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Rationing in the United Kingdom
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Civilian rationing: A shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a British housewife's ration book in 1943
Rationing was introduced temporarily by the British government several times during the 20th century, during and immediately after a war.[1][2]
At the start of the Second World War in 1939, the United Kingdom was importing 20,000,000 long tons of food per year, including about 70% of its cheese and sugar, nearly 80% of fruits and about 70% of cereals and fats. The UK also imported more than half of its meat, and relied on imported feed to support its domestic meat production. The civilian population of the country was about 50 million.[3] It was one of the principal strategies of the Germans in the Battle of the Atlantic to attack shipping bound for Britain, restricting British industry and potentially starving the nation into submission.
To deal with sometimes extreme shortages, the Ministry of Food instituted a system of rationing. To buy most rationed items, each person had to register at chosen shops, and was provided with a ration book containing coupons. The shopkeeper was provided with enough food for registered customers. Purchasers had to take ration books with them when shopping, so that the relevant coupon or coupons could be cancelled.
Contents
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1 First World War
2 The general strike
3 Second World War
3.1 Public catering
3.2 Health effects
4 Standard rationing during the Second World War
4.1 Food rations
4.2 Army and Merchant Navy rations
4.3 Special civilian rations
4.4 Weekly supplementary allowances of rationed foods for invalids
4.5 Non-food rations
4.5.1 Clothing
4.5.2 Soap
4.5.3 Fuel
4.5.4 Paper
4.5.5 Other products
5 Post-Second World War
5.1 Political reaction
5.2 Timeline
6 Suez Crisis
7 1970s oil crises
8 See also
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
12 Notes
First World War
Main article: History of the United Kingdom during the First World War
See also: UK population over time
A First World War government leaflet detailing the consequences of breaking the rationing laws.
In line with its business as usual policy during the First World War, the government was initially reluctant to try to control the food markets.[4] It fought off attempts to introduce minimum prices in cereal production, though relenting in the area of control of essential imports (sugar, meat, and grains). When it did introduce changes, they were limited. In 1916, it became illegal to consume more than two courses while lunching in a public eating place or more than three for dinner; fines were introduced for members of the public found feeding the pigeons or stray animals.[5]
In January 1917, Germany started unrestricted submarine warfare to try to starve Britain into submission. To meet this threat, voluntary rationing was introduced in February 1917. Bread was subsidised from September that year; prompted by local authorities taking matters into their own hands, compulsory rationing was introduced in stages between December 1917 and February 1918 as Britain's supply of wheat decreased to just six weeks' worth.[6] To help the process, ration books were introduced in July 1918 for butter, margarine, lard, meat, and sugar.[7] For the most part, rationing benefited the health of the country. During the war, average energy intake decreased by only 3%, but protein intake by 6%.[8]
The general strike
The government made preparations to ration food in 1925, in advance of an expected general strike, and appointed Food Control Officers for each region. In the event, the Trades Unions of the London docks organized blockades by crowds, but convoys of lorries under military escort took the heart out of the strike, so that the measures did not have to be implemented.[9]
Second World War
See also: Minister of Food (United Kingdom)
Child's ration book, used during the Second World War.
After the Second World War began in September 1939 the first commodity to be controlled was petrol. On 8 January 1940 bacon, butter and sugar were rationed. This was followed by successive ration schemes for meat, tea, jam, biscuits, breakfast cereals, cheese, eggs, lard, milk, and canned and dried fruit. In June 1942 the Combined Food Board was set up to coordinate the world supply of food to the Allies, with special attention to flows from the U.S. and Canada to Britain. Almost all foods apart from vegetables and bread were rationed by August 1942. Strict rationing inevitably created a black market. Almost all controlled items were rationed by weight but meat was rationed by price.
