Song · Terence Trent D'Arby
“Sign Your Name” by Terence Trent D'Arby
From the album Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby (1987)
“Sign Your Name” by Terence Trent D'Arby appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1988 and 2021. It was first released in 1987 on the album Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby. Its best result is #9 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #117 alternative song of 1988 and #7,477 alternative song of all time.
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"Sign Your Name" was the fourth single pulled from Terence Trent D'Arby's 1987 debut, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (the third in America), and it's soul cut from velvet. D'Arby, who now goes by Sananda Maitreya, wrote the words, arranged it and produced it with Martyn Ware, while Phil Legg recorded and mixed it.
It traveled: number one in Ireland, number two in Britain and number four on the Billboard Hot 100. Lee "Scratch" Perry remixed it for some of the European releases, and the video, directed by Vaughan Arnell and starring the model Kelly Brennan, premiered in January 1988.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 9 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1988 | 30 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1926 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2021 | 899 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
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