"Wishing Well" is a song of Sananda Maitreya

Sananda Maitreya

Sananda Francesco Maitreya , better known by his former stage name Terence Trent D'Arby, is an American singer-songwriter who came to fame with his album Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, released in July 1987, which included the singles "Wishing Well" and "Sign Your Name"...

 (then known as Terence Trent D'Arby) for the album Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby

Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby

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...

, and hit number one on both the Soul Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 on . . The song remained at that position for one week, on both charts, and was Terence Trent D'Arby's only number one hit.

The song appears in Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City's

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City is a standalone compilation of the downloadable content episodes for the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV. Created by Rockstar North in the United Kingdom, it contains both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony on one disc...

fictional radio station Vice City FM.

Track listings

7" single

1. "Wishing Well" (3:33)
2. "Elevators & Hearts" (4:41)

12" maxi

1. "Wishing Well" (Three Coins in a Fountain mix) (6:14)
2. "Elevators & Hearts" (4:41)
3. "Wishing Well" (The Cool in the Shade mix) (7:50)
4. "Wonderful World" (3:56)

12" maxi

1. "Wishing Well" (The Cool in the Shade mix) (7:50)
2. "Wonderful World" (3:56)
3. "Elevators & Hearts" (4:04)

Cassette

1. "Wishing Well" (3:33)
2. "Elevators & Hearts" (4:04)

Peak positions

Chart (1987/88)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	10
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	1
French SNEP Singles Chart	14
German Singles Chart	18
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	10
Swiss Singles Chart	5
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... 1	7
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales1	3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	1

¹ Remix

End of year charts

End of year chart (1987)	Position
Dutch Top 40	27

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
U.S.	Gold	October 7, 1991	500,000