The Sign (song)
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| Single by Ace of Base from the album Happy Nation/The Sign |
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| Released | October 22, 1993 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | 1993 | ||||
| Genre | Pop, Europop, Dance-pop | ||||
| Length | 3:12 | ||||
| Label | Arista Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Jonas Berggren | ||||
| Certification | Platinum (USA), Platinum (NZ), Platinum (Germany), Gold (UK), Gold (Austria) | ||||
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"The Sign" is a 1993 dance-pop song by the band Ace of Base. The song was an international smash hit, spending six non-consecutive weeks as number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, also reaching Number 2 in the UK. It was on an album called Happy Nation in most of the world, but The Sign in North America.
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[edit] Track listings
- UK CD Single:
- The Sign (Radio Edit)
- The Sign (Long Version)
- The Sign (Dub Version)
- US CD Single:
- The Sign (Ultimix) (6:49)
- The Sign (Single Version) (3:11)
- Young And Proud (3:56)
- Happy Nation (12" Version) (6:40)
[edit] Music video
The music video of the song features the pop group singing amidst romantic and frolic images; "The Sign" was depicted as an ankh and a djed.
[edit] Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 1 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 3 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 3 |
| French Singles Chart | 5 |
| German Singles Chart | 1 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 2 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 4 |
| Israeli Singles Chart | 2 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 1 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 5 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 4 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 2 |
| UK Singles Chart | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 2 |
[edit] Sales
- UK: 453,000 (Gold)
- US: 1,000,000 (Platinum)
| Preceded by "The Power of Love" by Celine Dion |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single March 12, 1994 - April 2, 1994 May 7, 1994 - May 14, 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 "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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