ONE OF US BY JOAN OSBORNE

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Bluedreamer's Choice No 9

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"One of Us" is a song written by Eric Bazilian (of The Hooters) and originally released by Joan Osborne. Released in March 1995 on the album Relish and produced by Rick Chertoff, it became a top 40 hit in November of that year. 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 in things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints and all the prophets?" The title of the song comes from the refrain, "What if God was one of us?"The album version starts off with a prayer-like southern chant : Oh, one of these nights at about twelve o'clock/ This whole earth is gonna reel and rock / Saints will tremble and cry for pain / For the Lord's gonna come in his heaven airplane. The single edit doesn't contain this intro. The song received Grammy nominations in 1996 for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year.

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These Top 50 songs are based on my personal choice and are not listed in order
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