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Terence Trent D'Arby

Solo artist New York United States now known as Sananda Maitreya

Terence Trent D'Arby is an artist from New York. Terence Trent D'Arby has 12 chart appearances on 9 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Wishing Well”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #187. The station that charted Terence Trent D'Arby most often is Fred (XM 44) (XM Satellite Radio (national)), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1988.

12appearances

9countdowns

4songs charted

8stations

0#1 finishes

1988–2026years

Terence Trent D'Arby, a New Yorker born Terence Trent Howard in 1962, arrived in 1987 like a man who had already decided he was a star and was simply waiting for everyone else to catch up. Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby was the debut, and it was dazzling: soul and R&B rebuilt with rock swagger, sung in a voice that could purr, rasp and soar in a single line.

The singles came thick and fast: "If You Let Me Stay", the strutting "Dance Little Sister", the elastic, finger-snapping "Wishing Well" and "Sign Your Name", a slow, velvet-lined seduction. He played several instruments, piano among them, and the persona was just as big as the music: flamboyant, charismatic and androgynous, a born pin-up. The record earned him a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist.

Neither Fish Nor Flesh, in 1989, went stranger and more ambitious, with "This Side of Love" among its highlights, and Symphony or Damn in 1993 came back swinging with "She Kissed Me". He later left the D'Arby name behind and now goes by Sananda Francesco Maitreya.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Terence Trent D'Arby on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Wishing Well	183	6	#187	–	–
2	Sign Your Name	78	3	#9	–	1988
3	She Kissed Me	70	2	#83	–	1993
4	This Side of Love	7	1	#85	–	1990

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

88 90 93

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	187	Wishing Well	WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s
2024	901	Wishing Well	WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years
2021	355	Wishing Well	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s
2021	899	Sign Your Name	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s
2003	1650	Wishing Well	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002	1060	She Kissed Me	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1587	Wishing Well	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1926	Sign Your Name	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
1999	1031	Wishing Well	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1993	83	She Kissed Me	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993
1990	85	This Side of Love	CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990
1988	9	Sign Your Name	Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1988

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