Fresh vegetables and fruit were not rationed but supplies were limited. Some types of imported fruit all but disappeared. Lemons and bananas became unobtainable for most of the war; oranges continued to be sold but greengrocers customarily reserved them for children and pregnant women, who could prove their status by producing their distinctive ration books. Other domestically grown fruit such as apples still appeared from time to time, but again the sellers imposed their own restrictions so that customers were often not allowed to buy, for example, more than one apple each. Many people grew their own vegetables, greatly encouraged by the highly successful "Dig for Victory" motivational campaign. In 1942 numerous children between five and seven years old had become used to wartime restrictions. When questioned about bananas, many did not believe such items existed.[10] Game meat such as rabbit and pigeon were not rationed but were not always available. A popular music-hall song, written 20 years previously but sung ironically, was "Yes! We Have No Bananas".[citation needed] During the food rationing, British biologists ate laboratory rats.[11][12][13][14][15][16]
Poster for the "Dig for Victory" campaign, encouraging Britons to supplement their rations by cultivating gardens and allotments.
Most controversial was bread; it was not rationed until after the war ended, but the "national loaf" of wholemeal bread replaced the ordinary white variety, to the distaste of most housewives who found it mushy, grey and easy to blame for digestion problems.[17] In May 1942, an order was passed that meals served in hotels and restaurants must not cost over 5 shillings per customer, must not be of more than three courses, and at most one course could contain meat, fish or poultry. This was partly in response to increasing public concerns that "luxury" off-ration foodstuffs were being unfairly obtained by those who could afford to dine regularly in restaurants.[18]
Fish was not rationed, but prices increased considerably as the war progressed. The government initially allowed this, since it realised that fishermen would need to be able to collect a premium for their catch if they were at risk of enemy attack while at sea, but prices were controlled from 1941.[19] Like other non-rationed items, fish was rarely freely available, as supplies dropped to 30% of pre-war levels,[19] and long queues built up at fishmongers and fish and chip shops. The quality of wartime chips was often felt to be below standard, because of the low-quality fat available.
As the war progressed rationing was extended to other commodities such as clothing. Clothing was rationed on a points system. When it was introduced, on 1 June 1941, no clothing coupons had been issued, and at first the unused margarine coupons in ration books were valid for clothing. Initially the allowance was for about one new outfit per year; as the war progressed the points were reduced, until buying a coat used almost a year's clothing coupons. On 1 July 1942 the basic civilian petrol ration was abolished; this had been announced on 13 March 1942.[20] (Ivor Novello was a British public figure sent to prison for four weeks for misusing petrol coupons.) After that, vehicle fuel was only available to official users, such as the emergency services, bus companies and farmers. The priority users of fuel were always, of course, the armed forces. Fuel supplied to approved users was dyed, and use of this fuel for non-essential purposes was an offence.
Certain foodstuffs that the 1940s British consumer would find unusual, for example whale meat and canned snoek fish from South Africa, were not rationed. Despite this they did not prove popular.[2][21]
In addition to rationing, the government equalized the food supply through subsidies on items consumed by the poor and the working class. In 1942–43, £145 million was spent on food subsidies, including £35 million on bread, flour and oatmeal, £23 million on meat and the same on potatoes, £11 million on milk, and £13 million on eggs.[22]
Public catering
Main article: British Restaurant
A British Restaurant in London, 1943
Restaurants were initially exempt from rationing but this was resented, as people with more money could supplement their food rations by eating out frequently. The Ministry of Food in May 1942 issued new restrictions on restaurants:[23]
Meals were limited to three courses; only one component dish could contain fish or game or poultry (but not more than one of these)
In general no meals could be served between 11:00 p.m. (midnight in London) and 5:00 a.m. without a special licence
The maximum price of a meal was 5 shillings, with extra charges allowed for cabaret shows and luxury hotels.
