Seven Tears (song) explained
| Seven Tears |
| Cover: | Goombay Dance Band Seven Tears single cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Goombay Dance Band |
| Album: | Holiday in Paradise |
| Released: | 1981 |
| Genre: | Euro disco |
| Length: | 3:54 |
| Label: | CBS, Epic |
| Producer: | Jochen Peterson |
| Prev Title: | Rain |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | Christmas at Sea |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
"Seven Tears" is a song by the Goombay Dance Band, released in 1981. It was released as the only single from their third studio album, Holiday in Paradise, and was subsequently featured on the UK-only compilation Seven Tears.
Written by Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein and Wolfgang Jass, and produced by Jochen Peterson, "Seven Tears" was a major hit across Europe in the winter and spring of 1982. The song spent three weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart,[1] being the fourth time a German act had topped the UK chart, six weeks after Kraftwerk had achieved that feat with "The Model" in 1982 and Boney M with "Rivers Of Babylon" and "Mary's Boy Child" in 1978.[2]
Track listings
- 7" vinyl single[3]
- 12" vinyl single[4]
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
| Chart (1982) | Position |
|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[8] | 82 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9] | 62 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] | 84 | |
Cover versions
- French singer Séverine recorded a German version in 1981 named "Sieben Tränen".[11]
- Dutch singer Arne Jansen recorded a Dutch version, named "Zeven brieven", which was a charting hit in 1982.[12]
- The song was covered by Croatian pop singer Darko Domijan as "Sedam suza" in 1982.[13]
- The Swedish dansband Jigs recorded a Swedish version of the song in 1982, named "Hundra tårar".[14]
- Croatian singer Maja Blagdan also covered the song as "Sedam suza" in 1997.[15]
Notes and References
- Web site: The Official Charts Company - Seven Tears by Goombay Dance Band Search . 11 February 2015. The Official Charts Company.
- Book: Roberts, David. 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 405–7.
- Web site: Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears (Vinyl) at Discogs . www.discogs.com . 10 February 2015.
- Web site: Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears (Extended Dance Mix) (Vinyl) at Discogs . www.discogs.com . 10 February 2015.
- Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. Sydney. 1993. Illustrated. 0-646-11917-6.
- Web site: Danish Charts Archive?. Ukmix.org. 8 January 2021.
- Book: Salaverri, Fernando . Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 . 1st . September 2005 . Fundación Autor-SGAE . Spain . 84-8048-639-2 . es.
- Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1982. Ultratop. 16 September 2021.
- Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1982. Dutch Top 40. 16 September 2021.
- Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 1982. dutchcharts.nl. 16 September 2021.
- Web site: Severine – Sieben Tränen muß ein Mädchen weinen, sieben Tränen auf dem Weg zur Frau Lyrics . www.golyr.de . German . 10 February 2015.
- Web site: Songtext von Arne Jansen - Zeven brieven Lyrics . www.songtexte.com . German . 10 February 2015.
- Web site: Darko Domijan - Put U Raj (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs . www.discogs.com . 10 February 2015.
- Web site: Jigs - Hundra tårar Lyrics . Musixmatch. 17 September 2019.
- Web site: Maja Blagdan - Ljubavi Moja Jedina at Discogs . www.discogs.com . 10 February 2015.
