| "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, 1998 (Sweden) February 22, 1999 (Italy) | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
| Songwriters | Lasse "Yogi" Anderson, Emilia Rydberg | |||
| Producers | Lasse "Yogi" Anderson, Hurb | |||
| Emilia Rydbergsingles chronology | ||||
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| "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.
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]
| Chart (1998–1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| 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 |