About 2,000 new wartime establishments called British Restaurants were run by local authorities in schools and church halls. Here a plain three-course meal cost only 9d and no ration coupons were required. They evolved from the London County Council's Londoners' Meals Service, which began as an emergency system for feeding people who had been blitzed out of their homes. They were open to all and mostly served office and industrial workers.[24][25]
Health effects
See also: UK population change
In December 1939 Elsie Widdowson and Robert McCance of the University of Cambridge tested whether the United Kingdom could survive with only domestic food production if U-boats ended all imports. Using 1938 food production data, they fed themselves and other volunteers one egg, one pound of meat and four ounces of fish a week; one quarter pint (0.14 litre) of milk a day; four ounces of margarine; and unlimited amounts of potatoes, vegetables and wholemeal bread. Two weeks of intensive outdoor exercise simulated the strenuous wartime physical work Britons would likely have to perform. The scientists found that the subjects' health and performance remained very good after three months; the only negative results were the increased time needed for meals to consume the necessary calories from bread and potatoes, and what they described as a "remarkable" increase in flatulence from the large amount of starch in the diet. The scientists also noted that their faeces had increased by 250% in volume.[26]
The results—kept secret until after the war—gave the government confidence that, if necessary, food could be distributed equally to all, including high-value war workers, without causing widespread health problems. Britons' actual wartime diet was never as severe as in the Cambridge study because imports from the United States avoided the U-boats,[26] but rationing improved the health of British people; infant mortality declined and life expectancy rose, excluding deaths caused by hostilities. This was because it ensured that everyone had access to a varied diet with enough vitamins.[25][27]
Standard rationing during the Second World War
The standard rations during the Second World War were as follows. Quantities are per week unless otherwise stated.[28]
Food rations
Item
Maximum level
Minimum level
April 1945
Bacon and ham 8 oz (227 g) 4 oz (113 g) 4 oz (113 g)
Sugar 16 oz (454 g) 8 oz (227 g) 8 oz (227 g)
Loose tea 4 oz (113 g) 2 oz (57 g) 2 oz (57 g)
Meat 1 s. 2d. 1s 1s. 2d. (equivalent to £2.31 in 2016)[a 1]
Cheese 8 oz (227 g) 1 oz (28 g) 2 oz (57 g)
Vegetarians were allowed an extra 3 oz (85 g) cheese[29]
Preserves 1 lb (0.45 kg) per month
2 lb (0.91 kg) marmalade 8 oz (227 g) per month 2 lb (0.91 kg) marmalade
or 1 lb (0.45 kg) preserve
or 1 lb (0.45 kg) sugar
Butter 8 oz (227 g) 2 oz (57 g) 2 oz (57 g)
Margarine 12 oz (340 g) 4 oz (113 g) 4 oz (113 g)
Lard 3 oz (85 g) 2 oz (57 g) 2 oz (57 g)
Sweets 16 oz (454 g) per month 8 oz (227 g) per month 12 oz (340 g) per month
Army and Merchant Navy rations
Item
Army Rations Home Service Scale
Seamen on weekly articles
Men
Women
Meat 5 lb 4 oz (2.4 kg) 2 lb 10 oz (1.2 kg) 2 lb 3 oz (0.99 kg)
Bacon and ham
(uncooked, free of bone) 8 oz (230 g) 9 oz (260 g) 8 oz (230 g)
Butter and margarine 13 1⁄4 oz (380 g) (in any proportions of butter and margarine) 10 1⁄2 oz (300 g) (margarine only) 10 1⁄2 oz (300 g)
(not more than 3 1⁄2 oz (99 g) butter)
Cheese 4 oz (110 g) 4 oz (110 g) 4 oz (110 g)
Cooking fats 2 oz (57 g) (may be taken in the form of margarine) - -
Sugar 1 lb 14 oz (850 g) 14 oz (400 g) 14 oz (400 g)
Tea 4 oz (110 g) 2 oz (57 g) 2 oz (57 g))
Preserves
8 oz (230 g) jam
2 oz (57 g) syrup
(10 1⁄2 oz (300 g) for boys and young soldiers battalions)
(jam, marmalade or syrup)
7 oz (200 g)
jam, marmalade or syrup) 10 1⁄2 oz (300 g)
(jam, marmalade, syrup)
[30][31]
1s 2d bought about 1 lb 3 oz (540 g) of meat. Offal and sausages were only rationed from 1942 to 1944. When sausages were not rationed, the meat needed to make them was so scarce that they often contained a high proportion of bread. Eggs were rationed and "allocated to ordinary consumers as available"; in 1944 thirty allocations of one egg each were made. Children and some invalids were allowed three a week; expectant mothers two on each allocation.
1 egg per week or 1 packet (makes 12 ersatz eggs) of egg powder per month (vegetarians were allowed two eggs)
plus, 24 points for four weeks for tinned and dried food.
