Joan Osborne: One Of Us (live 2008)

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2/29/2008, Port Washington, Long Island. "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 theological concepts]?" The title of the song comes from the refrain, "What if God was one of us?"
The song received a Grammy nomination in 1995 for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

In January 1996, "One of Us" hit the top 10. In March 1996, the song climbed to No. 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. The theme song for the CBS television series Joan of Arcadia is a version of "One of Us" re-recorded by Osborne specifically for the show. The song, as performed by Osborne, appears in the soundtracks of the films Vanilla Sky (2001), Bruce Almighty (2003), and "Dear God" (1996).
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[pianoman74]

sorry but the guitar player plays total shit at the beginning

[warcraftshammy09]

I love this song!!

[markgitarista]

Hehehehe

[Karylok88]

"Just a Slut like one of us" XD

[TheDavey222]

@pianoman74 I wonder what the hell she's paying him ....

[LadySunshine4eveR]

I love this song! Makes me think about things in a different light!

[bss1297]

u tube needs to work on their video transmission

[georgeva100]

i love  this song!! its such beautiful

[georgeva100]

its beautiful i love this song!!

[kellyschilder]

@pianoman74

Totally agree!!

[pianoman74]

@jcmangan That's what you said. :-)