“One of Us” (from the English - “One of Us”) is a song composed by the American musician Eric Bazilian ( The Hooters ), The most famous in the performance of singer Joan Osbourne . The song, released in March 1995 on the Relish album, achieved great success in the singer’s homeland, reaching 4th place in the Billboard Hot 100 charts , as well as receiving three nominations for the Grammy Award ( Best Female Vocal Pop Performance ) , “ Record of the Year ” , “ Song of the Year ” ). In addition, the composition took the top line of the charts of a number of other countries: Australia , Canada , Belgium ( Flanders ) and Sweden , and also reached the 6th place in the UK , in addition, it was noted in the Top 20 charts at least 12 states.
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| Single Joan Osbourne from the album Relish | |||||||
| Side B | "Dracula Moon" | ||||||
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| Format | CD , record | ||||||
| Recorded by | 1994–95; The Crawlspace ( Philadelphia , PA ); Extra Record: Big Blue ( Catona , New York ) PIE Studios ( Glen Cove , New York ) | ||||||
| Genre | Pop rock | ||||||
| Duration | 5:21 a.m. | ||||||
| Producer | Rick Chertoff | ||||||
| Songwriter | Eric Bazilian | ||||||
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 One of us
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Content
- 1 Background
- 2 Theme Songs
- 3 Music video
- 4 Critic Reviews
- 5 List of Songs
- 6 Members
- 7 Appearance in Other Media
- 8 Charts and certification
- 8.1 Weekly charts
- 8.2 Summary, annual charts
- 8.3 Certification
- 9 notes
- 10 Links
Background
In an interview, Bazilian said: “I wrote [“ One of Us “] one night - [this was] the fastest song I have ever composed, in order to impress the girl. The song worked - now we are married and we have two children. We recorded half of the album “ Relish ” when Rick Chertoff was in and Joan, Rob and together I did the demo “One of Us”, this is a stupid, small demo that I eventually put as a hidden track on the CD of my debut solo album, and played [it] to them. It didn’t even occur to me that Joan [vocals] could be connected to this, but the wise Rick asked her if she thought she could sing this song. It seems to me that it was much better than if he just asked “would you like to sing it”. The answer might not be positive. But she said in the affirmative that she could sing this song, and we recorded a small live demo with guitar accompaniment. When I got into the car and inserted the cassette [with the demo], I immediately began to rehearse the speech that we were supposed to make at the Grammy " [1] .
Song Subject
The song is devoted to various aspects of faith in God, raising before the listener questions about what would happen when he met the Almighty, for example: “Could you turn to Him [God] by name” or “Would you want to see him if it required you to believe in heaven, in the Savior, in saints and in prophets ? ”
The album version of the song begins with the first four lines of the song entitled “The Aeroplane Ride”, written on October 27, 1937 by American folklorist Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth for the archive of American folk song at the Library of Congress , with Mrs. Nell Hampton of Salayersville , Kentucky , singing a 1928 variation of John S. McConnell's anthem Heavenly Aeroplane [2] [3] .
Music video
A music video was shot for the song, a duet of directors Mark Seliger and Fred Woodward. The video, for the most part, takes place on Coney Island , showing various attractions of the place, such as a roller coaster , Ferris wheel and New York aquarium , alternating with vintage sepia shots, as well as Joan singing in front of the camera.
Criticism Reviews
Music critic Roch Parisien of AllMusic called the song “a simple, straightforward statement about faith, honest, unadorned, framed by an almost perfect chorus and a delightful guitar riff in the style of Neil Young ” [4] . In 2007, the composition took 54th place in the list of “100 greatest songs of the 1990s” according to the VH1 channel [5] , as well as 10th in the rating of “40 greatest songs of performers of one hit, 1990s” of the same channel [6] .
List of Songs
- One of Us (single edit) - 5:05
Single (CD) - France
- One of Us (edit) - 4:16
- One of Us (album version) - 5:21
Single (CD) - USA
- One of Us (album version) - 5:21
- Dracula Moon 6:21
Maxi Single (CD) - Europe
- One of Us (edit) - 4:16
- Dracula Moon 6:21
- One of Us (album version) - 5:21
- Crazy Baby (live from Fox Theater, ) - 8:06
Record Members
- Joan Osbourne - vocals
- Eric Bazilian - guitar , backing vocals , electric piano
- Mark Egan - bass
- Rob Hyman - drums , mellotron , backing vocals
- William Whiteman - Sound Engineer , Mixing
Appearance in Other Media
- The song was specially rewritten by Joan Osbourne for the television series New Joan of Arc , where it was used as the main musical theme.
- The song is featured on the television series The Slaughter Division at the end of the episode Sniper Part 1 (1996).
- The song appears in the soundtrack of the film " Dear God ."
- "One of Us" can be heard in the finale of the episode "Rampage" of the television series " Detective Rush ."