Arrangements were made for vegetarians so that other goods were substituted for their rations of meat.[29]
Milk was supplied at 3 imp pt (1.7 l) each week with priority for expectant mothers and children under 5; 3.5 imp pt (2.0 l) for those under 18; children unable to attend school 5 imp pt (2.8 l), certain invalids up to 14 imp pt (8.0 l). Each consumer received one tin of milk powder (equivalent to 8 imperial pints or 4.5 litres) every eight weeks.[32]
Special civilian rations
Persons falling within the following descriptions were allowed 8 oz (230 g) of cheese a week in place of the general ration of 3 oz (85 g):
vegetarians (meat and bacon coupons must be surrendered)
underground mine workers
agricultural workers holding unemployment insurance books or cards bearing stamps marked "Agriculture"
county roadmen
forestry workers (including fellers and hauliers)
land drainage workers (including Catchment Board workers)
members of the Auxiliary Force of the Women's Land Army[31]
railway train crews (including crews of shunting engines but not including dining car staffs)
railway signalmen and permanent way men who have not access to canteen facilities
certain types of agricultural industry workers (workers employed on threshing machines, tractor workers who are not included in the Agricultural Unemployment Insurance Stamp Scheme, hay pressers and trussers).
Weekly supplementary allowances of rationed foods for invalids
Disease
Food
supplementary
allowance
Quantity
Coupons to be
surrendered
Diabetes Butter and margarine 12 oz (340 g) (not more than 4 oz (110 g) butter) Sugar
Diabetes Meat 2s. 4d., adult 1s, 2d., child under six Sugar
Diabetes—vegetarians only Cheese 8 oz (230 g) Sugar
Hypoglycaemia Sugar 16 oz (450 g) -
Steatorrhoea Meat 4s. 8d. adult, 2s. 4d. child under six Butter and margarine
Nephritis with gross
albuminuria and gross oedema,
also nephrosis Meat 3s. 6d. adult, 1s. 9d. child under six
Non-food rations
Clothing
There were 66 points for clothing per year; in 1942 it was cut to 48, in 1943 to 36, and in 1945 to 24. In 1945, an overcoat (wool and fully lined) was 18 coupons; a man's suit, 26–29 (according to lining); men's shoes, 9; women's shoes, 7; woollen dresses, 11. Children aged 14–16 got 20 more coupons. Clothing rationing points could be used for wool, cotton and household textiles. People had extra points for work clothes, such as overalls for factory work.[33] No points were required for second-hand clothing or fur coats, but their prices were fixed. Before rationing lace and frills were popular on knickers but these were soon banned so that material could be saved. From March to May 1942 austerity measures were introduced which restricted the number of buttons, pockets and pleats (among other things) on clothes.[34]
Clothes rationing ended on 15 March 1949.
Soap
All types of soap were rationed. Coupons were allotted by weight or (if liquid) by quantity. In 1945, the ration gave four coupons each month; babies and some workers and invalids were allowed more.[34] A coupon would yield:
4 oz (113 g) bar hard soap
3 oz (85 g) bar toilet soap
1⁄2 oz (14 g) No. 1 liquid soap
6 oz (170 g) soft soap
3 oz (85 g) soap flakes
6 oz (170 g) powdered soap
Fuel
The Fuel and Lighting (Coal) Order 1941 came into force in January 1942. Central heating was prohibited "in the summer months".[34] Domestic coal was rationed to 15 long hundredweight (1,680 lb; 762.0 kg) for those in London and the south of England; 20 long hundredweight (2,240 lb; 1,016 kg) for the rest (the southern part of England having generally a milder climate).[34] Some kinds of coal such as anthracite were not rationed, and in the coal-mining areas were eagerly gathered as they were in the Great Depression (see The Road to Wigan Pier).
Paper
Newspapers were limited from September 1939, at first to 60% of their pre-war consumption of newsprint. Paper supply came under the No 48 Paper Control Order, 4 September 1942 and was controlled by the Ministry of Production. By 1945 newspapers were limited to 25% of their pre-war consumption. Wrapping paper for most goods was prohibited.[35]
The paper shortage often made it more difficult than usual for authors to get work published. In 1944, George Orwell wrote:
In Mr Stanley Unwin's recent pamphlet Publishing in Peace and War, some interesting facts are given about the quantities of paper allotted by the Government for various purposes. Here are the present figures:
Newspapers 250,000 tons
H. M. Stationery Office 100,000 tons
Periodicals (nearly) 50,000 tons
Books 22,000 tons
A particularly interesting detail is that out of the 100,000 tons allotted to the Stationery Office, the War Office gets no less than 25,000 tons, or more than the whole of the book trade put together. ... At the same time paper for books is so short that even the most hackneyed "classic" is liable to be out of print, many schools are short of textbooks, new writers get no chance to start and even established writers have to expect a gap of a year or two years between finishing a book and seeing it published.
