Sign of the Times ( the Belle Stars song ) - wikipedia Sign of the Times ( the Belle Stars song ) `` Sign of the Times '' Single by The Belle Stars from the album The Belle Stars B - side `` Madness '' Released December 30, 1982 Format 7 ``, 12 '' Recorded 1982 Genre New Wave Length 2 : 56 5 : 50 ( Extended Remix ) Label Stiff Songwriter ( s ) Lesley Shone, Jennie Matthias, Miranda Joyce, Sarah - Jane Owen, Judy Parsons, Stella Barker, Clare Hirst Producer ( s ) Peter Collins The Belle Stars singles chronology `` Mockingbird '' ( 1982 ) `` Sign of the Times '' ( 1982 ) `` Sweet Memory '' ( 1983 ) `` Mockingbird '' ( 1982 ) `` Sign Of The Times '' ( 1983 ) `` Sweet Memory '' ( 1983 ) `` Sign of the Times '' is a song by English pop / new wave band The Belle Stars, released as the fourth single from the band 's only self - titled studio album. It was their seventh single overall and first single that was an original song since 1981 's `` Another Latin Love Song ''. Its lyrics describe the band explaining how they feel their lover is unfaithful of their love, hence the lyric `` You say you love me, but want success. '' The single was the band 's only top ten hit, reaching # 3 on the UK Singles Chart the week of January 15, 1983. It peaked at # 75 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of May 14, 1983. Contents 1 Background 2 Music video 3 References 4 External links Background In 1982, The Belle Stars released three covers `` Iko Iko '', by The Dixie Cups, `` The Clapping Song '', by Shirley Ellis & `` Mockingbird '', by Inez & Charlie Foxx. Dave Robinson at Stiff Records, the band 's record company, suggested that the band did covers to attract audiences, and then after three covers write their own song and it would be a hit. This happened to be true when the band released Sign Of The Times, which was likely because of the band 's backup covers. Music video The music video for the song was produced by Pete Collins. It features Stella Barker talking while staring in mid-air, and then shows Jennie Matthias popping out from below and singing. The video then centres on the band in an abandoned nightclub, wearing tuxedos and snapping their fingers. During the lyric `` you give me nothing more than a shove '', the band members perform the sign language gesture for `` shove ''. This motion is shown throughout the rest of the video. References Jump up ^ `` Belle Stars, The - Sign Of The Times ( Remixed Extended 12 '' Version ). '' Rate Your Music. Web. 25 Jan. 2015. Jump up ^ The Belle Stars -- OfficialCharts.com. Jump up ^ `` Sign of the Times '' by The Belle Stars -- Billboard Hot 100. External links of the Times - lyrics - the - belle - stars -. html Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics This article may contain improper references to self - published sources. Please help improve it by removing references to unreliable sources, where they are used inappropriately. ( January 2015 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sign_of_the_Times_(The_Belle_Stars_song)&oldid=837662582 '' Categories : 1982 singles 1982 songs Stiff Records singles Song recordings produced by Peter Collins ( record producer ) Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Articles with self - published sources from January 2015 All articles with self - published sources Talk Contents About Wikipedia Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 22 April 2018, at 06 : 30 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sings the original sign of the times
Answer: English pop/new wave band The Belle Stars