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Song by Terence Trent D'Arby

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::summary Song by Terence Trent D'Arby ::

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FieldValue
nameSign Your Name
coverSign your name.jpg
typesingle
artistTerence Trent D'Arby
albumIntroducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
B-sideGreasy Chicken
released
genreSoul
length4:37
labelColumbia
writerTerence Trent D'Arby
producerMartyn Ware, Terence Trent D'Arby, Howard Gray
prev_titleDance Little Sister
prev_year1987
next_titleRain
next_year1988
misc
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| name = Sign Your Name | cover = Sign your name.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Terence Trent D'Arby | album = Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby | B-side = Greasy Chicken | released = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Soul | length = 4:37 | label = Columbia | writer = Terence Trent D'Arby | producer = Martyn Ware, Terence Trent D'Arby, Howard Gray | prev_title = Dance Little Sister | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = Rain | next_year = 1988 | misc = | title = Professional ratings | subtitle = | rev1 = Number One | rev1score =

"Sign Your Name" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Terence Trent D'Arby (now known as Sananda Maitreya), released as the fourth single (third in the US) from his debut album, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987). The song was an international success, reaching number one on the Irish Singles Chart, number two on the UK Singles Chart, and number four on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was remixed by Lee "Scratch" Perry for some European releases. The music video was directed by Vaughan Arnell and was premiered in January 1988. The music video features model Kelly Brennan.

Critical reception

Max Bell from Number One noted that the song finds D'Arby "in his quiet, sensitive, loving disguise, as opposed to his crafty, naughty, whoopsadaisy ma'am alter ego." He also felt that "Sign Your Name" "testifies at least to a knowledge of soul", and concluded, "From a Heaven 17 influenced beginning a fair single starts to brood but this could be a sucker punch rather than a knockout." Roger Morton from Record Mirror commented, "'Bop shoo wop wop/Bop shoo wap wap'. Terence has joined Showaddywaddy? Sadly not. This is the fourth single from the Hardline album, a crooner not a rasper, with some fine quavering from Tel's tonsils and a rhythm closely related to that of Scritti Politti's 'The Sweetest Girl'." Another editor, James Hamilton, wrote in his dance column, "Moodily shuffling sad 109/-0bpm lament, not really for floors".

Track listings

  • 7-inch single
  1. "Sign Your Name" – 4:45
  2. "Greasy Chicken" – 4:40

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1988) | Peak position | Australia (Australian Music Report) | Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) | Italy Airplay (Music & Media) | Spain (AFYVE) | US Dance Club Play (Billboard) | US Hot Black Singles (Billboard) | US Cash Box Top 100 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 23 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (1988)PositionAustralia (ARIA)Belgium (Ultratop)Canada Top Singles (RPM)Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)Netherlands (Single Top 100)UK Singles (OCC)US Billboard Hot 100US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)US Cash Box Top 100West Germany (Media Control)
27
18
69
26
18
18
32
58
24
41
33
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Certifications

Release history

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RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.United KingdomJapan
December 28, 1987CBS
January 11, 1988CD
June 22, 1988Mini-CDEpic
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Sheryl Crow version

| name = Sign Your Name | cover = Sheryl Crow Sign Your Name Single Cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Sheryl Crow | album = 100 Miles from Memphis | released = September 15, 2010 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 5:38 | label = A&M | writer = Terence Trent D'Arby | producer = Sheryl Crow, Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley | prev_title = Summer Day | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Coal Miner's Daughter | next_year = 2010 | misc =

Sheryl Crow released her rendition of the song in 2010 as the second single from her eighth studio album, 100 Miles from Memphis. It features Justin Timberlake on background vocals. The music video, directed by Wayne Isham, was released on September 16, 2010, through Crow's VEVO account.

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2010) | Peak position | |---|---| ::

References

References

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  2. "Sign your name - Terence Trent D'Arby - 80sneverend". www.80sneverend.com.
  3. Bell, Max. (January 9, 1988). "Singles".
  4. Morton, Roger. (January 16, 1988). "Singles".
  5. Hamilton, James. (January 16, 1988). "BPM".
  6. "Australian Top 50 Singles Chart — Week Ending 8th May, 1988". [[Australian Recording Industry Association.
  7. (February 13, 1988). "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles".
  8. (12 March 1988). "Playlist Report: RAI - Italy".
  9. Salaverri, Fernando. (September 2005). "Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002". Fundación Autor-SGAE.
  10. (August 20, 1988). "Dance Club Songs".
  11. (July 30, 1988). "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs".
  12. [http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19880813.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 13, 1988]
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  14. "Jaaroverzichten 1988". [[Ultratop]].
  15. (December 24, 1988). "Top 100 Singles of '88".
  16. (January 1, 1989). "1988 Year End Eurocharts: Hot 100 Singles".
  17. "Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1988". [[Dutch Top 40]].
  18. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1988". [[MegaCharts]].
  19. (1991). "BPI YearBook 1989/90". [[British Phonographic Industry]].
  20. "Billboard Top 100 – 1988".
  21. (December 24, 1988). "No. 1 Awards: Top Black Singles".
  22. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 31, 1988".
  23. "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1988". [[GfK Entertainment]].
  24. (December 26, 1987). "New Releases: Singles".
  25. (January 9, 1988). "New Releases: Singles".
  26. "テレンス・トレント・ダービー {{!}} サイン・ユア・ネーム". [[Oricon]].
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  28. [https://web.archive.org/web/20101031182739/http://interscope.com/artist/player/default.aspx?meid=6092&aid=409 Sign Your Name Music Video] ''Interscope'' Retrieved October 14, 2010

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