—  George Orwell, As I Please, Tribune, 20 October 1944[36][37]
Other products
Whether rationed or not, many consumer goods became difficult to obtain because of the shortage of components. Examples included razor blades, baby bottles, alarm clocks, frying pans and pots. Balloons and sugar for cakes for birthday parties were partially or completely unavailable. Many fathers saved bits of wood to build toys for Christmas presents,[38] and Christmas trees were almost impossible to obtain due to timber rationing.[39]
Post-Second World War
On 8 May 1945, the Second World War ended in Europe, but rationing continued. Some aspects of rationing became stricter for some years after the war. At the time this was presented as needed to feed people in European areas under British control, whose economies had been devastated by the fighting.[2] This was partly true, but with many British men still mobilised in the armed forces, an austere economic climate, and a centrally-planned economy under the post-war Labour government, resources were not available to expand food production and food imports. Frequent strikes by some workers (most critically dock workers) made things worse.[2] A common ration book fraud was the ration books of the dead being kept and used by the living.[20]
Political reaction
In the late 1940s the Conservative Party exploited and incited growing public anger at rationing, scarcity, controls, austerity and government bureaucracy. They used the dissatisfaction with the socialistic and egalitarian policies of the Labour Party to rally middle-class supporters and build a political comeback that won the 1951 general election. Their appeal was especially effective to housewives, who faced more difficult shopping conditions after the war than during it.[40]
Timeline
27 May 1945: Bacon ration cut from 4 to 3 ounces/week. Cooking fat ration cut from 2 to 1 ounces/week. Soap ration cut by an eighth, except for babies and young children.[41] The referenced newspaper article predicted that households would be grossly hampered in making food items that included pastry.
1 June 1945: The basic petrol ration for civilians was restored.[20]
19 July 1945: In order to preserve the egalitarian nature of rationing, gift food parcels from overseas weighing more than 5 lb (2.3 kg) would be deducted from the recipient's ration.
Summer 1946: Continual rain ruined Britain's wheat crop. Bread rationing started.
January–March 1947: Winter of 1946–1947 in the United Kingdom: long hard frost and deep snow. Frost destroyed a huge amount of stored potatoes. Potato rationing started.
Mid-1947: A transport and dock strike, which among other effects caused much loss of imported meat left to rot on the docks, until the Army broke the strike. The basic petrol ration was stopped.[20]
1 June 1948: The Motor Spirit (Regulation) Act 1948 was passed,[42] ordering a red dye to be to put into some petrol, and that red petrol was only allowed to be used in commercial vehicles. A private car driver could lose his driving licence for a year if red petrol was found in his car. A petrol station could be shut down if it sold red petrol to a private car driver. See List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1940–1959: 1948.
June 1948: The basic petrol ration was restored, at a third of its previous size.
1948: Bread came off ration.
May 1949: Clothes rationing ended. According to one author,[20] this was because attempts to enforce it were defeated by continual massive illegality (black market, unofficial trade in loose clothing coupons (many forged), bulk thefts of unissued clothes ration books).
23 February 1950: The 1950 general election is fought largely on the issue of rationing. The Conservative Party campaigned on a manifesto of ending rationing as quickly as possible.[2] The Labour Party argued for the continuation of rationing indefinitely. Labour was returned, but with its majority badly slashed to 5 seats.
26 May 1950: Petrol rationing ended.[43]
25 October 1951: United Kingdom general election, 1951. The Conservatives came back into power.
February 1953: Confectionery rationing ended.
September 1953: Sugar rationing ended.
