Seven (song)

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"Seven"
"Seven" cover
Single by David Bowie
from the album 'hours...'
Released July 17, 2000
Format CD single
Recorded Seaview, Bermuda
Genre Rock
Length 4:12
Label EMI/Virgin Records
VSCDT1776 7243 8 96928 2 2
Producer(s) David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels
David Bowie singles chronology
Survive
(2000)
Seven
(2000)
Slow Burn
(2002)
The cover of UK CD version 3
The cover of UK CD version 3

"Seven" is a song written by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels for the album 'hours...' in 1999. As with some of the other songs from 'hours...' it was originally written for the computer game Omikron - The Nomad Soul from 1999. In July 2000 it was released as the fourth single from the album. The version used in the Omikron - The Nomad Soul was called "Demo version" on the single releases.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] UK version 1

  1. "Seven (Marius De Vries mix)" - 4:12
  2. "Seven (Beck mix)" - 3:44
  3. "Seven (Original demo)" - 4:05

[edit] UK version 2

  1. "Seven (Album version)" - 4:27
  2. "I'm Afraid of Americans (Nine Inch Nails version)" - 5:30

This version also included the music video of "I'm Afraid of Americans".

[edit] UK version 3

  1. "Seven (live)"
  2. "Something in the Air (live)"
  3. "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell (live)"

All tracks was recorded at Kit Kat Klub, New York City, November 19, 1999.

[edit] International version 1

  1. "Seven (Marius De Vries mix)" - 4:12
  2. "Seven (Beck mix)" - 3:44
  3. "Seven (live)"
  4. "Seven (Original demo)" - 4:05
  5. "Seven (Album version)" - 4:27

This version also included the music video of "I'm Afraid of Americans".

[edit] International version 2

  1. "Seven (Marius De Vries mix)" - 4:12
  2. "Seven (Beck mix)" - 3:44

[edit] Promo version

  1. "Seven (Marius De Vries mix)" - 4:12
  2. "Seven (Beck mix)" - 3:44
  3. "Seven (Original demo)" - 4:05
  4. "Seven (Album version)" - 4:27

[edit] Live versions

  • A live version recorded in Paris in October 1999 was released on the single "Survive" in January 2000.
  • Another version recorded at Kit Kat Klub, New York City, November 19, 1999 was released as a single in the UK.
  • Bowie performed the song at the BBC Radio Theatre in London, June 27 2000, and this was released on the live bonus disc that followed the first released of Bowie at the Beeb.

[edit] Other releases

  • The "Demo version", "Marius De Vries mix" and two different Beck remixes was released on the bonus disc that followed the 2004 reissue of 'hours...' .
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