"Sign Your Name" is the name of a famous song written and performed by Terence Trent D'Arby (now known as Sananda Maitreya).

Released in his 1987 album Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby

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Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby is Terence Trent D'Arby's debut album. It was released in July 1987 on Columbia Records, and became an instant number-one smash in the UK and spending a total of nine weeks at the top of the UK Album Chart and eventually being certified 5x...

, it was an international success, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart

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 in early 1988 and number four on the US Billboard Hot 100

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Covers

The song has been covered by several other artists, such as Michael Bolton

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, Marina Lima

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, Elliott Yamin

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, The Dead Science

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, Human Nature

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, Night Shift

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, George Michael

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, Lexington Bridge

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, The Flying Pickets

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, Cass & Slide, Peter Andre

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, Joana Zimmer

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 for her 3rd album Showtime, Maria Lawson

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 (B-side of "Breaking Me Down

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") and Kevin Lyttle

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Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Crow

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 released a version of the song as the second single for her seventh studio album, 100 Miles from Memphis

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. It features Justin Timberlake

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 on background vocals. The music video, directed by Wayne Isham

Wayne Isham

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, was released on September 16, 2010 through her VEVO

Vevo

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 account.

In 2010, Australian actor/singer Jason Donovan

Jason Donovan

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recorded a cover version of "Sign Your Name" for his 80s covers album "Soundtrack of the 80s".

Peak positions

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	24
Austrian Singles Chart	7
Dutch Mega Top 100	2
French Singles Chart	14
Irish Singles Chart	1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	13
Swedish Singles Chart	4
Swiss Singles Chart	8
UK Singles Chart	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	13
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	23
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs	2

Year-end charts

End of year chart (1988)	Position
Dutch Top 40	18