- The song appears in the thriller “ Vanilla Sky ”. First, the main character of Tom Cruise sings it when he is taken to face transplantation; later in the film the original composition sounds.
- The composition sounds in the soundtrack of the film " Bruce Almighty ."
- The song appears in the 16th episode of the 2nd season of the television series " Lucifer ".
- The cover version of the song is performed by the actors of the series “ Chorus ” in the episode of the second season “ Grilled Cheesus ”.
Charts and Certification
Weekly Charts
| Final, annual charts
Certification
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Notes
- ↑ Will Harris. Popdose Interview: Eric Bazilian of the Hooters (February 25, 2008).
- ↑ "The aeroplane ride / Nell Hampton [sound recording]" Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog from the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress [1]
- ↑ A sample of the recording "The Airplane Ride" by Nell Hampton from the album "The Gospel Ship" (New World Records) [2]
- ↑ Roch Parisien. Joan Osborne - Relish - Review .
- ↑ 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s . Blog.vh1.com (December 13, 2007). Date of treatment August 29, 2012. Archived December 20, 2007.
- ↑ VH1's 40 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the '90s . toponehitwonders.com. Date of treatment October 17, 2018. Archived October 17, 2017.
- ↑ " Australian-charts.com - Joan Osborne - One of Us" . ARIA Top 50 Singles .
- ↑ " Austriancharts.at - Joan Osborne - One of Us" (German) . Ö3 Austria Top 40 .
- ↑ " Ultratop.be - Joan Osborne - One of Us" (Fr.) . Ultratop 50 .
- ↑ " Ultratop.be - Joan Osborne - One of Us" (nid.) . Ultratop 50 .
- ↑ " Top RPM Singles: Issue 2878. " RPM Library and Archives Canada .
- ↑ " Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2945. " RPM Library and Archives Canada .
- ↑ " Top RPM Rock / Alternative Tracks: Issue 2845. " RPM Library and Archives Canada .
- ↑ Top 10 Czech Republic (English) // Music & Media : magazine.
- ↑ Billboard April 27, 1996 . - Billboard .
- ↑ " Joan Osborne: One of Us" (fin.) . Musiikkituottajat - IFPI Finland .
- ↑ " Lescharts.com - Joan Osborne - One of Us" (Fr.) . Les classement single .
- ↑ " Musicline.de - Osborne, Joan Single-Chartverfolgung" (German) . Media Control Charts . PhonoNet GmbH.
- ↑ Top 10 Hungary (English) // Music & Media : magazine.
- ↑ Íslenski Listinn Nr. 156: Vikuna 10.2. - 16.2. '96 (Icelandic) // Dagblaðið Vísir : newspaper. - 1996 .-- 10 febrúar. - S. 26 .
- ↑ " The Irish Charts - Search Results - One of Us" . Irish Singles Chart .
- ↑ " Nederlandse Top 40 - week 13, 1996 " (nid.) . Dutch Top 40
- ↑ " Dutchcharts.nl - Joan Osborne - One of Us" (nid.) . Single Top 100 .
- ↑ " Charts.nz - Joan Osborne - One of Us" . Top 40 Singles .
- ↑ " Norwegiancharts.com - Joan Osborne - One of Us" . VG-lista .
- ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company .
- ↑ " Swedishcharts.com - Joan Osborne - One of Us" . Singles Top 100 .
- ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company .
- ↑ "Joan Osborne Chart History (Hot 100)" . Billboard .
- ↑ "Joan Osborne Chart History (Adult Contemporary)" . Billboard .
- ↑ "Joan Osborne Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)" . Billboard .
- ↑ "Joan Osborne Chart History (Alternative Songs)" . Billboard .
- ↑ "Joan Osborne Chart History (Pop Songs)" . Billboard .
- ↑ 1996 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved September 5, 2008)
- ↑ Jaaroverzichten 1996 (nd.) . Ultratop . Date of appeal July 15, 2018.
- ↑ Rapports annuels 1996 (Fr.) . Ultratop . Date of appeal July 15, 2018.
- ↑ RPM Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks . RPM Library and Archives Canada . Date of appeal July 15, 2018.
- ↑ RPM Year End Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks . RPM Library and Archives Canada . Date of appeal July 15, 2018.
- ↑ RPM Year End Alternative Top 50 . RPM Library and Archives Canada . Date of appeal July 15, 2018.
- ↑ 1996 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com Archived January 24, 2009. (Retrieved April 20, 2010)
- ↑ Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts (German) . GfK Entertainment . Date of treatment August 7, 2015.
- ↑ Single top 100 over 1996 (nid.) (PDF). Top40. Date of treatment April 19, 2010.
- ↑ Billboard Top 100 - 1996 . Date of treatment August 27, 2010. Archived November 10, 2006.
- ↑ Norwegian certifications . Ifpi.no. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ↑ US certifications . riaa.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
