10 Famous Albums That Left The Best Song On The Cutting Room Floor

Cut Song: "The Sign"

If the album title doesn't sound familiar, that's likely because you know it by its North American name, The Sign. Yes, that's right, the first iteration of the band's debut didn't actually include their breakthrough single.

Luckily, in the US re-release, smarter minds prevailed and not only added this evergreen guilty pleasure to the track list, but changed the title to highlight its one true jewel.

You can deride Ace of Base as a shoulda-been one-hit wonder who clung to the charts for an unreasonable amount of time, but you can't deny that "The Sign" is one of the most enduring pop songs of the nineties.

Nothing else the Swedish popsters did would live up to this, their defining moment in the sun. That's pretty evident after listening to the wasteland of hollow synthesizers and overdriven guitars that occupied the original debut. Even their first big single, "All That She Wants", puts forth a vibe that says, "It's okay if you don't like this song, we were just dabbling with some things in the studio and thought it sounded nice. Okay, thank you for your time."

But "The Sign"? Well that's a pure pop delight.