Joan Osbourne - One of Us

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"One of Us" is a song written by Eric Bazilian (of The Hooters) and originally released by Joan Osborne.

The song deals with various aspects of belief in God by asking questions inviting the listener to consider how they might relate to God, such as "Would you call [God's name] to his face?" or "Would you want to see [God's face] if seeing meant that you would have to believe?" The name of the song comes from the question contained in the refrain, "What if God was one of us?"

Released in March 1995 on the album Relish (produced by Rick Chertoff), it hit the top 40 in November of the same year. With this song, Osborne received one of many Grammy nominations in 1995, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, but failed to win. One year later Prince covered the song for his 'Emancipation' LP.

Around January 1996, "One of Us" hit the top 10. Finally in March of 1996 "One of Us" climbed to #1 on Rock On The Net's ARC Weekly Top 40 and stayed there for 2 weeks. Its peak chart position on the Billboard Hot 100 was #4.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: May 18, 2007 at 7:34 pm
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Length: 00:04:46
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Video Comments:
354sd (November 22, 2008 at 3:27 pm)
Good man roberthbk
roberthbk (November 22, 2008 at 2:47 pm)
I see alot of hate in these comments....
Goldsum (November 22, 2008 at 1:46 pm)
Love the melody, the text is nice too, like a philosophy...
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She's really good to write songs! It would be nice to write songs and be famous for them.
kelperhelper09 (November 21, 2008 at 7:04 pm)
Bless the beasts and the children and our ancestors...
x24lubina (November 21, 2008 at 11:24 am)
I love the video , the song and the artist]
disainit (November 21, 2008 at 2:19 am)
Wow, I thought I was the only one thinking so. But it's not only the beat: the chords, and even the background vocals!
Mynameby (November 19, 2008 at 3:52 pm)
I more then LOOVE this song!! :D
Friedolin9 (November 19, 2008 at 2:54 pm)
Ich liebe dieses Lied
larzo1337 (November 19, 2008 at 12:18 pm)
lovely song! (like everyone else, I dont give a crap about religious messages in lyrics though).
ahriman1986 (November 19, 2008 at 4:38 am)
100% nostalgy