4 July 1954: Meat and all other food rationing ended in Britain.[44]
Although rationing formally ended in 1954, cheese production remained depressed for decades afterwards. During rationing, most milk in Britain was used to make one kind of cheese, nicknamed Government Cheddar (not to be confused with the government cheese issued by the US welfare system).[45] This wiped out nearly all other cheese production in the country, and some indigenous varieties of cheese almost disappeared.[45] Later government controls on milk prices through the Milk Marketing Board continued to discourage production of other varieties of cheese until well into the 1980s,[46] and it was only in the mid-1990s (following the effective abolition of the MMB) that the revival of the British cheese industry began in earnest.
Suez Crisis
Petrol rationing was briefly reintroduced in late 1956 during the Suez Crisis but ended again on 14 May 1957.[47] Advertising of petrol on the recently introduced ITV was banned for a period.
1970s oil crises
Petrol coupons were issued for a short time as preparation for the possibility of petrol rationing during the 1973 oil crisis. The rationing never came about, in large part because increasing North Sea oil production allowed the UK to offset much of the lost imports. By the time of the 1979 energy crisis, the United Kingdom had become a net exporter of oil, so on that occasion the government did not even have to consider petrol rationing.
See also
British cuisine
List of renewable resources produced and traded by the United Kingdom
Ration stamp
Utility furniture
Woolton pie
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Further reading
Beckett, Ian F. W. The Home Front 1914–1918: How Britain Survived the Great War (2006).
Hammond, R. J. Food and agriculture in Britain, 1939–45: Aspects of wartime control (Food, agriculture, and World War II) (Stanford U.P. 1954); summary of his three volume official history entitled Food (1951–53)
Home Front Handbook. Imperial War Museum (Ministry of Information). 2005 [1945]. ISBN 1-904897-11-8.
Sitwell, William (2016). Eggs or Anarchy? The Remarkable Story of the Man Tasked with the Impossible: To Feed a Nation at War. London: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4711-5105-7.
Smith, Daniel (2011). The Spade as Mighty as the Sword: The Story of World War Two's Dig for Victory Campaign. Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1-84513-617-8.
Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Ina. Austerity in Britain: Rationing, Controls & Consumption, 1939–1955 (2000) 286p. online
Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Ina. "Rationing, austerity and the Conservative party recovery after 1945", Historical Journal (1994) 37#1 pp 173–97 in JSTOR
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rationing in the United Kingdom.
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Notes
Jump up ^ Using the retail price index of equivalent worth in 1945. Source: measuringworth.com
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The term document template when used in the context of file format refers to a common feature of many software applications that define a unique non-executable file format intended specifically for that particular application.
Template file formats are those whose file extension indicates that the file type is intended as a high starting point from which to create other files.
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In Adobe Dreamweaver the .dwt extension is used to indicate a template.
Microsoft Word Templates[edit]
MS Word allows creating both layout and content templates. A layout template is a style guide for the file styles. It usually contains a chapter which explains how to use the styles within the documents. A content template is a document which provides a ToC. It might be modified to correspond to the user's needs.
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One of Us (Joan Osborne song)
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"One of Us"
Single by Joan Osborne
from the album Relish
B-side
"Dracula Moon, Crazy Baby(live)"
Released
February 21, 1995
December 28, 1995 (re-release)
Recorded
1994–95; The Crawlspace (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Additional recording; Big Blue (Katonah, New York) PIE Studios (Glen Cove, New York)
Genre
Pop rock
Length
5:21
Label
Blue Gorilla Records
Mercury
Songwriter(s)
Eric Bazilian
Producer(s)
Rick Chertoff
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"One of Us" is a song written by Eric Bazilian (of The Hooters) and originally released by Joan Osborne. Released in March 1995 on the album Relish and produced by Rick Chertoff, it became a top 40 hit in November of that year. The song is the theme song for the American television series Joan of Arcadia. The song was nominated for three Grammys and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The song samples "In My Life" by The Beatles[citation needed].
