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"Seven Tears"
Song
B-side"Mama Coco"

"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 three weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart,[1] being only the second time a German act had topped the UK chart, six weeks after Kraftwerk had achieved that feat with "The Model".[2]

Track listings

7" vinyl single
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
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) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 15
Chart (1982) Peak
position
Dutch GfK chart[4] 7
Dutch Top 40[5] 4
Irish Singles Chart[6] 1
UK Singles Chart[1] 1
Preceded by UK number one single
21 March 1982 - 10 April 1982 		Succeeded by

Cover versions

  • "Seven Tears" was covered by the Croatian pop singers Darko Domijan and Maja Blagdan.
  • The French singer Séverine recorded a German version in 1981 named "Sieben Tränen".
  • The Dutch singer, Arne Jansen, recorded a Dutch version, named "Zeven brieven".

References

  1. ^ a b "Chart Stats - Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears". Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  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 - austriancharts.at (in German)". Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  4. ^ "dutchcharts.nl - Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears (in Dutch)". Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40, week 25, 1982 (in Dutch)". Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  6. ^ "irishcharts.ie search results". Retrieved 14 June 2009.
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