7 (Single):Prince

"7" is a song by Prince and The New Power Generation, from the 1992 Love Symbol Album.[1]  It features a sample of the 1967 Otis Redding and Carla Thomas duet, "Tramp".



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[hide]  *1 Music video  ==Music video[ edit] == The video was shot on February 27, 1992. It begins with Mayte whispering "imagine" in Prince's ear, in the position they are in on the single cover. A scene from 3 Chains o' Gold is shown as well. It features Mayte belly-dancing. The video set is pictured on the album cover, along with a still shot from the video. In the video, Prince symbolically "kills" incarnations of himself who are trapped inside glass chambers. There are little girls wearing yellow belly-dancing outfits almost identical to Mayte's. There are little boys wearing black outfits and eyebands identical to Prince's. This video is also notable for Mayte dancing with a sword on her head, which she would later do in live performances. ==Chart performance[ edit] == The most successful single from the album in the U.S., "7" was most successful on the Top 40 Pop/Mainstream charts, where it earned a #3 placement, and coincidentally the single peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. It performed respectably on the Rhythmic charts (#19). However, it was less popular with R&B/Hip Hop radio, stalling at #61. In the Canadian RPM charts the song peaked at #12.
 * 2 Chart performance
 * 3 Track listings
 * 4 Charts
 * 4.1 Peak positions
 * 4.2 End-of-year charts
 * 5 Cover versions
 * 6 References

The single performed well in the U.K., rising as high as #27, but falling short of the success of the previous two releases. ==Track listings[ edit] == ==Charts<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Cover versions<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 7" single / CD single
 * 1) "7" (LP version) – 5:13
 * 2) "7" (acoustic version) – 3:54
 * 12" single
 * 1) "7" (LP version) – 5:13
 * 2) "7" (acoustic version) – 3:54
 * 3) "7" (After 6 Long Version) – 5:15
 * 12" maxi-single / CD maxi-single
 * 1) "7" (LP version) – 5:13
 * 2) "7" (After 6 Edit) – 4:20
 * 3) "7" (After 6 Long Version) – 5:15
 * 4) "7" (acoustic version) – 3:54
 * 5) "7" (album edit) – 4:23
 * 6) "2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:01
 * US CD promo single<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[2]
 * 1) "7" (album edit) – 4:23
 * 2) "7" (After 6 Edit) – 4:20
 * 3) "7" (LP version) – 5:13
 * 4) "7" (acoustic version) – 3:54
 * 5) "7" (After 6 Long Version) – 5:15
 * 6) "7" (Mix 5 Long Version) – 4:56
 * 7) "7" (Mix 5 Edit) – 4:06
 * Norwegian artist Erlend Ropstad recorded a cover of the song for the 2008 tribute album Shockadelica - 50th Anniversary Tribute to the Artist Known as Prince.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[4]
 * A cappella group Sixteen Feet from Swarthmore College recorded an a cappella version of the song on the 1996 album Sasquatch.