The Sign (song)

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"The Sign"

Single by Ace of Base
from the album Happy Nation/The Sign
Released	1993
Format	CD single
Genre	Pop
Length	3:12
Label	Arista Records
Writer(s)	Jonas Berggren
Chart positions
#1 (Australia, Germany, United States) #2 (Sweden, United Kingdom) #3 (Austria) #4 (Switzerland) #5 (France)
Ace of Base singles chronology
"Waiting for Magic" (1993)	"The Sign" (1993)	"Don't Turn Around" (1994)
Alternative covers

U.S. Cover

"The Sign" is a 1994 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.

[edit] Music video

The music video of this song features the pop group singing amidst romantic and frolic images; "The Sign" was depicted as an Ankh with a banded vertical bar in its loop.

[edit] Charts

USA #1
UK #2
France #5
Sweden #2
Germany #1
Austria #3
Switzerland #4

[edit] TV/Movie occurrences

In the episode of South Park "Prehistoric Ice Man", Mephesto plays this song for the ice man.
Parts of this song were played in some commercial 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 ironic version of "The Sign" during live appearances.
Played in an episode of I Love The 90s.

Preceded by: "The Power of Love" by Celine Dion	Billboard Hot 100 number one single March 12, 1994	Succeeded by: "Bump n' Grind" by R. Kelly
Preceded by: "The Power of Love" by Celine Dion	ARIA (Australia) number one single April 30, 1994-May 21, 1994	Succeeded by: "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" by Prince