1981 single by Goombay Dance Band
"Seven Tears " is a 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 .
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 Title Writer(s) 1. "Seven Tears" Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass 3:54
Side two Title Writer(s) 1. "Mama Coco" Uve Schikora 3:30
12" vinyl single[4]
Side one Title Writer(s) 1. "Seven Tears" (Extended Dance Mix) Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass 5:21
Side two Title Writer(s) 1. "Mama Coco" Uve Schikora 3:30
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (1982)
Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[16]
82
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17]
62
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18]
84
Cover versions
French singer Séverine recorded a German version in 1981 named "Sieben Tränen".[19]
Dutch singer Arne Jansen recorded a Dutch version, named "Zeven brieven", which was a charting hit in 1982.[20]
The song was covered by Croatian pop singer Darko Domijan as "Sedam suza" in 1982.[21]
The Swedish dansband Jigs recorded a Swedish version of the song in 1982, named "Hundra tårar".[22]
Croatian singer Maja Blagdan also covered the song as "Sedam suza" in 1997.[23]
References
^ "The Official Charts Company - Seven Tears by Goombay Dance Band Search". The Official Charts Company. 11 February 2015.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 405–7. ISBN 1-904994-10-5 .
^ "Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears (Vinyl) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015 .
^ "Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears (Extended Dance Mix) (Vinyl) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015 .
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6 .
^ "Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40 . Retrieved 14 June 2009.
^ "Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50 .
^ "Danish Charts Archive?". Ukmix.org . Retrieved 8 January 2021 .
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 25, 1982" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved 14 June 2009.
^ "Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears" (in Dutch). Single Top 100 . Retrieved 14 June 2009.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Seven Tears". Irish Singles Chart . Retrieved 14 June 2009.
^ "Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears". Top 40 Singles .
^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2 .
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company .
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears" (in German) . GfK Entertainment charts .
^ "Jaaroverzichten 1982". Ultratop. Retrieved 16 September 2021 .
^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1982". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 16 September 2021 .
^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1982". dutchcharts.nl . Retrieved 16 September 2021 .
^ "Severine – Sieben Tränen muß ein Mädchen weinen, sieben Tränen auf dem Weg zur Frau Lyrics". www.golyr.de (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2015 .
^ "Songtext von Arne Jansen - Zeven brieven Lyrics". www.songtexte.com (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2015 .
^ "Darko Domijan - Put U Raj (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015 .
^ "Jigs - Hundra tårar Lyrics". Musixmatch. Retrieved 17 September 2019 .
^ "Maja Blagdan - Ljubavi Moja Jedina at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015 .