Contents
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1 History
2 Lyrics
3 Music video
4 Critical reception
5 Track listings
6 Personnel
7 Accolades
8 Charts and certifications
8.1 Weekly charts
8.2 Year-end charts
8.3 Certifications
9 Appearances in other media
10 Cover versions and parodies
11 See also
12 References
13 External links
History[edit]
In an interview, Bazilian said, "I wrote ['One of Us'] one night — the quickest song I ever wrote — to impress a girl. Which worked, because we're married and have two kids. But we were in the middle of writing Joan's album, which was a group effort with Rick Chertoff and Joan and Rob and I, and I did a demo of 'One of Us,' this wacky little demo which I ended up putting as a hidden track on the CD of my first solo record, and I played [it] for them. And it really hadn't even occurred to me that it was something that Joan might do, but Rick, in his wisdom, asked Joan if she thought she could sing it. And I think it was better that he asked it that way rather than 'Do you want to sing it?' Because the answer to that might not have been yes. But she definitely said she could sing it, and we did a little live demo of a guitar and her singing it. And when I got into my car and popped the cassette in, I started practicing the Grammy speech that I should've gotten to give."[1]
Lyrics[edit]
The song deals with various aspects of belief in God by asking questions inviting the listener to consider how they might relate to God, such as "Would you call [God's name] to his face?" or "Would you want to see [God's face] if seeing meant that you would have to believe in things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints and all the prophets?"
The album version starts off with the first four lines of a recording titled "The Aeroplane Ride", made on October 27, 1937 by American folklorist Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress, with Mrs. Nell Hampton of Salyersville, Kentucky singing a variation of the 1928 John S. McConnell hymn "Heavenly Aeroplane".[2][3]
Music video[edit]
Directed by Mark Seliger and Fred Woodward, the video was mainly shot on Coney Island, with various attractions like rollercoasters, ferris wheels and the New York Aquarium shown, interchanged with the vintage-looking shots in sepia and Joan singing in front of the camera.
Critical reception[edit]
Roch Parisien called the song "a simple, direct statement of faith, honest and unadorned, one framed in a near-perfect chorus and delectable Neil Young-ish guitar riff."[4] In 2007, the song was ranked at number 54 on "VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s".[5] and number 10 on the network's 40 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the '90s.
Track listings[edit]
"One of Us" (single edit) – 5:05
CD single – France
"One of Us" (edit) – 4:16
"One of Us" (album version) – 5:21
CD single – US
"One of Us" (album version) – 5:21
"Dracula Moon" – 6:21
CD maxi single – Europe
"One of Us" (edit) – 4:16
"Dracula Moon" – 6:21
"One of Us" (album version) – 5:21
"Crazy Baby" (live from Fox Theatre) – 8:06
Personnel[edit]
Joan Osborne – vocals
Eric Bazilian – guitars, backing vocals, electric piano
Mark Egan – bass guitar
Rob Hyman – drums, Mellotron, backing vocals
William Wittman – engineering, mixing
Accolades[edit]
The song received Grammy nominations in 1996 for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year.
Charts and certifications[edit]
In January 1996, "One of Us" hit the top 10 in the US, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1995–1996)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[8] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 1
Canadian Adult Contemporary (RPM)[10] 5
Canadian Rock/Alternative (RPM)[11] 1
Canadian Top Singles (RPM)[12] 1
Denmark (IFPI)[13] 2
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 19
France (SNEP)[15] 10
Germany (Official German Charts)[16] 18
Ireland (Irish Singles Chart)[17] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 12
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[19] 14
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[20] 11
Norway (VG-lista)[21] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[23] 6
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[24] 20
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[25] 16
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[26] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[27] 4
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[28] 2
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1996)
Position
Australian Singles Chart[29] 6
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[30] 8
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[31] 16
Dutch Top 40[32] 69
French Singles Chart[33] 55
US Billboard Hot 100[34] 30
Certifications[edit]
Country
Certification
Date
Sales certified
Norway[35] Platinum 1996 10,000
US[36] Gold January 26, 1996 500,000
Appearances in other media[edit]
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.
"One of Us" was played during a montage at the end of television series Homicide: Life on the Street episode 4x08, "Sniper Part 1" (1996).
The song appears in the 1996 movie Dear God.
"One of Us" was played during the end scenes of CBS television series Cold Case episode 4x01, "Rampage" (2006).
The song appears twice in the 2001 thriller Vanilla Sky. First the main-character David Aames (Tom Cruise) sings it being transported to his face-transplantation; later the original song is played.
