I think I remember
Terence Trent D'Arby arriving on the chart scene back in the late 80's (purely for the record: I was working in British Coal's
Purchasing Branch 1 at the time, on the Heavy Electrical sub-section). Was
If You Let Me Stay his first hit? It didn't register very deeply with me; he seemed to be trying too hard. But
Sign Your Name is something else altogether.
This song is intense and intensely cool. A perfect combination of musical style and lyrical exploration, all wrapped in a delivery that is almost too assured but not quite. Soul!
We started out as friends
but the thought of you
just caves me in...
Sign your name across my heart...
