Seven Tears (song)

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Seven Tears was a popular song by the Goombay Dance Band.

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 3 weeks at #1 on the UK singles chart being only the second time a German act had topped the UK chart, only six weeks after Kraftwerk had achieved that feat with The Model.

Preceded by
"Lion Sleeps Tonight" by Tight Fit
UK number one single
May 9, 1982
Succeeded by
"My Camera Never Lies" by Bucks Fizz

The Goombay Dance Band are referenced in the song My Baby's got the yipps by the English group Half Man Half Biscuit, on the album Mcintyre, Treadmore and Davitt