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"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
Single by Gertrude Niesen with Ray Sinatra and his Orchestra
B-side
"Jealousy"
Released
1933
Format
10"
Recorded
October 13, 1933
Label
Victor
Songwriter(s)
Otto Harbach
Jerome Kern
Producer(s)
Ray Sinatra
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for the 1933 musical Roberta. The song was sung in the Broadway show by Tamara Drasin. Its first recorded performance was by Gertrude Niesen, who recorded the song with orchestral direction from Ray Sinatra, Frank Sinatra's second cousin,[1] on October 13, 1933. Niesen's recording of the song was released by Victor, with the B-side, "Jealousy", featuring Isham Jones and his Orchestra.[2]
Paul Whiteman had the first hit recording of the song on the record charts in 1934.[3]
The song was reprised by Irene Dunne, who performed it in the 1935 film adaptation of the musical co-starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Randolph Scott. The song was also included in the 1952 remake of Roberta, Lovely to Look At, in which it was performed by Kathryn Grayson, and was a chart hit in 1958 for The Platters.
Contents
1 Later recordings
1.1 1930s–1950s
1.1.1 The Platters version
1.1.1.1 Charts
1.2 1960s–1980s
1.3 1990s–2010s
2 Notable recordings
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Later recordings[edit]
1930s–1950s[edit]
Benny Goodman and his orchestra perform with Peggy Lee.
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra performed the song with vocals by Bob Lawrence. This version of the song topped music charts in 1934.[4] The Tommy Dorsey orchestra released their version in 1938. The B-side to Dorsey's single was "Night and Day". During the mid-to-late 1930s Larry Adler and Henry Hall recorded live radio performances of the song on BBC Radio. Adler's rendition was a syncopated, harmonic arrangement. Hall's was with the BBC orchestra with vocals by Dan Donovan. Hall's version was released as a 10" single.[5] Pianist Art Tatum said in an introduction in 1955 that he performed "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" in the 1930s.
In 1941 the Benny Goodman Orchestra played the song on the radio with Helen Forrest. Forrest left the ensemble during the early part of 1941.[6] Goodman replaced her with Peggy Lee.[7] Her recording for a Mutual broadcast was released on the album Benny and Sid Roll 'Em. Glenn Miller conducted his rendition of the song at Abbey Road Studios in 1944, but due to his death later that year, his version was unreleased until 1995.[8]
On October 30, 1946 Nat "King" Cole recorded the song in his trio with Oscar Moore on guitar and Johnny Miller on double bass during a live broadcast from New York City.[9] Cole performed it on television in 1957 for The Nat King Cole Show.
Harry Belafonte made a recording of the song in 1949 with jazz saxophonist Zoot Sims. This was one of Belafonte's first recordings. Sims' performance was parodied on December 10, 1977 on The Muppet Show by the character he inspired.
The song was covered by Nat King Cole (left), Jo Stafford (center), and Sarah Vaughan (right).
In 1950 Charlie Parker and Jo Stafford each released versions of the song on their respective albums, Bird at St. Nick's and Autumn in New York. Dinah Washington released the song in 1956, on her album Dinah!. Jeri Southern named her 1957 album When Your Heart's On Fire after a lyric from the song; the album features her version of the song. The same year as Nat King Cole's televised performance of the song, Polly Bergen performed the song during the series premiere of her variety show The Polly Bergen Show, originally airing September 21, 1957.[10] In 1958 Sarah Vaughan released her rendition on her album, No Count Sarah. Eartha Kitt recorded "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" with the Henri Rene Orchestra in 1952. These sessions also yielded her hit single "Santa Baby".
The Platters version[edit]
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
Single by The Platters
from the album Remember When?
B-side
"No Matter What You Are"
Released
1958 (1958)
Format
45
Genre
Doo-wop
Length
2:40
Label
Mercury
Composer(s)
Jerome Kern
Lyricist(s)
Otto Harbach
Producer(s)
Buck Ram[11]
The Platters singles chronology
"I Wish"
(1958) "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
(1958) "Enchanted"
(1950)
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" was recorded in 1958 by The Platters for their album Remember When?. The group's version became a number one hit in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart. In 1959 it peaked at No. 3 on the Rhythm and Blues chart.[12] The song spent 20 weeks on the UK charts, peaking at Number 1 for one week on 20 March of that same year.[13] Buck Ram, the producer, said that Harbach praised them "for reviving his song with taste."[11] But the widow of composer Jerome Kern disliked the recording so much she considered legal action to prevent its distribution.[14]
Charts[edit]
Chart (1958–59)
Peak
position
Australia 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[15] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[16] 8
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[17] 4
UK New Musical Express[18] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[19] 1
US Billboard Hot R&B Sides[20] 3
1960s–1980s[edit]
Margaret Whiting released the song on her 1960 album Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook. On February 2, 1964, Judy Garland performed the song comically on television show. She sat at a small table, singing longingly while the house burns and firefighters break down the door. While they carried her out, she continued singing.
