smash that was tailor made for radio". Rolling Stone placed the song at number 42 on their list of 50 Best Songs of the Nineties, while BuzzFeed listed the song at number 28 on their 2017 list of The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s. Billboard ranked "The Sign" at number 65 on their 2018 ranking of All-Time Top 100 Songs, stating in a separate article that it "led pop into a new era, putting Sweden on the map as a credible hitmaking hub, pushing electronic production closer to the forefront of popular music and helping ignite a collaborative approach to songwriting that has become an industry standard". Accolades (*) indicates the list is unordered. Music video The accompanying music video for "The Sign" is directed by Mathias Julien and was shot on Filmhuset in Stockholm in November 1993. The opening of the video is a homage to Depeche Mode's 1990 song "Enjoy the Silence". It features the Ace of Base members singing amidst romantic and joyful images; "The Sign" was depicted as a computer generated ankh and a djed. Amid the images is a little story of a man and woman (played by Jenny Berggren) 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 received heavy rotation on MTV Europe and was A-listed on Germany's VIVA. As of December 2022, "The Sign" has over 107 million views on YouTube. Track listings Credits and personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Sign. Vocals by Linn Berggren, Jenny Berggren and Jonas Berggren Backing vocals by Linn Berggren, Jenny Berggren, Jonas Berggren and Douglas Carr Written by Jonas Berggren Produced by Denniz Pop, Douglas Carr and Jonas Berggren Recorded at Cheiron Studios Release history Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Decade-end charts All-time charts Certifications References 1993 singles Ace of Base songs Number-one singles in Australia Number-one singles in New Zealand Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Number-one singles in Denmark Number-one singles in Finland Number-one singles in Germany Number-one singles in Israel Number-one singles in Spain Number-one singles in Zimbabwe Songs written by Jonas Berggren Song recordings produced by Denniz Pop RPM