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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Seven Tears
| name = Seven Tears
| Cover = Goombay Dance Band Seven Tears single cover.jpg
| cover = Goombay Dance Band Seven Tears single cover.jpg
| Artist = [[Goombay Dance Band]]
| alt =
| Album = Holiday in Paradise
| type = single
| B-side = "Mama Coco"
| artist = [[Goombay Dance Band]]
| Released = 1981
| album = Holiday in Paradise
| released = 1981
| Format = [[7" vinyl]], [[12-inch single|12" vinyl]]
| Recorded = June 1980
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Disco]]
| studio =
| venue =
| Length = 3:54<br />5:21<small> (Extended dance mix)</small>
| Label = [[Epic Records|Epic]], [[CBS]]
| genre = [[Euro disco]]
| length = 3:54
| Writer = Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass
| label = [[CBS Records International|CBS]], [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| Producer = Jochen Peterson
| writer = Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass
| Audio sample? =
| producer = Jochen Peterson
| Certification =
| Last single = "Rain"<br />(1980)
| prev_title = Rain
| prev_year = 1980
| This single = "'''Seven Tears'''"<br />(1981)
| Next single = "Christmas at Sea"<br />(1981)
| next_title = Christmas at Sea
| Misc =
| next_year = 1981
}}
}}


"'''Seven Tears'''" was a popular song by the [[Goombay Dance Band]], released in 1981.
"'''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]],<ref name=ukchart>{{cite web |url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=9812 |title=Chart Stats - Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears |accessdate=14 June 2009}}</ref> being only the second time a German act had topped the UK chart, six weeks after [[Kraftwerk]] had achieved that feat with "[[Das Model|The Model]]".<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
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]],<ref name="ukchart">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Seven+Tears|title=The Official Charts Company - Seven Tears by Goombay Dance Band Search |date=11 February 2015|publisher=The Official Charts Company}}</ref> being the fourth time a German act had topped the UK chart, six weeks after [[Kraftwerk]] had achieved that feat with "[[Das Model|The Model]]" in 1982 and [[Boney M]] with "[[Rivers Of Babylon]]" and "[[Mary's Boy Child]]" in 1978.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| pages= 405–7}}</ref>
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| pages= 405-7}}</ref>


==Track listings==
==Track listings==
;7" vinyl single<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Goombay-Dance-Band-Seven-Tears/release/443600 |title=Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=www.discogs.com |accessdate=10 February 2015}}</ref>
;7" vinyl single
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| headline = Side one
| writing_credits = yes
| title1 = Seven Tears
| title1 = Seven Tears
| writer1 = Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass
| writer1 = Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass
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{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| headline = Side two
| writing_credits = yes
| title1 = Mama Coco
| title1 = Mama Coco
| writer1 = Uve Schikora
| writer1 = Uve Schikora
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}}
}}


;12" vinyl single<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Goombay-Dance-Band-Seven-Tears-Extended-Dance-Mix/release/1722092 |title=Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears (Extended Dance Mix) (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=www.discogs.com |accessdate=10 February 2015}}</ref>
;12" vinyl single
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| headline = Side one
| writing_credits = yes
| title1 = Seven Tears
| title1 = Seven Tears
| note1 = Extended dance mix
| note1 = Extended Dance Mix
| writer1 = Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass
| writer1 = Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass
| length1 = 5:21
| length1 = 5:21
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{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| headline = Side two
| writing_credits = yes
| title1 = Mama Coco
| title1 = Mama Coco
| writer1 = Uve Schikora
| writer1 = Uve Schikora
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}}
}}


==Charts==
==Chart performance==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1981)
!Chart (1981–1982)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
!Peak<br />position
|-
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location = Sydney|year=1993|edition=Illustrated|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
|Austrian Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Goombay+Dance+Band&titel=Seven+Tears&cat=s |title=Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears - austriancharts.at (in German) |accessdate=14 June 2009}}</ref>
|align="center"|15
|align="center"|25
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|15|artist=Goombay Dance Band|song=Seven Tears|accessdate=14 June 2009}}
!Chart (1982)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Flanders|6|artist=Goombay Dance Band|song=Seven Tears}}
|Dutch [[GfK]] chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Goombay+Dance+Band&titel=Seven+Tears&cat=s |title=dutchcharts.nl - Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears (in Dutch) |accessdate=14 June 2009}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|7
|align="left"|Denmark ([[Hitlisten]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/65507-danish-charts-archive|title=Danish Charts Archive?|website=Ukmix.org|accessdate=8 January 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|10
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|4|artist=Goombay Dance Band|song=Seven Tears|year=1982|week=25|accessdate=14 June 2009}}
|[[Dutch Top 40]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=25&jaar=1982 |title=Nederlandse Top 40, week 25, 1982 (in Dutch) |accessdate=14 June 2009}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch100|7|artist=Goombay Dance Band|song=Seven Tears|accessdate=14 June 2009}}
|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=irishcharts.ie search results |accessdate=14 June 2009}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Ireland2|1|artist=Goombay Dance Band|song=Seven Tears|accessdate=14 June 2009}}
|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name=ukchart/>
|-
|align="center"|1
{{singlechart|New Zealand|28|artist=Goombay Dance Band|song=Seven Tears}}
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book|first= Fernando |last= Salaverri |title= Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |edition= 1st |date= September 2005 |publisher= Fundación Autor-SGAE |location= Spain |isbn= 84-8048-639-2 |language= es}}</ref>
|align="center"|18
|-
{{singlechart|UK|1|artist=Goombay Dance Band|song=Seven Tears|date=19820321|access-date=|accessdate=1 January 2021}}
|-
{{singlechart|West Germany|13|artist=Goombay Dance Band|song=Seven Tears|songid=9625}}
|-
|-
|}
|}
{{col-2}}


