"King of Wishful Thinking" (titled "The King of Wishful Thinking" on Chrysalis releases[2]) is a song by British pop duo Go West, written by Peter Cox, Richard Drummie and Martin Page.

[5] Music journalist Hannah Dailey of the U.S. publication Billboard has labeled the song as "one of the crown jewels of ’90s classic hits".

[4] The song's official music video is known for featuring various absurdist elements alongside the pop duo as they act on a solid white stage.

In 2018, actor Paul Rudd and late-night host Jimmy Fallon made a shot-for-shot recreation of the music video for The Tonight Show.

Some elements such as a dancing Pope, zebras, and a trained circus elephant, present in the original video, were not reproduced in the remake.