SEVEN
First released 1992
Seven was originally titled Blow Me Away, but Tim felt worried that American religious fanatics objecting to the references to God in the lyrics might take him too literally, so the track became Seven.
It was re-recorded for the single release in July 1992, the Monday after the Alton Towers show. Despite the live Radio 1 broadcast of the Alton Towers show, Seven was the first Fontana/Mercury release to fail to hit the Top 40, peaking at number 46.
WHERE TO GET
Single Version : Seven 7" (JIM 12), CASS (JIMC 12), CDS (JIMCD 12), CDS promo (JICDJ 12)
Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles (1 disc version)
Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles (2 disc version)
Album Version : Seven US promo CDS (CDP782)
Album Version : Seven LP (510 932-1), CAS (510 932-4), CD (510 932-2)
Album Version : Seven reissue CD (548-786-2)
Album Version : The Best Of CAS (536 898-2), CD (536 898-4), 2CD (558 173-2)
Album Version : James - The Collection CD (9824088)
Album Version : Take 7 Canadian promo (PCD 197)
Album Version : The Gathering Sound boxset USB stick
Live Version (Warrington 20.12.91) : Setlist EP US promo (SACD 561)
Live Version : Seven The Live Video (083 804-3)
LYRICS
Blow me away
Was that love you declared
Only a word
Love can mean anything
Understand the world we're living in
Oceans apart
What's that view from your wave
Beautiful craft
Weather in change
Understand the world we're living in
Love can mean anything
God made love to me
Soothed away my gravity
Made me a pair of angel's wings
Clear vision and some magic things
God is love to me
Thank you for those things
Understand the world we're living in
Love can mean anything
Darling, I'm open
Unguarded, I'm broken
Now we've done our time
We can drift away
Like a heavy cloud
With the weight of rain
Understand the world we're living in
Love can mean anything
Understand the world we're living in
Love can change anything