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Weren't they neo-nazis?
Nope. The guitarist was in a neo-nazi band briefly many years before Ace of Base. He didn't write any of the songs and by all accounts didn't ever agree with the ideology and has since said that it was a mistake and he didn't know when joining the band.
Of course, social media being what it is, that was twisted to every member of Ace of Base being avowed nazis and I Saw The Sign being about swastikas ๐คฆ
Cool, good to know.
On the other hand, this song is literally about a welfare queen and it doesn't help that the jewelry she wears in the video contains the Star of David. What were they trying to say?
Well, fuck! I never saw the video before and back in my adolescence when it was on the radio, I interpreted it as her being a serial dater/always trying to find the right man (baby often meaning boyfriend or girlfriend in pop songs) but looking back at the lyrics now and watching the video I'm thinking you might have a point ๐ฌ