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 19, 2007 at 2:34 am
Author: divdby0

Length: 00:04:46
Rating: 4.83
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Video Comments:
clpdaddyo717 (October 12, 2008 at 7:42 am)
Because it was in style in the 90s...DUH!
zzvamaczz (October 12, 2008 at 4:16 am)
que buena cancion no se por q no gano nada si es una buena balada alternativa si no es la mejor
llangol (October 12, 2008 at 12:39 am)
best song, should be released
x00mana00x (October 11, 2008 at 11:19 pm)
jeder mensch ist göttlich...
er kann erschaffen, verändern, zerstören...
akaneandranmaforever (October 11, 2008 at 9:12 pm)
ppffff hahahahahah
butterfly1906 (October 11, 2008 at 6:24 pm)
ich kann es den ganzen tag hören <3.
ilithios1993 (October 11, 2008 at 2:52 pm)
i agree rolled65...why did she want that fuckin nosering?!
veteau (October 11, 2008 at 12:26 pm)
Who knows? God could be you or me. What if one of us? I Love this song, and Joan is sooouuu bjuutifull.
FrankiEmo92 (October 11, 2008 at 9:31 am)
Great artist but I wish she didn't get so much plastic surgery on her eyes.
TheLightBearer1969 (October 10, 2008 at 10:28 pm)
What if all pop songs were as beautiful and charged with meaning as this one... A class of its own, away from all the vulgarity and low-brow quality of most mainstream music.