The song was covered by multiple artists in this period including Bryan Ferry, Judy Garland (left), and Ray Conniff (center); Freddie Mercury (right) is rumored to have recorded the song for an unfinished album.
A remake of the song by British band Blue Haze, formed by Johnny Arthey and Phil Swern,[21] Penny McLean, of the West German band Silver Convention, released a solo version in 1975 on her album Lady Bump; her version reached No. 6 on the Billboard Disco Singles chart.[22]
1990s–2010s[edit]
Further information: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes § Eartha Kitt versions
Jerry Garcia (left) and Barbra Streisand (right) have both covered the song.
In 1994, the Ralph Dunnegan All Stars with the Adam Mansell Orchestra recorded the song. That version appears on 70 Years of Broadway, Vol. 1: 1924–1935.[23]
Kurt Elling covered the song on his 2000 live album Live in Chicago; the album was nominated for a Grammy the following year for Best Vocal Jazz Album.
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" was translated to Lithuanian by Vytautas Bložė around 2003; in Lithuanian the song is "Žiedų Pūga". Alison Jiear recorded a version of the song with orchestral arrangements by Mychael Danna in 2004 for the film Being Julia.[24]
Notable recordings[edit]
Year
Musician
Album
Source
1961 Cannonball Adderley African Waltz [3]
1955 Clifford Brown Clifford Brown with Strings [3]
1999 Kurt Elling Live in Chicago [3]
1995 Jerry Garcia Band Smoke [25]
1941 Benny Goodman with Helen Forrest – [3]
1941 Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee Mutual sustaining broadcast [7]
1934–38 Henry Hall and the BBC Orchestra BBC broadcast [5]
1995 Engelbert Humperdinck Love Unchained [26]
2004 Alison Jiear Being Julia [24]
1992 Hannibal Lokumbe Now's the Time [27][28]
1995 Glenn Miller Missing Chapters, Vol. 5: The Complete Abbey Road [8]
1954 Thelonious Monk Solo 1954 [3]
1995 David Sanborn Pearls [29]
1992 Archie Shepp Black Ballads [3]
1933 Paul Whiteman – [3]
1941 Teddy Wilson – [3]
2004 Norma Winstone It's Later Than You Think [3]
See also[edit]
Jazz portal
List of 1930s jazz standards
List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1950s
List of number-one singles from the 1950s (UK)
List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1959 (U.S.)
List of number-one hits of 1959 (Italy)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Ray Sinatra: Frank's cousin, sinatrafamily.com, retrieved July 25, 2014
Jump up ^ Victor 24454: Gertrude Niesen and Isham Jones – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / Jealousy, popsike.com, retrieved July 24, 2014
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 371–373. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
Jump up ^ Tsort. "Song artist 12 - Paul Whiteman".
^ Jump up to: a b Henry Hall Orch - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Internet Archive, retrieved July 24, 2014
Jump up ^ Great Encounters #24: When Peggy Lee Joined Benny Goodmans Band, jerryjazzmusician.com, retrieved July 24, 2014
^ Jump up to: a b Peggy Lee official discography, peggylee.com, retrieved July 23, 2014
^ Jump up to: a b Missing Chapters, Vol. 5: The Complete Abbey Road Recordings, Allmusic, retrieved July 23, 2014
Jump up ^ Nat King Cole: An Informal Discography (Sessions of 1946), alongthehall.com, retrieved July 24, 2014
Jump up ^ "The Polly Bergen Show". Classic Television Archives. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b Buck Ram interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 463.
Jump up ^ Frith, Simon; Gillett, Charlie (1976). Rock File 4. Panther Books Ltd. p. 388.
Jump up ^ Fred Bronson, The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, Billboard Publications, 1985, p. 48.
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – The Platters – Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – The Platters – Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Platters – Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ Platters - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
Jump up ^ "The Platters Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes The Platters Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
Jump up ^ Verity, Michael. "One Hit Wonders: Blue Haze's "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"". Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
Jump up ^ "ALLMusic Awards>> Penny McLean". Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-15. CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) . AllMusic.
