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"The Sign" is a pop song by the Swedish band Ace of Base, which was released on 29 October 1993 in Europe. The song was an international hit, reaching number two in the United Kingdom and spending six non-consecutive weeks as number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the United States. It appeared on the band's album ''Happy Nation'' (titled ''The Sign'' in North America). The song was the No. 1 song of 1994 according to ''Billboard'' magazine's year-end charts. The song was ranked at number 60 on ''The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs'' for the first 50 years of the Hot 100 chart〔The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Chart 50th Anniversary, (The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs (60–51) ), Billboard.com〕 and received a nomination for ''Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Group or Duo'' at the 1995 Grammy Awards.〔The 37th Grammy Nominations, (), Los Angeles Times〕 The song has been covered by The Mountain Goats, and was also heavily featured in the fifth season finale of ''American Dad!'', "Great Space Roaster". The song has also been covered in the TV series ''Full House'', in which fictional band "Girl Talk", led by character Stephanie Tanner, mess up the song during the performance. The song is also played in the ''South Park'' episode "Prehistoric Ice Man," the 2012 comedy ''Pitch Perfect'' and in the pilot of ''Hindsight''. ==Music video== The music video of the song features the pop group singing amidst romantic and joyful images; "The Sign" was depicted as a computer generated ankh (also known as key of life) and a djed (ancient Egyptian symbol representing stability). The music video is directed by Mathias Julin. Amid the images is a little story of a man and woman sitting side by side until the man leaves, seemingly abandoning the woman. However, he comes back with a rose and offers it to the woman. The woman graciously accepts and takes his hand. However, a bright light shines in the woman's face, drawing her away, abandoning the man and dropping the rose on the chair. The video was released in five different edits throughout various territories. In the US, the original edit of the video was later re-edited, changing some of the shots with Jenny in the foreground from black and white to color. Other versions show more shots of the group singing with their backs in a circle, as well as more shots of Linn singing her parts in her solo black and white take. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Sign (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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