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Song · Prince
“7” by Prince
From the album [Love Symbol] (1992)
“7” by Prince appears on 7 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2018 and 2025. It was first released in 1992 on the album [Love Symbol]. Its best result is #40 on The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,966 indie & aaa song of all time and #61 of the '90s.
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"7" is the mystical centrepiece of Prince and the New Power Generation's 1992 Love Symbol album, issued as a single that November on Paisley Park. Built around a sample of Lowell Fulson's "Tramp" (hence the credit for Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin), it sounds like nothing else on the radio: an acoustic, Middle Eastern-tinged groove, heavy drums and bass, finger cymbals and handclaps, and Prince stacking his own voice into a near-operatic choir.
Prince handles the synth, bass, acoustic guitar and percussion himself. The words are riddles of reincarnation, apocalypse and faith, and nobody has quite settled what the seven stands for: sins, Gnostic rulers or the names of God. It became the album's biggest American single, and its video picked up a nomination at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 68 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2021 | 667 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 293 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2023 | 473 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 40 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 448 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2025 | 86 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
| 2025 | 726 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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