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"
ReleasedJune 8, 1987 (1987-06-08)
Genre
Length3:33
LabelColumbia
Songwriters
  • Terence Trent D'Arby
  • Sean Oliver
Producers
Terence Trent D'Arby singles chronology
"If You Let Me Stay"
(1987)
"Wishing Well"
(1987)
"Dance Little Sister"
(1987)
Music video
"Wishing Well" on YouTube

"Wishing Well" is a song by American singer-songwriter Terence Trent D'Arby. Written by D'Arby and Sean Oliver, D'Arby said "Wishing Well" was written "when I was in a half-asleep, half-awake state of mind", and that he "liked the feel of the words". Martyn Ware of Heaven 17 produced the song along with D'Arby. Released through Columbia Records as the second single from D'Arby's debut album, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, the song went into heavy rotation on MTV and eventually topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as the Canadian and Dutch charts.

D'Arby performed the song live at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards, where he lost the Grammy Award for Best New Artist to Jody Watley. When the single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, it had charted for 17 weeks, the longest progress to number one in the US charts since Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" in 1983.