Lyrics Language: English Song writer/composer(s): Eric Bazilian
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Joan OsborneOne of Us Lyrics:
If God had a name what would it be?
And would you call it to His face?
If you were faced with Him in all His glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?
And yeah, yeah God is great
Yeah, yeah God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home
If God had a face what would it look like?
And would you want to see?
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
In things like Heaven and in Jesus and the Saints
And all the Prophets
And yeah, yeah God is great
Yeah, yeah God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home
Tryin' to make His way home
Back up to Heaven all alone
Nobody callin' on the phone
'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome
Yeah, yeah God is great
Yeah, yeah God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home
Just tryin' to make His way home
Like a holy rolling stone
Back up to Heaven all alone
Just tryin' to make His way home
Nobody callin' on the phone
'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome
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ONE OF US1
Written by: Eric Bazilian 2
Produced by: Rick Chertoff
Performed by: Joan Osborne 3a3b
First released 4 :
Single: October 1995
Album: March 1995
Length:
5:21 (Album Version)
5:03 (Album Edit)
4:16 (Single Edit)
1 "One of Us" did very well on the charts worldwide. In the U.S., it climbed to #4 on the Billboard
Hot 100 chart and subsequently reached #20 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. In Australia,
Belgium, Sweden, and Latvia, it went to #1, peaking at 20 or above in on most of the singles
charts Europe, the U.K. and New Zealand. Also, Osborne received a Grammy nomination in 1995
for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "One of Us." The version of the song on the album,
Relish, opens with four lines of the gospel song "Heaven's Airplane," that are not featured in
the single.
2 Eric Bazilian is a singer/guitarist with the Philadelphia rock band, The Hooters.
3a Covered by:
The Apollo Brothers
Scott Bradoka
Rivers Cuomo, Joe LoPiccolo & Rainn Wilson
Gregorian
The Sharla Jackson Band
Jackie "O"
Martyn Joseph
Outta Control
Michael Pedicin, Jr.
Nasara
Pariz
Picturehouse,
Prince
Cheryl Pepsii Riley
Bob Rivers (parodied as "What If God Smoked Cannabis) 5
Brad Roberts (of Crash Test Dummies, recorded solo)
Theo Tams
Wildside
et al.
3b Appearances in other Media:
* 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).
* The song is featured at the end of an episode of the NBC television show Homicide: Life on
the Street titled "Sniper Part I."
* In the Cold Case episode "Rampage," the song is played during the final scene.
* In the 1999 film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, the character Dr. Evil (Mike
Myers) sings the song, and claims to have written it himself (after having time-traveled
back to 1969).
4 Appears on: *
SINGLE(S):
(1)Joan Osborne:
Track 1: "One of Us"
Track 2: "Dracula Moon"
(a) Blue Gorilla, CD Single, #852368, US-1995.
* The album(s) and record(s) listed here may have different versions of the song than the
one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not intended to be the complete discography on
which this song appears.
