What's Your Sign? (song)

"What's Your Sign?"
Single by Des'ree
from the album Supernatural
Released 26 October 1998
Format CD single, CD maxi, 12" maxi
Recorded 1997–98
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 4:08 (album version)
3:58 (radio edit)
Label Sony Soho Square
Writer(s) Des'ree
Ashley Ingram
Producer(s) Des'ree
Ashley Ingram
Des'ree singles chronology
"Fire"
(1998)		 "What's Your Sign?"
(1998)		 "God Only Knows"
(1999)

"What's Your Sign" is a song recorded by the British pop and soul singer Des'ree. Written by the singer with the track's producer Ashley Ingram, "What's Your Sign?" was released as the fourth single from Des'ree's third studio album Supernatural (1998). It was released on 26 October 1998.

Background

The song is about people's obsession with astrology and how compatible people are in love based on their astrological sign. It was released as the follow-up to Des'ree's European hit "Life" and it failed to match the success of its predecessor, although it became a top 10 hit in Belgium and it hit #1 in Spain for two weeks in January 1999.

Track listings

CD single – UK
  1. "What's Your Sign?" (radio edit) – 3:58
  2. "You Gotta Be" – 4:06
CD maxi – UK
  1. "What's Your Sign?" (radio edit) – 3:58
  2. "What's Your Sign?" (Saturn Return Mix) – 7:57
  3. "What's Your Sign?" (Refugee Camp Remix) – 4:13
  4. "What's Your Sign?" (Refugee Camp Instrumental) – 4:11
  5. "What's Your Sign?" (album version) – 4:08
  6. "You Gotta Be" – 4:00
CD maxi – Europe
  1. "What's Your Sign?" (radio edit) – 3:58
  2. "What's Your Sign?" (Refugee Camp Remix) – 4:13
  3. "What's Your Sign?" (Refugee Camp Instrumental) – 4:11
CD single – Promo
  1. "What's Your Sign" – 4:08
12" maxi – UK
  1. "What's Your Sign?" (radio edit) – 3:58
  2. "What's Your Sign?" (Saturn Return Mix) – 7:57
  3. "What's Your Sign?" (Refugee Camp Remix) – 4:13
  4. "You Gotta Be" – 4:00

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[1] 50
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[1] 30
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[1] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[1] 6
Dutch Singles Chart[1] 69
France (SNEP)[1] 35
Germany (Media Control Charts)[1] 64
Italian Singles Chart[2] 19
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[1] 40
Spain Singles chart 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[1] 43
UK Singles Chart[3] 18

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "What's Your Sign?", in various singles charts (Retrieved 8 April 2013)
  2. ↑ German Singles Chart (Retrieved 9 April 2013)
  3. ↑ UK Singles Chart (Retrieved 8 April 2013)

External links

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