"Seven Days and One Week" is a song by Italian-French

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act

B.B.E. B.B.E. was a French-based trance music act, originally composed of Italian record producers Bruno Sanchioni and Bruno Quartier, and French producer Emmanuel Top. Musical career "Seven Days and One Week" (1996) was a top ten hit in more than te ...

It was released in July 1996 as the lead single from their debut album, ''Games'' (1996). 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

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. On the

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, it also peaked at number three.

Critical reception

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from ''

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s ''RM'' Dance Update rated the song five out of five, declaring it an "obvious dreamhouse successor" to

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' "

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". He added, "With its 'Shinny/Elevator' pace, jolting stabs, rapid rolls and tinkly piano,

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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 neat you soon."

Music video

The accompanying

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for "Seven Days and One Week" was directed by German music video and film director

Martin Weisz Martin Weisz (born March 27, 1966), is a German music video and film director. He has directed over 350 videos and worked with artists such as Nickelback, Brandy, Puff Daddy, and LL Cool J. He has also directed numerous commercials. Martin Wei ...

Impact and legacy

In 2014, Jeffrey Sutorius from Dutch

group

Dash Berlin Dash Berlin is a Dutch electronic music duo started in 2007 in The Hague by Eelke Kalberg and Sebastiaan Molijn. Dash Berlin were voted the seventh most popular DJs in the world according to ''DJ Mag'' in 2012; Kalberg and Molijn were record pro ...

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 Otto Yliperttula (born October 8, 1986), known professionally by his stage name, Yotto, is a Finnish DJ, songwriter, and record producer. Currently residing in Helsinki, Finland, Yotto is signed to an English deep house Label, Anjunadeep. Yot ...

Extended Mix) - 7:59

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Other

*The short-puzzle game Block Manouveres has this track (Tune 4, tutorial music).

References

1996 singles 1996 songs Trance songs Number-one singles in Spain Music videos directed by Martin Weisz {{1990s-single-stub