The song also appears in the 2003 movie Bruce Almighty.
Part of the song appeared in 2014 on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon during the skit Ew! with Taylor Swift. Jimmy (in drag as teenage girl Sara) dances to "Come and Get It" by Selena Gomez when her unhip stepfather played by A. D. Miles barges in, confuses Selena for Joan, then proceeds to sing "What if God was one of us/Just a..." when an embarrassed Sara screams "Ewww!" to make him stop.
Cover versions and parodies[edit]
Prince covered the song on his Emancipation album, changing the phrase "just a slob" to "just a slave like one of us" in several verses.
Brad Roberts of the Crash Test Dummies recorded a cover of the song.
Mohawk Barbie recorded a sarcastic rendition for the Happy Little Trees: A Tribute to Bob Ross compilation CD in 1999.
In the 1999 film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, the character Dr. Evil (Mike Myers) sings part of the song's chorus as a duet with Mini-Me (Verne Troyer) on piano, and claims to have written it himself (after having time-traveled back to 1969).
Dance covers of the song have been recorded by various artists, including Outta Control, Nasara, and Pariz.
An R&B style cover of the song by Cheryl Pepsii Riley was featured in the film Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005).
Martyn Joseph recorded a version of this song.
Gregorian covered the song in their 2007 album Masters of Chant Chapter VI.
Bob Rivers wrote the parody "What If God Smoked Cannabis?" in 1997[37] (often incorrectly attributed to Weird Al Yankovic[38]). A less well-known parody with the same title but different lyrics was produced in 1995 by Cincinnati radio station WEBN.[39]
Theo Tams covered the song on his tour.
In 2009, Rivers Cuomo, Joe LoPiccolo, and Rainn Wilson collaborated on a cover for Sirius XM radio.
Indiana Gregg included a cover of this song on her album Woman at Work.
The Italian singer Eugenio Finardi has recorded an Italian cover titled "Uno di noi" (One of us in Italian) in 1996
The German singer Klaus Lage recorded a German cover titled "Was wenn Gott" in 2003.
Another German version, "Einer wie wir", 2007 by Erdmöbel has been performed by the Hooters themselves during recent German and European tours.
Jermaine Sellers sang his version of "One of Us" as his first audition in front of the judges on American Idol Season 9.
In 2001, Chihiro Onitsuka covered this song at a special live.
The song is covered on the Glee episode "Grilled Cheesus", by the actors Jenna Ushkowitz, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Chris Colfer, and Dianna Agron.[40]
German singer/songwriter Stefan Stoppok (de) published his version of the song in 2000, with him performing together with bass player Reggie Worthy.[41]
In 2011, Singapore singer Kit Chan covered this song on her comeback album (Re-interpreting '重譯').
In 2009, Malcolm Middleton covered the song on his EP Girl Band Pop Songs.
Eric Bazilian performed an acoustic rendition live on the Preston & Steve show at halftime of Possum Bowl I.
See also[edit]
List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s
List of RPM Rock/Alternative number-one singles (Canada)
List of Swedish number-one hits
Ultratop 50 number-one hits of 1996
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ U.S. certifications. riaa.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
Jump up ^ What if God Smoked Cannabis? | The Bob Rivers Show
Jump up ^ The Not Al Page Archived August 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ What If God ... by JayGilbert | Jay Gilbert | Free Listening on SoundCloud
Jump up ^ Malkin, Mark (September 29, 2010). "Hallelujah? Glee Has a Spiritual Awakening". E! Online. E!. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
Jump up ^ "STOPPOK - Ergebnisse". Stoppok.de. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
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Jack and Jill Ice Cream Truck in Kentlands, Maryland
Jack and Jill Ice Cream Company was founded by Max Schwarz in 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Schwarz sold ice cream he carried through the streets of Philadelphia. In 1936, the company purchased its first ice cream truck for selling ice cream. In addition to trucks, the company also sells ice cream to restaurants and catering services, in stores, and in vending machines throughout Philadelphia, Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Norfolk, Virginia, and recently acquired Roanoke, Virginia.
Jack and Jill is credited with creating and launching the Choco Taco, which it later sold to Good Humor-Breyers.[1]
The company is named for the Jack and Jill nursery rhyme.
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