"Seven" is a song written by

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and

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for the album '' Hours'' in 1999. As with some of the other songs from ''Hours'' it was originally written for the computer game '' Omikron: The Nomad Soul'' from 1999. In July 2000, it was released as the fourth single from the album. The version used in the ''Omikron: The Nomad Soul'' was called "demo version" on the single releases.

Track listing

UK version 1

# "Seven" (

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mix) – 4:12 # "Seven" (

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mix) – 3:44 # "Seven" (Original demo) – 4:05

UK version 2

# "Seven" (album version) – 4:27 # "

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" (

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version) – 5:30 This version also included the music video of "I'm Afraid of Americans".

UK version 3

# "Seven" (live) # "

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" (live) All tracks was recorded at Kit Kat Klub, New York City, 19 November 1999.

International version 1

# "Seven" (

mix) – 4:12 # "Seven" (

mix) – 3:44 # "Seven" (live) # "Seven" (original demo) – 4:05 # "Seven" (album version) – 4:04 This version also included the music video of "I'm Afraid of Americans".

International version 2

# "Seven" (

mix) – 4:12 # "Seven" (

mix) – 3:44

Promo version

# "Seven" (

mix) – 4:12 # "Seven" (

mix) – 3:44 # "Seven" (original demo) – 4:05 # "Seven" (album version) – 4:04

Personnel

– vocals, acoustic guitar *

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– synthesizers, bass guitar *

– electric guitar *

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– drums

Charts

Live versions

* A live version recorded in Paris in October 1999 was released on the single "

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" in January 2000. * Another version recorded at Kit Kat Klub, New York City, 19 November 1999 was released as a single in the UK. * Bowie performed the song live at the BBC Radio Theatre in London, 27 June 2000, and a recording of this performance was included on the bonus disc that accompanied the initial release of ''

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'' in 2000.

Other releases

* The "Demo version", "Marius De Vries mix", and two different

remixes were released on the bonus disc that followed the 2004 reissue of ''Hours''—with the "Marius De Vries mix" also included as part of the ''

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'' compilation.

Notes

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