7 Seconds (song)

"7 Seconds"
Single by Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry
from the album The Guide (Wommat)
LanguageEnglish, French, Wolof
B-side"Mame Bamba"
Released7 June 1994 (1994-06-07)
StudioPower Play (New York)
Genre
Length5:07
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Youssou N'Dour singles chronology
"Shakin' the Tree"
(1989) 		"7 Seconds"
(1994) 		"So Many Men"
(2002)
Neneh Cherry singles chronology
"Buddy X"
(1993) 		"7 Seconds"
(1994) 		"Love Can Build a Bridge"
(1995)
Music video
"7 Seconds" on YouTube

"7 Seconds" is a song performed by Senegalese singer-songwriter Youssou N'Dour and Swedish singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry. Composed by the pair along with Cameron McVey and Jonathan Sharp, it achieved success upon release as a single on June 7, 1994 via Columbia Records, reaching the top 10 in numerous countries; in France, it stayed at number one for 16 weeks, a record at the time. N'Dour featured the song on his seventh album, The Guide (Wommat) (1994), while Cherry included it on her 1996 album Man. "7 Seconds" also won the MTV Europe Music Award in the category for Best Song of 1994.[2] Stéphane Sednaoui directed the music video for the song. NME magazine ranked "7 Seconds" number 40 in their list of the 50 best songs of 1994.[3]

  1. ^ Christian Falk. "Christian Falk", Sommar & Vinter i P1, 26 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. ^ Pride, Dominic (5 November 1994), "Brandenburg Gate Setting For First MTV Euro Awards", Billboard, vol. 106, no. 45, p. 10.
  3. ^ "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. Retrieved 4 May 2021.