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.

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Uploaded: May 19, 2007 at 2:34 am
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Length: 00:04:46
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SCRAPP666 (October 7, 2008 at 1:31 am)
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Atomdancerrr (October 6, 2008 at 4:17 pm)
Adrianfrodo you are ONE of His cells! Long ago some single celled life stopped competing with one another & started cooperating & formed a multicellular being. #1 Now that really, truly IS a REAL miracle! #2 if single cells can learn to do that, we can. Evolution struggles on. God is trying to make His way home through us. Relativity:Time/space curves. Future is the past. So we, the Body of Christ have already built Home & the Vine-dresser guides His own evolution. 3w'sdotproofgodexistsdotorg
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Xarpical (October 6, 2008 at 5:39 am)
The arguments that people post remind me of an old riddle:
What if God was willing to stop evil, but not able?
What if He is able, but not willing?
What if he is both able and willing?
What if he is neither willing, nor able?
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they need a metal version with better lyrics
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sorzek (October 5, 2008 at 6:59 pm)
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