"Signs" is the third single from rapper Snoop Dogg's seventh studio album, R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece (2004). It was produced by The Neptunes, and it features singers Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake. The single was released in March 2005. It interpolates some lyrics from The Gap Band's 1982 "Early in the Morning" and Cheryl Lynn's 1978 "Got to Be Real".
The single reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart in May 2005 and #46 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. However, it was more popular in Australia staying at #1 on the Australian Singles Chart for two weeks.
It was performed by Snoop Dogg at the Live 8 concert in London on July 2, 2005 along with a few of his other hits.
The music video was directed by Paul Hunter and takes place in an underground boxing gym and at a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the most played video on the UK version of The Box in 2005.
"Signs" is a 1970 song that greatly popularized the somewhat unknown Canadian rock group simply dubbed Five Man Electrical Band, who wrote and performed it for their second album, Good-byes and Butterflies. The lyrics explain how our world is filled with simplistic literature and express many difficult situations that the common man experiences.
"Signs" was originally released in 1970 as the B-side to the unsuccessful single "Hello Melinda Goodbye". Re-released in 1971 on the A-side, "Signs" reached number 3 on the Billboard charts.
The song was famously covered and recorded live by Tesla for their Five Man Acoustical Jam album in 1990, peaking at number 8 on the Pop charts. This cover had some minor changes to the lyrics: the line "blockin' out the scenery" was changed to "...fuckin' up the scenery", and "made up my own little sign" was changed to "made up my own fuckin' sign" (at the time, profanity was becoming more commonplace in music).
The opening line of the song was sampled by Fatboy Slim for his song "Don't Let The Man Get You Down", from his Palookaville album.
Signs is an American reggaeton duet. Originally a trio, the group eventually became a duo including Yarimar Huertas and Yalixia Figueroa.
