Seven Tears (song)

"Seven Tears"
Single by Goombay Dance Band
from the album Holiday in Paradise
B-side "Mama Coco"
Released 1981
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Genre Disco
Length 3:54
5:21 (Extended dance mix)
Label Epic, CBS
Writer(s) Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass
Producer Jochen Peterson
Goombay Dance Band singles chronology
"Rain"
(1980)		 "Seven Tears"
(1981)		 "Christmas at Sea"
(1981)

"Seven Tears" was a popular song by the Goombay Dance Band, released in 1981.

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[1] 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".

Contents

Track listings

7" vinyl single
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Seven Tears"   Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass 3:54
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Mama Coco"   Uve Schikora 3:30
12" vinyl single
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Seven Tears" (Extended dance mix) Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass 5:21
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Mama Coco"   Uve Schikora 3:30

Chart performance

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 15
Chart (1982) Peak
position
Dutch GfK chart[3] 7
Dutch Top 40[4] 4
Irish Singles Chart[5] 1
UK Singles Chart[1] 1
Preceded by
"Lion Sleeps Tonight" by Tight Fit		 UK number one single
27 March 1982 - 10 April 1982		 Succeeded by
"My Camera Never Lies" by Bucks Fizz

Cover versions

"Seven Tears" was covered by Croatian pop singer Maja Blagdan.

References

  1. ^ a b "Chart Stats - Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears". http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=9812. Retrieved 14 June 2009 (2009-06-14). 
  2. ^ "Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears - austriancharts.at (in German)". http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Goombay+Dance+Band&titel=Seven+Tears&cat=s. Retrieved 14 June 2009 (2009-06-14). 
  3. ^ "dutchcharts.nl - Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears (in Dutch)". http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Goombay+Dance+Band&titel=Seven+Tears&cat=s. Retrieved 14 June 2009 (2009-06-14). 
  4. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40, week 25, 1982 (in Dutch)". http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=25&jaar=1982. Retrieved 14 June 2009 (2009-06-14). 
  5. ^ "irishcharts.ie search results". http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 14 June 2009 (2009-06-14). 

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