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Previously published as The Missing Ending of “The Sign”: Ace of Base, Jonas Berggren, and the Credit That Was Erased by M. Maurice Hawkesworth.
In a Cheiron studio in Stockholm in 1993, “The Sign” needed an ending. I wrote it, sang it, and heard it become part of the record. The song reached the world. My name did not appear among its writers.
To explain how that happened, I have to take you inside Mega Records.
I carried records into offices where the people paid to recognise hits turned them down. I worked with Leila K, commissioned videos, and helped get Ace of Base heard. A television appearance could leave me buying stockings for the band. A pinball game with Denniz Pop could have an actual royalty point riding on it.
We were busy making things happen. Somewhere in that rush, a conversation about the ending of a song never became a written agreement.
This memoir follows the work, friendships and absurdities behind the records, from a five-string guitar in a Copenhagen hotel lobby to the studio at Cheiron and the machinery of international success. It returns to the people who were there, the papers that survived, and the question I have carried for more than thirty years.
I remember the pleasure of those days. I remember the ending I wrote. Here is my account of how both became part of my life.
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The Missing Ending of "The Sign" (Paperback)
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Previously published as The Missing Ending of "The Sign" Ace of Base, Jonas Berggren, and the Credit That Was Erased by M. Maurice Hawkesworth.In a Cheiron studio in Stockholm in 1993, "The Sign" needed an ending. I wrote it, sang it, and heard it become part of the record. The song reached the world. My name did not appear among its writers.To explain how that happened, I have to take you inside Mega Records.I carried records into offices where the people paid to recognise hits turned them down. I worked with Leila K, commissioned videos, and helped get Ace of Base heard. A television appearance could leave me buying stockings for the band. A pinball game with Denniz Pop could have an actual royalty point riding on it.We were busy making things happen. Somewhere in that rush, a conversation about the ending of a song never became a written agreement.This memoir follows the work, friendships and absurdities behind the records, from a five-string guitar in a Copenhagen hotel lobby to the studio at Cheiron and the machinery of international success. It returns to the people who were there, the papers that survived, and the question I have carried for more than thirty years.I remember the pleasure of those days. I remember the ending I wrote. Here is my account of how both became part of my life. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9783692441825
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The Missing Ending of "The Sign": Ace of Base, Cheiron, and the Ending I Wrote
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The Missing Ending of "The Sign" (Paperback)
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Previously published as The Missing Ending of "The Sign" Ace of Base, Jonas Berggren, and the Credit That Was Erased by M. Maurice Hawkesworth.In a Cheiron studio in Stockholm in 1993, "The Sign" needed an ending. I wrote it, sang it, and heard it become part of the record. The song reached the world. My name did not appear among its writers.To explain how that happened, I have to take you inside Mega Records.I carried records into offices where the people paid to recognise hits turned them down. I worked with Leila K, commissioned videos, and helped get Ace of Base heard. A television appearance could leave me buying stockings for the band. A pinball game with Denniz Pop could have an actual royalty point riding on it.We were busy making things happen. Somewhere in that rush, a conversation about the ending of a song never became a written agreement.This memoir follows the work, friendships and absurdities behind the records, from a five-string guitar in a Copenhagen hotel lobby to the studio at Cheiron and the machinery of international success. It returns to the people who were there, the papers that survived, and the question I have carried for more than thirty years.I remember the pleasure of those days. I remember the ending I wrote. Here is my account of how both became part of my life. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9783692441825
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