Good Sign

"Good Sign"
Single by Emilia Rydberg
from the album Big Big World
A-side"Good Sign"
B-side"Good Sign" (R&B remix)
ReleasedDecember 7, 1998 (1998-12-07) (Sweden)
February 22, 1999 (1999-02-22) (Italy)
LabelUniversal
SongwritersLasse "Yogi" Anderson, Emilia Rydberg
ProducersLasse "Yogi" Anderson, Hurb
Emilia Rydberg singles chronology
"Big Big World"
(1998)		 "Good Sign"
(1998)		 "Twist of Fate"
(1999)
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". 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

AllMusic editor Roxanne Blanford described the song as a "uptempo celebration of life, delivered with sincerity and an engagingly happy sing-along chorus." 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." Chuck Campbell from Knoxville News Sentinel said that the singer offers "an uplifting bit of reggae-tinged light R&B". Larry Printz from The Morning Call declared it as "Swedish pop in the ABBA/Ace of Base tradition."

Track listing

  1. "Good Sign" (album version)
  2. "Good Sign" (R & B-remix)
  1. "Good Sign" (K-Klass Radio Mix) - 3:43
  2. "Good Sign" (Album Version) - 3:02
  3. "Good Sign" (Pierre J's Good 12") - 5:33
  4. "Good Sign" (K-Klass Bunker Dub) - 6:24

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Good Sign"
Chart (1998–1999) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 182
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)34
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)44
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)28
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) 15
France (SNEP)21
Germany (GfK)34
Scottish Singles Sales (Official Charts)46
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)16
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)27
UK Singles (Official Charts)54
Annual chart rankings for "Good Sign"
Chart (1999) Rank
Europe Border Breakers (Radio Top 50) 93
Europe Border Breakers (Music & Media) 9

References

  1. ↑ Folket 9 december 1998 - Lilla Emilia i stora världen Deprecated link archived 25 May 2012 at archive.today
  2. ↑ Blanford, Roxanne. "Emilia - Big Big World". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Thelen, Christopher (2 December 1998). "Emilia - Big Big World". The Daily Vault. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Campbell, Chuck (23 December 1998). "Band didn't burn Midnight Oil for this one". Daily News. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Printz, Larry (6 February 1999). "Disc Reviews". p. A51. The Morning Call.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Emilia – Good Sign" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Emilia – Good Sign" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Emilia – Good Sign" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "Emilia – Good Sign" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 25/4/1999 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "Emilia – Good Sign". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  15. ↑ "Emilia – Good Sign". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  16. ↑ "Search results for "Emilia" | Official Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  17. ↑ "European Radio Top 100 1999" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 1. 1 January 2000. p. 13. Retrieved 21 January 2026 – via World Radio History.
  18. ↑ "Border Breakers Top 100 1999" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 1. 1 January 2000. p. 13. Retrieved 21 January 2026 – via World Radio History.