Good Sign
"Good Sign" | ||||
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Single by Emilia Rydberg | ||||
from the album Big Big World | ||||
A-side | "Good Sign" | |||
B-side | "Good Sign" (R&B remix) | |||
Released | December 7, 1998Sweden) February 22, 1999 (Italy) | (|||
Label | Universal | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lasse "Yogi" Anderson, Emilia Rydberg | |||
Producer(s) | Lasse "Yogi" Anderson, Hurb | |||
Emilia Rydberg singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Good Sign" on YouTube |
Good Sign is a song written by Lasse "Yogi" Anderson and Swedish singer Emilia Rydberg, and recorded by Emilia on her 1998 album Big Big World. The single was released on 7 December 1998 as the follow-up to her very successful debut-single "Big Big World".[1] It peaked at number 16 in Sweden. Additionally it was a top 30 hit in Belgium, France and Switzerland and a top 40 hit in Austria. In the UK, "Good Sign" peaked at number 54.
Critical reception
[edit]AllMusic editor Roxanne Blanford described the song as a "uptempo celebration of life, delivered with sincerity and an engagingly happy sing-along chorus."[2] The Daily Vault's Christopher Thelen wrote that Emilia's vocals on "Good Sign" are "powerful without being overbearing", adding that a "solid beat (even though a lot of it is synthesized), matched with some well-placed Vocoder lyrics is evidence enough that Emilia has a reasonable shot at stardom."[3] Chuck Campbell from Knoxville News Sentinel said that the singer offers "an uplifting bit of reggae-tinged light R&B".[4] Larry Printz from The Morning Call declared it as "Swedish pop in the ABBA/Ace of Base tradition."[5]
Track listing
[edit]- CD single
- "Good Sign" (album version)
- "Good Sign" (R & B-remix)
- Maxi single (Universal 087 206-2)
- "Good Sign" (K-Klass Radio Mix) - 3:43
- "Good Sign" (Album Version) - 3:02
- "Good Sign" (Pierre J's Good 12") - 5:33
- "Good Sign" (K-Klass Bunker Dub) - 6:24
Charts
[edit]Chart (1998-1999) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[6] | 182 |
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] | 34 |
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[8] | 44 |
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] | 28 |
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] | 15 |
France (SNEP)[11] | 21 |
Scotland (OCC)[12] | 46 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] | 16 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] | 27 |
UK Singles (OCC)[15] | 54 |
References
[edit]- ^ Folket 9 december 1998 - Lilla Emilia i stora världen Archived 25 May 2012 at archive.today
- ^ Blanford, Roxanne. "Emilia - Big Big World". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Thelen, Christopher (2 December 1998). "Emilia - Big Big World". The Daily Vault. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ Campbell, Chuck (23 December 1998). "Band didn't burn Midnight Oil for this one". Daily News. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ Printz, Larry (6 February 1999). "Disc Reviews". p. A51. The Morning Call.
- ^ "Emilia Rydberg ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 7 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- ^ Austrian chart
- ^ Ultratop Flanders chart
- ^ Ultratop Wallonia chart
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Emilia". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 73. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ French chart
- ^ Scottish chart
- ^ Swedish chart
- ^ Swiss chart
- ^ "Good Sing su OfficialCharts.com". Official Charts. Retrieved 6 January 2010.