7-Rooms of Gloom
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| "7-Rooms of Gloom" | ||||
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| Single by Four Tops | ||||
| from the album Reach Out | ||||
| B-side | "I'll Turn To Stone" | |||
| Released | May 2, 1967 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A); 1967 | |||
| Genre | Soul/pop | |||
| Length | 2:46 | |||
| Label |
Motown M 1110 | |||
| Writer(s) | Holland–Dozier–Holland | |||
| Producer(s) |
Brian Holland Lamont Dozier | |||
| Four Tops singles chronology | ||||
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"7-Rooms of Gloom" is a song recorded by the vocal quartet Four Tops. It was released as a single in 1967 on the Motown label and reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] It was also a hit in the UK, their seventh, staying for nine weeks in the UK singles charts and reaching number 12[2] and in the Netherlands where it made number 23 in the Dutch Top 40.[3]
Described as "throbbing with dread over a racing minor key dominated arrangement"[4] it was written by Holland–Dozier–Holland. The single's b-side was "I'll Turn to Stone"[5] also written by Holland-Dozier-Holland with R Dean Taylor.[6]
Personnel
- Levi Stubbs - lead vocals
- Abdul "Duke" Fakir - background vocals
- Renaldo "Obie" Benson - background vocals
- Lawrence Payton - background vocals
- Jackie Hicks - background vocals
- Marlene Barrow - background vocals
- Louvain Demps - background vocals
- Funk Brothers - instrumentation
References
- ↑ "Four Tops - Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ "Official Charts - Four Tops". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ "The Four Tops - 7 Rooms Of Gloom". www.top40.nl. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ Dahl, Bill. Motown The Golden Years. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ "Four Tops – 7-Rooms Of Gloom / I'll Turn To Stone". Discogs. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ↑ "I'll Turn to Stone". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
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