[4][5] Backing Arnold (vocal and harmonica) are Jody Williams (guitar), Milton Rector (bass), and Earl Phillips (drums).

The single, credited to "Billy Boy", reportedly sold well,[5] but did not appear in the national record charts.

[8] Columbia UK issued the song, with "A Certain Girl" as the B-side, for the group's debut single on May 1, 1964, with Epic US following on August 17, 1964.

[10] Group bassist and music director Paul Samwell-Smith later commented, "'I Wish You Would' [was] made with the idea of getting our stage sound.

(1981);[12] a 1965 recording by the BBC with Jeff Beck was released on Yardbirds ... On Air (1991);[13] and a 1968 version with Jimmy Page appears on Last Rave-Up in LA.