What's Your Sign? (song)

"What's Your Sign?"
Single by Des'ree
from the album Supernatural
B-side	"You Gotta Be"
Released	30 September 1998 (1998-09-30)
Length	4:08 (album version) 3:56 (radio edit)
Label	Sony Soho Square Dusted Sound
Songwriter(s)	Des'ree Ashley Ingram
Producer(s)	Des'ree Ashley Ingram
Des'ree singles chronology
"Life" (1998) "What's Your Sign?" (1998) "You Gotta Be" (remix) (1999)
Music video
"What's Your Sign" on YouTube

"What's Your Sign" is a song by British pop and soul singer Des'ree. Co-written and co-produced by the singer and Ashley Ingram, "What's Your Sign?" was released as the fourth single from Des'ree's third studio album, Supernatural (1998), on 30 September 1998 in Japan and on 26 October in the United Kingdom. The song reached number one in Spain and entered the top 40 in Austria and France.

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".

Track listings

UK CD1 ^[1]

1. "What's Your Sign?" (radio edit) – 3:56
2. "What's Your Sign?" (Saturn Return mix) – 7:56
3. "You Gotta Be" – 4:06

UK CD2 ^[2]

1. "What's Your Sign?" (radio edit) – 3:56
2. "What's Your Sign?" (Refugee Camp remix) – 4:13
3. "What's Your Sign?" (Refugee Camp instrumental) – 4:10

Uk cassette single and European CD single ^{[3] [4]}

1. "What's Your Sign?" (radio edit) – 3:56
2. "You Gotta Be" – 4:06

Australian CD single ^[5]

1. "What's Your Sign?" (radio edit) – 3:56
2. "What's Your Sign?" (Saturn Return mix) – 7:56
3. "What's Your Sign?" (Refugee Camp remix) – 4:13
4. "What's Your Sign?" (Refugee Camp instrumental) – 4:10
5. "You Gotta Be" – 3:59

Japanese CD single ^[6]

1. "What's Your Sign?" (radio edit)
2. "What's Your Sign?" (Saturn Return mix)
3. "What's Your Sign?" (Aquarius mix)
4. "You Gotta Be" (live)

Charts

Chart (1998–1999)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA) [7]	167
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [8]	31
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [9]	5
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [10]	57
France (SNEP) [11]	37
Germany (GfK) [12]	65
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade) [13]	13
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [14]	70
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [15]	41
Scotland (OCC) [16]	20
Spain (AFYVE) [17]	1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [18]	43
UK Singles (OCC) [19]	19
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [20]	6

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Japan	30 September 1998	CD	Epic	[21]
United Kingdom	26 October 1998	CD cassette	Sony Soho Square Dusted Sound	[22]

References

1. What's Your Sign? (UK CD1 liner notes). Sony Soho Square, Dusted Sound Recordings. 1998. 666516 2.
2. What's Your Sign? (UK CD2 liner notes). Sony Soho Square, Dusted Sound Recordings. 1998. 666516 5.
3. What's Your Sign? (UK cassette single sleeve). Sony Soho Square, Dusted Sound Recordings. 1998. 666516 4.
4. What's Your Sign? (European CD single liner notes). Sony Soho Square, Dusted Sound Recordings. 1998. S2 666250 1.
5. What's Your Sign? (Australian CD single liner notes). Sony Soho Square, Dusted Sound Recordings, Epic Records. 1998. 666788 2.
6. What's Your Sign? (Japanese CD single liner notes). Epic Records. 1998. ESCA 7318.
7. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 12 July 2016" . Retrieved 12 July 2016– via Imgur.
8. "Des'ree – What's Your Sign?" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
9. "Des'ree – What's Your Sign?" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
10. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media . Vol. 15, no. 51. 19 December 1998. p. 18.
11. "Des'ree – What's Your Sign?" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
12. "Des'ree – What's Your Sign?" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
13. "Tipparade-lijst van week 49, 1998" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved 27 March 2023.
14. "Des'ree – What's Your Sign?" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
15. "Des'ree – What's Your Sign?". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
16. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
17. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
18. "Des'ree – What's Your Sign?". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
19. "Des'ree: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
20. "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
21. "デズリー | ホワッツ・ユア・サイン" [Desree | What's Your Sign] (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 30 June 2025.
22. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 24 October 1998. p. 43.