Wishing Well (Terence Trent D'Arby song)

"Wishing Well"
Single by Terence Trent D'Arby
from the album Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
B-side "Elevators & Hearts"
Released 1988
Format 7" single, 12" maxi,
CD single, cassette
Genre R&B
Length 3:33
Label CBS
Writer(s) Terence Trent D'Arby, Sean Oliver
Producer Martyn Ware
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Terence Trent D'Arby singles chronology
"Sign Your Name"
(1988)		 "Wishing Well"
(1988)		 "This Side of Love"
(1989)

"Wishing Well" is a song of Sananda Maitreya (then known as Terence Trent D'Arby) for the album Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, and hit number one on both the Soul Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100 on May 7, 1988 (1988-05-07). [1]. 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 fictional radio station Vice City FM.

Contents

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)

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1987/88) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 10
Dutch Top 40[3] 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[2] 14
German Singles Chart[4] 18
Irish Singles Chart[5] 10
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 5
UK Singles Chart[6] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play1 [7] 7
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales1 [7] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[7] 1

1 Remix

End of year charts

End of year chart (1987) Position
Dutch Top 40[8] 27

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
U.S.[9] Gold October 7, 1991 500,000

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson		 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single
April 2, 1988 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Ooo La La La" by Teena Marie
Preceded by
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" by Whitney Houston		 Billboard Hot 100 number one single
May 7, 1988 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Anything for You" by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
Preceded by
"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" by Billy Ocean		 Canadian RPM Singles Chart number-one single
May 7, 1988 - May 14, 1988		 Succeeded by
"Always on My Mind" by Pet Shop Boys

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 145. 
  2. ^ a b c "Wishing Well", in French, Swiss and Austrian Singles Charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved March 28, 2008)
  3. ^ "De Nederlandse Top 40, week 39, 1987". http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=5882. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 
  4. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved March 28, 2008)
  5. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved March 28, 2008)
  6. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved March 28, 2008)
  7. ^ a b c d Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 7, 2008)
  8. ^ "Single top 100 over 1987" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201987.pdf. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 
  9. ^ U.S. certifications riaa.com (Retrieved August 7, 2008)