Jump up ^ "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b Being Julia, Allmusic, retrieved July 31, 2014
Jump up ^ Smoke (Original Soundtrack), Allmusic, retrieved July 23, 2014
Jump up ^ Engelbert Humperdinck - Love Unchained, Allmusic, retrieved July 24, 2014
Jump up ^ "Now's the Time" by New York Unit, Allmusic, retrieved July 23, 2014
Jump up ^ Hannibal discography, oocities.org, retrieved July 23, 2014
Jump up ^ "Pearls overview". Allmusic.com.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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To hell in a handbasket
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"Going to hell in a handbasket", "going to hell in a handcart", "going to hell in a handbag", "go to hell in a bucket",[1] "sending something to hell in a handbasket" and "something being like hell in a handbasket" are variations on an American allegorical locution of unclear origin, which describes a situation headed for disaster inescapably or precipitately.
New Orleans Mardi Gras day: wagon decorated as mini-float "Going to Hell in a Handbasket" with costume-wearing children
I. Windslow Ayer's 1865 polemic[2] alleges, "Judge Morris of the Circuit Court of Illinois at an August meeting of Order of the Sons of Liberty said: "Thousands of our best men were prisoners in Camp Douglas, and if once at liberty would 'send abolitionists to hell in a hand basket.'"[3]
In popular culture[edit]
The phrase also appeared in the title of several published works and other media:
"To Hell in a Handbasket" is the name of humorist H. Allen Smith's 1962 autobiography.
Hell in a Handbasket was the title of a 1988 Star Trek comic book.
Hell in a Handbasket is the title of a 2006 book (ISBN 1585424587) by American cartoonist Tom Tomorrow, who authors the cartoon strip This Modern World.
"Hell in a handbasket" was the name of an undescribed con requiring a trained cat referenced in the 2004 film, Ocean's Twelve.
Hell in a Handbasket is a song from Voltaire's Ooky Spooky album.
Hell in a Handbasket is the title of a 2011 Meat Loaf album
A number of fictional characters have used a name that puns on the phrase, including:
Helena Handbasket is the name of a character in the TV show Friends. It is the stage name for Chandler's crossdressing dad.
Helena Handbasket is also a fictional nymph in the 2011 video game Rayman Origins.
Helena Handbasket is also the pseudonym of the author of Twilight's Last Gleaming: The Decline and Fall of the United States.
2015 video game Fallout 4 in the prequel it includes a "Vault Tec Representative" (Vault Tec is a fictional company in the Fallout franchise) and refers to the phrase "Heck in a handbasket"
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Hendrickson, Robert (2000). The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms. Infobase Publishing. p. 77. ISBN 1438129920.
Jump up ^ Ayer, I. Windslow, The Great North-Western Conspiracy in All Its Startling Details. Chicago: Rounds and James, 1865. p.47 retrieved October 30, 2010
Jump up ^ Martin, Gary. "The meaning and origin of the expression: Going to hell in a handbasket". The Phrase Finder. Retrieved October 30, 2010. The first example of 'hell in a hand basket' that I have found in print comes in I. Winslow Ayer's account of events of the American Civil War The Great North-Western Conspiracy, 1865. A very similar but slightly fuller report of Morris's comments was printed in the House Documents of the U.S. Congress, in 1867
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Sign of the Times (Harry Styles song)
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"Sign of the Times"
Single by Harry Styles
from the album Harry Styles
Released
7 April 2017 (2017-04-07)
Format
Digital download
streaming
Genre
Pop rock[1]
soft rock[2]
glam rock[3]
Length
5:40 (album version)
4:06 (radio edit)
Label
Erskine
Columbia[4]
Songwriter(s)
Harry Styles
Jeff Bhasker
Mitch Rowland
Ryan Nasci
Alex Salibian
Tyler Johnson
Producer(s)
Bhasker
Salibian
Johnson
Harry Styles singles chronology
"Sign of the Times"
(2017) "Two Ghosts"
(2017)
"Sign of the Times"
(2017) "Two Ghosts"
(2017)
Music video
"Sign of the Times" on YouTube
"Sign of the Times" is the debut solo single by English singer and songwriter Harry Styles for his self-titled debut studio album. It is his first single outside of the boy band One Direction. Released on 7 April 2017, by Erskine and Columbia Records, it was written by Styles, Ryan Nasci, Mitch Rowland and its producers Jeff Bhasker, Tyler Johnson, and Alex Salibian.[1] Musically, it was defined by critics as a multi-genre ballad, including pop rock, soft rock and glam rock. Its music video was released on 8 May.
