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"Seven Tears"
Song

"Seven Tears" is a popular 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 only the second time a German act had topped the UK chart, six weeks after Kraftwerk had achieved that feat with "The Model".[2]

Track listings

7" vinyl single[3]
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Seven Tears"Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass3:54
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mama Coco"Uve Schikora3:30
12" vinyl single[4]
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Seven Tears" (Extended Dance Mix)Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass5:21
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mama Coco"Uve Schikora3:30

Chart performance

Chart (1981-82) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[5] 15
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 6
Dutch Singles Chart[7] 7
Dutch Top 40[8] 4
songid field is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS 13
Irish Singles Chart[9] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] 28
UK Singles Chart[1] 1
Preceded by UK number one single
23 March 1982 - 14 April 1982 		Succeeded by

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]
  • Croatian singer Maja Blagdan also covered the song as "Sedam suza" in 1997.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Official Charts Company - Seven Tears by Goombay Dance Band Search". The Official Charts Company. 11 February 2015. [dead link‍]
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 405–7. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ "Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears (Vinyl) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  4. ^ "Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears (Extended Dance Mix) (Vinyl) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  5. ^ "Discographie Goombay Dance Band". www.austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  6. ^ "Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  7. ^ "Discografie Goombay Dance Band". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  8. ^ "Top 40-lijst van week 25, 1982". www.top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  10. ^ "Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears". Top 40 Singles.
  11. ^ "Severine – Sieben Tränen muß ein Mädchen weinen, sieben Tränen auf dem Weg zur Frau Lyrics". www.golyr.de (in German). Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  12. ^ "Songtext von Arne Jansen - Zeven brieven Lyrics". www.songtexte.com (in German). Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  13. ^ "Darko Domijan - Put U Raj (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  14. ^ "Maja Blagdan - Ljubavi Moja Jedina at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
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