Larry Flick from Billboard felt that it is "unique and thoroughly pleasing", noting that "haunting tune is padded with cushiony synths and a richly soulful bass line.
Peter Stepek from AllMusic called it a "vaguely menacing duet". It was awarded with a gold record in Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.Ī reviewer from Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet described the song as a "floating airy and heavenly beautiful synth ballad". On the Eurochart Hot 100, the song reached number two. It stayed at number one for 16 consecutive weeks on the French Singles Chart, which was the record for the most weeks at the top position at the time. It climbed to the top position in Finland, France, Iceland, Italy and Switzerland. "7 Seconds" was a worldwide hit, peaking within the top 10 of the charts in several countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands (number two), Sweden, Paraguay and the United Kingdom. But that is a dream when you write a song." Chart performance The tune grew on its own, completely out of proportion. Shocked by the single's enormous commercial success, she told The Independent in an interview, "We did it as an experiment. The title and refrain of the song refers to the first moments of a child's life as Cherry put it, "not knowing about the problems and violence in our world". It also appeared on N'Dour's 1994 album The Guide (Wommat), released shortly after the single.
The English chorus was actually recorded by another singer as Youssou was ill during the production of the song. The song is trilingual as N'Dour sings in three languages: French, English and the West African language Wolof. It was included on Neneh Cherry's album Man (1996). Recording Īll instruments on the single were produced and arranged by Swedish music producer Christian Falk, who also played bass on the track. NME magazine ranked it number 40 in their list of the 50 best songs of 1994. "7 Seconds" also won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song of 1994. It was released in 1994 as a single performed by N'Dour and Cherry, and achieved success, reaching the number-one position in numerous countries in France, it stayed at number one for 16 weeks, a record at the time. " 7 Seconds" is a song composed by Youssou N'Dour, Neneh Cherry, Cameron McVey, and Jonathan Sharp. Single by Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry For other uses, see 7 Seconds (disambiguation). This article is about the song called "7 Seconds".
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