| Good Sign | |
| Cover: | Emilia-Good Sign.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Emilia Rydberg |
| Album: | Big Big World |
| A-Side: | Good Sign |
| B-Side: | "Good Sign" (R&B remix) |
| Released: | (Sweden) (Italy) |
| Label: | Universal |
| Producer: | Lasse "Yogi" Anderson, Hurb |
| Chronology: | Emilia Rydberg |
| Prev Title: | Big Big World |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | Twist of Fate |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
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 |