1993Released
3:11

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Interesting facts and trivia about The Sign. By Songfacts®.

"The Sign," from the album of the same name in the US, tells the story of a man and a woman in a complicated relationship. Both of them wonder where their relationship is headed, and the man leaves for a while to ponder the problem. The answer to their problem is left to the listeners to decide on an ending. In the video, we see this story in action. Ace Of Base singer Jenny Berggren plays the woman in question. The man is played by an unknown actor. He leaves Jenny for a moment and hands her a rose. Jenny seems to take an interest, however a light shines on Jenny and she leaves to the light, leaving the rose behind. The music video shows Jenny with her brother, Jonas, and her sister, Linn, and a friend, Ulf, telling the story about this relationship. The video ends with Linn finishing the song, Jenny clears a tear from her face, and an ankh appears.

This spent 14 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Pop Songs radio airplay chart, the most for any song to date. It also spent six nonconsecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

This was the #1 song of 1994 according to Billboard magazine's year-end charts. It was also Arista Record's most successful Billboard chart single in the label's history, selling over nine million copies in America.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of The Sign.
EKey
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
97BPM

Album

The album The Sign is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released The Sign.
Playground Music
2014 Mega Records, a Division of Playground Music Scandinavia AB
1993 Mega Records, a Division of Playground Music Scandinavia AB

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