{{other uses}} {{Original research|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox song | name = Give Me a Sign | cover = breaking benjamin give me a sign.png | alt = | type = single | artist = Breaking Benjamin | album = Dear Agony | released = January 5, 2010 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Alternative rock | length = * 4:17 {{small|(album version)}} * 3:45 {{small|(radio edit)}} | label = Hollywood | writer = Benjamin Burnley | producer = David Bendeth | prev_title = I Will Not Bow | prev_year = 2009 | next_title = Lights Out | next_year = 2010 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = | type = single | cover = | border = | alt = | caption = }} {{External music video|{{YouTube|97S66xee0U8|"Give Me a Sign"}}}} }} "'''Give Me a Sign'''", subtitled on the single "'''Give Me a Sign (Forever and Ever)'''", is a song by American rock band Breaking Benjamin. It was released in January 2010 as the second single from their fourth album ''Dear Agony''.
==Release== The song was released as a radio single on January 5, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases|title=Future Releases on Alternative Radio Stations, Independent Artist Song Releases - ...|publisher=}}</ref> Upon its release as a single, the song has adopted the extended title, "Give Me a Sign (Forever and Ever)". The song reached number 97 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was far more successful on the ''Billboard'' rock charts, reaching number six on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, number nine on the Hot Rock Songs chart, and number 10 on the Alternative Songs chart.
An acoustic version was released by the band on January 13, 2010. The acoustic version was placed on the Japanese import release of ''Dear Agony''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shallowbay.com/news/|title=The Shallow Bay – Official Home of Breaking Benjamin|website=www.shallowbay.com|date=9 December 2020 }}</ref>
Along with the singles "Sooner or Later" and "Until the End", "Give Me a Sign" has been released as a downloadable song on ''Guitar Hero 5'' and ''Band Hero'' through the ''Breaking Benjamin Track Pack'' DLC.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Promotional single No. 1 | title1 = Give Me a Sign (Forever and Ever) (radio edit) | length1 = 3:41 | title2 = Give Me a Sign (Forever and Ever) (radio edit) | length2 = 3:41 | title3 = Give Me a Sign (Forever and Ever) (album version) | length3 = 4:17 | title4 = Give Me a Sign (Forever and Ever) (call-out hook No. 1) | length4 = 0:11 | title5 = Give Me a Sign (Forever and Ever) (call-out hook No. 2) | length5 = 0:08 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Promotional single No. 2 | title1 = Give Me a Sign (Forever and Ever) pop edit | length1 = 3:45 | title2 = Give Me a Sign (Forever and Ever) alt radio edit | length2 = 3:40 | title3 = Give Me a Sign (Forever and Ever) call-out hook No. 1 | length3 = 0:11 | title4 = Give Me a Sign (Forever and Ever) call-out hook No. 2 | length4 = 0:08 }}
==Music video== On February 17, a music video was put into the planning process.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2010/02/booked-breaking-benjamin-nigel-dick-director.html|title=BOOKED: Breaking Benjamin - Nigel Dick, director|website=VideoStatic |publisher=}}</ref> The band shot the video for "Give Me a Sign" with acclaimed director Nigel Dick. While singer Benjamin Burnley said he had not completely divulged the concept, he added an element of suspense by stating that he hoped fans of the band would "recognize and be excited by the inclusion of certain key characters from the band's past".<ref>[http://www.hotzoneonline.com/archives/2577 Breaking Benjamin’s ‘Dear Agony’ Certified Gold] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307030748/http://www.hotzoneonline.com/archives/2577 |date=March 7, 2010 }}</ref> The video premiered on their Myspace page on March 10, which happened to be Benjamin Burnley's 32nd birthday.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=103482421 |title=Breaking Benjamin - Give Me a Sign Video by BREAKING BENJAMIN - MySpace Video |accessdate=March 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313153853/http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=103482421 |archivedate=March 13, 2010 }}</ref> It is the last Breaking Benjamin video to feature Aaron Fink, Mark Klepaski, and Chad Szeliga.
The music video shows an unconscious young woman rushed into a hospital with her boyfriend running at her side, plus an old man and a young child in their own rooms. A man whose face can't be seen comes into the last two's respective rooms and takes their hands to bring them to a bright light outside the rooms. The worrying boyfriend is sitting next to the woman's bed, hoping for her to wake up when the faceless man takes his hand. The woman wakes up shortly after, meaning he died in a possible car crash, his ghost accompanying her to the hospital while she survived.
Each room features artwork from Breaking Benjamin's albums. The young boy's EEG displays a picture of the cover art from ''Saturate''. The bald old man with the Breaking Benjamin tattoo on his finger is from the cover of ''We Are Not Alone''. The faceless man represents the "Evil Angel" from the cover of ''Phobia'', and the song of the same name; and the woman in the hospital bed resembles Jane from "The Diary of Jane" music video. Her room features the MRI scan of Ben's head from the cover of ''Dear Agony''.
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===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2010) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|97|artist=Breaking Benjamin|rowheader=true|access-date=October 31, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|9|artist=Breaking Benjamin|rowheader=true|access-date=October 31, 2021}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2010) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/hot-rock-songs|title=Hot Rock & Alternative Songs – Year-End 2010|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=October 31, 2021}}</ref> | 35 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Breaking Benjamin|title=Give Me a Sign|relyear=2010|certyear=2015|digital=true|accessdate=November 24, 2015}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true| noshipments=true}}
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