What song contains the lyrics sign(s) of the time(s)?  This is NOT the
Petula Clark oldie or the prince song eiter.  This song is an
alternative/electronica dance song that could be included in the
trip-hop genre.  The song was from the year 2000 or before and is sung
by a female vocalist.  Some parts of the song are sort of downtempoed
but most of the song has a rather quick beat.  I've already checked
the lyric sites that enables you to enter phrases only, but nothing
came up.

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Request for Question Clarification by tisme-ga on 30 Nov 2002 22:03 PST

Is there anything else you remember that could help us find this song?
The results for all four variations of the sentence is coming up with
a staggering amount of songs.

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 30 Nov 2002 23:02 PST

Is this the song you're looking for?  (You can listen to it if you
have Real Player.)  If so, I can post information about it as an
answer.

http://www.vitaminic.com/cgi-php/get_file.php3?modo=4&bid=350353

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 02 Dec 2002 15:10 PST

Actually, since this song meets all of your criteria, I suppose that I
should post it as an answer unless you tell me not to.  So please let
me know (say, in the next couple of days) whether I should not post it
as an answer.

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Clarification of Question by wowbagger80-ga on 07 Dec 2002 15:10 PST

I believe this is the song I was looking for.  Its not quite how I
remember it though, but I did only hear it one time at night two years
ago.  Thank you for your research and I'm sorry that I didn't get with
you sooner as there was a family emergency.  I believe this song will
work for the answer.

Hello wowbagger80,

Really, I should apologize for pressing you to reply.  You are the
customer, so you have the say as to whether a Researcher is correct or
not.

I hope that the family emergency turned out all right; that is much
more important than my answer.

Anyway, turning to the answer, the song is called "Sign of the Times",
by The Force of One.  It appeared on the 1996 album "Above the Law -
Enforcers" --or "Enforcers - Above the Law", according to Vitaminic. 
(Or perhaps the title is really just "Above the Law"; the "Enforcers"
are apparently the artists or the producers of the tracks.)  You can
hear the entire album, or buy an MP3 of this song, on Vitaminic.

"Enforcers - Above the Law"
Vitaminic
http://stage.vitaminic.co.uk/main/enforcers3/all_tracks/

"Above the Law - Enforcers"
Reinforced Records
http://www.reinforcedrecords.co.uk/releases/rivetlp007.htm

"The Review Section - November/December Ninety Six"
[scroll down to "'Above The Law LP' - Various (Reinforced 100 promo):
Reviewed November 1st, 96 by Kingsley Marshall for Reflection"]
fused.com
http://www.fused.com/dnb/reflec/reflec6.htm

It's possible that you heard the song differently because a DJ was
mixing it with another record (whether you heard it on the radio or in
a club).  That's my hypothesis, anyway.

- justaskscott-ga


Search terms used on Google:

"sign of the times" electronica "trip hop"
"sign of the times" "above the law"

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Request for Answer Clarification by wowbagger80-ga on 29 Dec 2002 13:40 PST

Well I thank you so much for the information that I received, and I'm
very grateful that I finally know who this artist is now.  I do have
another problem though, the only song I have found from "The Force of
One" is off the "Enforcers:  Above the Law" comp cd, I would like to
purchase an album these guys if in fact they do have an album out, but
I have had zero luck finding an album from them.  I would very much
like to know if you have any pointers or have any more info on these
guys.

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Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 29 Dec 2002 20:20 PST

If you look at the cover of "Enforcers: Above the Law" on the
Reinforced Records web page, you'll notice that "The Force of One" is
not listed.  All of the artists on the cover -- except one -- are also
listed for songs on the album.  The one exception is DJ Tee Bone.  So
one can deduce that DJ Tee Bone is, in fact, The Force of One.  And
indeed, the review from fused.com confirms that DJ Tee Bone did this
track.

It does not appear that DJ Tee Bone has done an entire album of
material.  However, he has done work on tracks from several albums:

Results of search for: "tee bone"
Tower Records
http://towermusic.endeca.com/towermusic?n=0&att=All_Music+%22tee%20bone%22&cs=%22tee%20bone%22&csn=3&csr=1&dym=1&cc=USD