===Year-end charts===
{{s-start}}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{{succession box
!Chart (1982)
| before = "[[Lion Sleeps Tonight]]" by [[Tight Fit]]
!Position
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
|-
| years = 21 March 1982 - 10 April 1982
|Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1982|title=Jaaroverzichten 1982|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=16 September 2021}}</ref>
| after = "[[My Camera Never Lies]]" by [[Bucks Fizz (band)|Bucks Fizz]]
|align="center"|82
}}
|-
{{s-end}}
|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1982|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1982|publisher=Dutch Top 40|accessdate=16 September 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|62
|-
|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1982&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1982|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=16 September 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|84
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Goombay Dance Band|title=Seven Tears|award=Gold|relyear=1982|certyear=1982|id=5782-1076-1|accessdate=12 December 2024}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}


==Cover versions==
==Cover versions==
*French singer [[Séverine (singer)|Séverine]] recorded a German version in 1981 named "Sieben Tränen".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.golyr.de/severine/songtext-sieben-traenen-muss-ein-maedchen-weinen-sieben-traenen-auf-dem-weg-zur-frau-551493.html |title=Severine – Sieben Tränen muß ein Mädchen weinen, sieben Tränen auf dem Weg zur Frau Lyrics |website=www.golyr.de |language=German |accessdate=10 February 2015}}</ref>
{{Unreferenced|section|date=May 2014}}
*Dutch singer [[Arne Jansen]] recorded a Dutch version, named "Zeven brieven", which was a charting hit in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songtexte.com/songtext/arne-jansen/zeven-brieven-7bccfa50.html |title=Songtext von Arne Jansen - Zeven brieven Lyrics |website=www.songtexte.com |language=German |accessdate=10 February 2015}}</ref>
*"Seven Tears" was covered by the [[Croatia]]n pop singers [[Darko Domijan]] and [[Maja Blagdan]].
*The song was covered by [[Croatia]]n pop singer [[Darko Domijan]] as "Sedam suza" in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Darko-Domijan-Put-U-Raj/release/2810699 |title=Darko Domijan - Put U Raj (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs |publisher=www.discogs.com |accessdate=10 February 2015}}</ref>
*The French singer [[Séverine (singer)|Séverine]] recorded a German version in 1981 named "Sieben Tränen".
*The Swedish dansband [[Jigs (band)|Jigs]] recorded a Swedish version of the song in 1982, named "Hundra tårar".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Jigs/Hundra-t%C3%A5rar |title=Jigs - Hundra tårar Lyrics |publisher=Musixmatch|accessdate=17 September 2019}}</ref>
*The Dutch singer, Arne Jansen, recorded a Dutch version, named "Zeven brieven".
*Croatian singer [[Maja Blagdan]] also covered the song as "Sedam suza" in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Maja-Blagdan-Ljubavi-Moja-Jedina/master/757787 |title=Maja Blagdan - Ljubavi Moja Jedina at Discogs |publisher=www.discogs.com |accessdate=10 February 2015}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
* [http://www.goombaydanceband.net/videos.html Music video at official website]


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Latest revision as of 18:06, 12 December 2024

"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)

"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

[edit]
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

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[19] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

[edit]
  • French singer Séverine recorded a German version in 1981 named "Sieben Tränen".[20]
  • Dutch singer Arne Jansen recorded a Dutch version, named "Zeven brieven", which was a charting hit in 1982.[21]
  • The song was covered by Croatian pop singer Darko Domijan as "Sedam suza" in 1982.[22]
  • The Swedish dansband Jigs recorded a Swedish version of the song in 1982, named "Hundra tårar".[23]
  • Croatian singer Maja Blagdan also covered the song as "Sedam suza" in 1997.[24]

References

[edit]
  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 10 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears (Extended Dance Mix) (Vinyl) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  7. ^ "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. ^ "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. ^ "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" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  16. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1982". Ultratop. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1982". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1982". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  19. ^ "British single certifications – Goombay Dance Band – Seven Tears". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  20. ^ "Severine – Sieben Tränen muß ein Mädchen weinen, sieben Tränen auf dem Weg zur Frau Lyrics". www.golyr.de (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  21. ^ "Songtext von Arne Jansen - Zeven brieven Lyrics". www.songtexte.com (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  22. ^ "Darko Domijan - Put U Raj (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  23. ^ "Jigs - Hundra tårar Lyrics". Musixmatch. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  24. ^ "Maja Blagdan - Ljubavi Moja Jedina at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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