"Seven Days and One Week" is a song by Italian-French electronic music act B.B.E. It was released in July 1996 by Triangle Records as the lead single from their debut album, Games (1998). As a representative of the short-lived dream house sound, the song became a top 10 hit worldwide, most notably reaching number-one in Spain, number two in Belgium, Finland, Ireland and Italy, and number three in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it also peaked at number three. The accompanying music video was directed by Martin Weisz.
Critical reception James Hyman from Music Weeks RM Dance Update gave the song a full score of five out of five, declaring it an "obvious dreamhouse successor" to Robert Miles' 'Children'. He added, "With its 'Shinny/Elevator' pace, jolting stabs, rapid rolls and tinkly piano, Emmanuel Top and the Italian Bruno duo, who are no strangers to this style ('Age of Love'), have created a trump (trouser) trancer. Previously top five in Germany and number one in Spain, expect to see this in a UK Top 10 chart near you soon."
Music video The music video for "Seven Days and One Week" was directed by German music video and film director Martin Weisz.
Impact and legacy In 1998, DJ Magazine ranked "Seven Days and One Week" number 63 in their list of "Top 100 Club Tunes". In 2014, Jeffrey Sutorius from Dutch electronic music group Dash Berlin ranked the song at number four in his list of "Dash Berlin's Top Five Trance Classics". He said:
Track listing CD maxi - Europe (1996) "Seven Days and One Week" (Radio Mix) - 4:30 "Seven Days and One Week" (Club Mix) - 8:20 "Hypnose" - 5:15
File, MP3 - UK (2018)'Seven Days And One Week (Yotto Remix) by B.B.E. at Discogs "Seven Days and One Week" (Yotto Extended Mix) - 7:59
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1996)PeakpositionDenmark (Tracklisten) 6Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 3Europe (European Dance Radio) 6Europe (European Hit Radio) 28Europe Border Breakers (Music & Media) 1France Airplay (SNEP) 18Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) 11Israel (Israeli Singles Chart) Search "Seven Days and One Week" for Israeli chart history. 12Italy (Musica e dischi) 2Spain (AFYVE) 1Sweden (Swedish Dance Chart) 3UK Airplay (Music Week) 21UK Pop Tip Club Chart (Music Week) 37
Year-end charts Chart (1996)PositionBelgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 34Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) 24Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 18Germany (Media Control) 18Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 64Netherlands (Single Top 100) 57Sweden (Topplistan) 49Sweden (Swedish Dance Chart) 15Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 43UK Singles (OCC) 55 Chart (1997)PositionCanada Dance/Urban (RPM) 24UK Club Chart (Music Week) 1
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