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.

"Seven Tears"
Single by Goombay Dance Band
from the album Holiday in Paradise
Released1981
GenreEuro disco
Length3:54
LabelCBS, Epic
Songwriter(s)Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass
Producer(s)Jochen Peterson
Goombay Dance Band singles chronology
"Rain"
(1980)		 "Seven Tears"
(1981)		 "Christmas at Sea"
(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 three weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart,[1] being the fourth time a German act had topped the UK chart, six weeks after Kraftwerk had achieved that feat with "The Model" in 1982 and Boney M with "Rivers Of Babylon" and "Mary's Boy Child" in 1978.[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
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 25
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 15
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 6
Denmark (Hitlisten)[8] 10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 7
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 28
Spain (AFYVE)[13] 18
UK Singles (OCC)[14] 1
West Germany (Official German Charts)[15] 13

Cover versions
  • French singer Séverine recorded a German version in 1981 named "Sieben Tränen".[16]
  • Dutch singer Arne Jansen recorded a Dutch version, named "Zeven brieven", which was a charting hit in 1982.[17]
  • The song was covered by Croatian pop singer Darko Domijan as "Sedam suza" in 1982.[18]
  • The Swedish dansband Jigs recorded a Swedish version of the song in 1982, named "Hundra tårar".[19]
  • Croatian singer Maja Blagdan also covered the song as "Sedam suza" in 1997.[20]

References
  1. "The Official Charts Company - Seven Tears by Goombay Dance Band Search". The Official Charts Company. 11 February 2015.
  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. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. "Austriancharts.at – Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  7. "Ultratop.be – Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  8. "Danish Charts Archive?". Ukmix.org. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  9. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 25, 1982" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  11. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Seven Tears". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  12. "Charts.nz – Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears". Top 40 Singles.
  13. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  14. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  15. "Offiziellecharts.de – Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  16. "Severine – Sieben Tränen muß ein Mädchen weinen, sieben Tränen auf dem Weg zur Frau Lyrics". www.golyr.de (in German). Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  17. "Songtext von Arne Jansen - Zeven brieven Lyrics". www.songtexte.com (in German). Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  18. "Darko Domijan - Put U Raj (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  19. "Jigs - Hundra tårar Lyrics". Musixmatch. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  20. "Maja Blagdan - Ljubavi Moja Jedina at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
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