Contents
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1 Background and release
2 Composition
3 Music video
4 Critical reception
5 Chart performance
6 Live performances
7 Charts
8 Certifications
9 References
10 External links
Background and release[edit]
Early rumours about Styles going on a solo career sparkled in 2015, when it was reported that Sony Music wanted Styles to release a solo album during One Direction's hiatus.[5] By the end of 2015, four new songs written and performed by Styles were registered on the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) online database, which was believed to be for his potential debut solo album at the time.[6] Shortly after, Styles signed up with American agent Jeffrey Azoff and moved to Columbia Records.[7] In September 2016, Styles was in the cover of Another Magazine, which led the media to expect a new album in the future.[7]
In February 2017, chairman and CEO of Columbia Records, Rob Stringer, admitted that the album was close to finish and called it "authentic".[8] A month later, it was reported that the album sounded like David Bowie and Queen, while also being revealed that he worked on the album with only one producer, Jeff Bhasker. It was also hinted that the lead single would be released in late April or early May and it sounded "like it would be a smash in any decade".[9] In the same month, US radio host Elvis Duran accidentally revealed during his show that Styles' debut single would be released on 7 April 2017.[10] On 25 March, Styles teased the new single with a television ad during The Voice UK.[11] On 31 March, the singer revealed through social media that his single is titled "Sign of the Times".[12] On 7 April, the song premiered during Nick Grimshaw's breakfast show on BBC Radio 1.[13]
Composition[edit]
The song is a pop rock, soft rock, piano ballad.[1][14] According to a Billboard writer, it "folds in psychedelic soul, indie rock and spacey pop".[15] The "apocalyptic"[16] power ballad shows influences from 1970s British rock.[17] In an interview with Rolling Stone, Styles stated, "The song is written from a point of view as if a mother was giving birth to a child and there's a complication. The mother is told, 'The child is fine, but you're not going to make it.' The mother has five minutes to tell the child, 'Go forth and conquer.'"[18]
According to the song credits provided by Styles' label, the track was co-written by the song's producer, Jeff Bhasker, as well as his frequent collaborators and track co-producers Alex Salibian and Tyler Johnson. Songwriters also include Mitch Rowland, Ryan Nasci and Styles himself. Rowland played guitar and drums, Nasci the bass and Bhasker the piano, keyboard and lap steel parts. The track was recorded at Village Studios in Los Angeles and Geejam Hotel Recording Studio in Port Antonio, Jamaica. The song was mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent.[19]
The song follows a I - vi - V chord progression and is in F major.
Music video[edit]
Directed by Woodkid, the song's music video was released on 8 May.[20] It features Styles singing in a meadow, and soaring in the skies, walking on water. It was described to be Styles "auditioning to be Marvel Comics next superhero or in a new biblical epic". It was filmed on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.[21] The video's stunt pilot, Will Banks, stated that Styles flew more than 1,550 feet high during the shoot. Banks also claimed that no green screen or CGI effects were employed during filming.[22] A stunt double was used for some scenes.[23]
Critical reception[edit]
Billboard's Gil Kaufman wrote, "Every artist is an accumulation of their influences, and in [this song] they come fast and furious, as Styles appears to be both showing his range and making a clear effort to step boldly away from the manufactured, plastic pop of his past". Kaufman opined it "rakes in influences from Pink Floyd and David Bowie to Queen, Spacehog, Suede, Coldplay, The Beatles, Eric Carmen and Prince".[15] Also for Billboard, Jason Lipshutz wrote it is "resolute, determined, wholly committed to its messaging and sound, radio trends be damned. Although it wears its influences on its sleeve (Bowie) nothing about this single bends toward someone else’s expectations". He concluded saying the song "sounds effortless, but to arrive without any incomplete features is an accomplishment in a music industry where pop artists are expected to produce new music at an unsustainable rate".[24]
Tim Jonze of The Guardian described it as "a ballad, but not so much in the boyband style" and compared the song to the music of American indie rock band The Walkmen.[25] Jonze also addressed early rumors that the song would be influenced by the music of David Bowie, noting "If it is indeed Bowie-esque, then it’s the Bowie of Hunky Dory".[25] Jamieson Cox in Pitchfork felt the "skyscraping Bowie ballad" manages to sound like both fun.'s "We Are Young" and Coldplay's "The Scientist".[26] NPR's Ann Powers argued the song mirrors more closely "Britpop anthems" like Blur's "Tender" or The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" "than anything Bowie released in his prime".[27]
Writing for Rolling Stone, Brittany Spanos thought it "aligns much more with the Seventies-inspired pop-rock of One Direction's more recent albums like Made in the A.M.".[28] Anjali Raguraman from The Straits Times considered it the "strongest" track on the album, saying "the conviction of his delivery is beyond his years".[29]
