"The Sign" is a 1993 dance-pop song by the Swedish 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 in the United States, also reaching Number two in the
United Kingdom. It was on an album called
Happy Nationin most of the world, but
The Signin North America.
The song was the #1 song of 1994 according to Billboard
magazine's year-end charts. The song was ranked at #51 on
The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songsfor the first 50
years of the Hot 100 chart. The song has been covered by The
Mountain Goats.
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. 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.