The Sign (song)
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| Single by Ace of Base from the album Happy Nation/The Sign |
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| Released | 1993 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Genre | Pop, Europop, Dance-pop | ||||
| Length | 3:12 | ||||
| Label | Arista Records | ||||
| Writer | Jonas Berggren | ||||
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"The Sign" is a 1993 dance-pop song by the band Ace of Base. This song was an international smash hit, spending six non-consecutive weeks as number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was on an album called Happy Nation in most of the world, but The Sign in the United States.
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- UK CD Single:
- Radio Edit
- Long Version
- Dub Version
The music video of this song features the pop group singing amidst romantic and frolic images; "The Sign" was depicted as an ankh and a djed.
- USA #1
- Spain #1
- UK #2
- France #5
- Sweden #2
- Germany #1
- Austria #3
- Switzerland #4
- Australia #1
- The song was used during a few commercials for Texaco gas stations in the mid 90's featuring macaws bobbing to the music
- In an episode of South Park entitled "Prehistoric Ice Man", Dr. Mephisto plays this song for the ice man.
- Parts of this song were played in some commercials for Bally Total Fitness.
- The song was also used in promotions for 24 Hour Fitness, McDonald's and Texaco.
- A choral rendition was done in the 2002 movie Slackers.
- In the episode of Full House "We Got the Beat" (Episode #186), Stephanie's band, "Girl Talk", plays the song.
- Low-fi indie band The Mountain Goats are well known for performing an archly unironic version of "The Sign" during live appearances[citation needed].
- Played in an episode of I Love The 90s.
- On 'The Western Front' this song is used every week accompanied by footage of viewers showing the 'W' sign.
| Preceded by "The Power of Love" by Celine Dion |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (first run) March 12, 1994 - April 2, 1994 |
Succeeded by "Bump n' Grind" by R. Kelly |
| Australia ARIA Singles Chart number-one single April 30, 1994 - May 21, 1994 |
Succeeded by "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" by Prince |
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| Preceded by "Bump n' Grind" by R. Kelly |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (second run) May 7, 1994 - May 14, 1994 |
Succeeded by "I Swear" by All-4-One |
| Preceded by "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston |
Billboard Hot 100 Number one single of the year 1994 |
Succeeded by "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio featuring L.V. |
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| Jonas Berggren • Jenny Berggren • Linn Berggren • Ulf Ekberg | |
| Albums | Happy Nation • The Sign • The Bridge • Flowers • Cruel Summer • Singles Of The 90s • Greatest Hits • Da Capo • Remix Album • Fifth Studio Album (September 2008) |
| Singles | "Wheel Of Fortune" • "All That She Wants" • "Happy Nation" • "Waiting for Magic" • "The Sign" • "Don't Turn Around" • "Living In Danger" • "Beautiful Life" • "Lucky Love" • "Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry" • "My Deja Vu" • "Angel Eyes" • "Life Is A Flower" • "Cruel Summer" • "Whenever You're Near Me" • "Travel To Romantis" • "Tokyo Girl" • "Donnie" • "Cecilia" • "Always Have, Always Will" • "Everytime It Rains" • "C'est La Vie (Always 21)" • "Love In December" • "Hallo Hallo" • "Beautiful Morning" • "The Juvenile" • "Unspeakable" • "Wheel Of Fortune (Remix)" • TBA May 2008 |
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