In The Atlantic, Spencer Kornhaber wrote the song "continues with One Direction's po-mo project of recycling classic-rock sounds as bubblegum. But he’s now embracing such sounds with more abandon, less chirpiness, some trend bucking, and the kind of uplifting lyrics that nod to planetary anxiety". Kornhaber described the song opens with ballad piano, "encroaching" violins, and Styles "crooning in pain", "but then there’s the bwang of a guitar and the song rockets into an arena-rock reverie that feels so, so familiar to anyone who remembers the '90s but also so, so foreign to today’s landscape".[30]
In The Telegraph, Alice Vincent described it as a "swooning piano ballad with somewhat overdone production" and opined, "it is also... a little boring. A big, blousy singalong which shows off Styles's vocal prowess – especially with an unexpected, slightly yelping falsetto bridge – but isn't enormously fun".[14] Since it was released on the 30th anniversary of Prince's Sign o' the Times, Spin's Andy Cush commented, "it’s clear that this is Styles’s attempt to distinguish himself as an artist with real depth. But the music itself has almost nothing to do with Prince–instead, think Oasis, Elton John at his most bombastic, '70s John Lennon". Cush noted it "has only those three chords, and it goes straight for cruising altitude with an onslaught of cymbals and guitar on the first chorus, expecting you to be moved without pausing to consider why".[31]
Spin staff ranked it as the 13th best boy-band solo debut single.[32] Billboard staff considered it the 5th best song of the first semester of 2017.[33]
Chart performance[edit]
"Sign of the Times" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart with a combined sales of 62,900 units.[34] In its first week, it sold 39,000 downloads together with 3.5 million streams that give 23,472 equivalent units, pausing Ed Sheeran's run of 13 weeks at the top of the chart with "Shape of You".[35]
In the United States, the song debuted at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. In its first week, it sold 142,000 copies (topping Digital Songs), earned 16.5 million streams and 23 million airplay impressions.[36]
Live performances[edit]
Styles performed the song on 15 April 2017 episode of Saturday Night Live's 42nd season.[37] On 21 April, Styles appeared on the BBC's The Graham Norton Show, for his first solo performance in his native UK.[38] He also performed the song on The Late Late Show with James Corden.[16] Styles performed the song on The Today Show on May 9.[39] He also performed it at The Garage in London, England on 13 May and at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California on 19 May.[40] He performed it live on a French talk show, The Quotidien, on 26 April 2017.[41]
Charts[edit]
Chart (2017)
Peak
position
Argentina (Monitor Latino)[42]
10
Australia (ARIA)[43]
1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[44]
2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[45]
8
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[46]
4
Brazil Hot 100 (Billboard)[47]
4
Brazil Hot Pop Songs (Billboard)[48]
20
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[49]
6
Canada AC (Billboard)[50]
7
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[51]
14
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[52]
6
Colombia (National-Report)[53]
83
Croatia (HRT)[54]
1
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[55]
9
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[56]
5
Denmark (Tracklisten)[57]
20
Finland Download (Latauslista)[58]
1
France (SNEP)[59]
3
Germany (Official German Charts)[60]
20
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[61]
31
Hungary (Single Top 40)[62]
5
Iceland (RÚV)[63]
2
Ireland (IRMA)[64]
6
Italy (FIMI)[65]
9
Latvia (Latvijas Top 40)[66]
1
Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20)[67]
8
Malaysia (RIM)[68]
14
Mexico (Billboard Ingles Airplay)[69]
1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[70]
16
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[71]
26
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[72]
6
Norway (VG-lista)[73]
20
Paraguay (Monitor Latino)[74]
13
Philippines (Philippine Hot 100)[75]
52
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[76]
1
Portugal (AFP)[77]
6
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[78]
1
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[79]
5
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[80]
2
Slovenia (SloTop50)[81]
15
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[82]
4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[83]
15
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[84]
4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[85]
1
US Billboard Hot 100[86]
4
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[87]
25
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[88]
21
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[89]
12
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[90]
12
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[91]
2× Platinum 140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[92]
Gold 15,000*
Belgium (BEA)[93]
Platinum 30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[94]
Platinum 80,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[95]
Gold 30,000^
France (SNEP)[96]
Gold 75,000*
Germany (BVMI)[97]
Gold 200,000^
Italy (FIMI)[98]
Platinum 50,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)[99]
Gold 30,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[100]
Gold 15,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[101]
Platinum 20,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[102]
Gold 20,000^
Sweden (GLF)[103]
Platinum 40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[104]
Gold 400,000
United States (RIAA)[105]
Gold 500,000
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone
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External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
"Sign of the Times" (audio) on YouTube
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