the emotional maximum from this nostalgic ballad with his usual full vocal assault", she compared its theme to the song "Cat's in the Cradle.
It features Anderson singing in a room at a fireplace, and also shows him on his touring.
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 23, 1994.