7 (Prince song)

"7"
Single by Prince and the New Power Generation
from the album Love Symbol Album
B-side	"7" (acoustic version)
Released	November 17, 1992
Recorded	September 1991-March 1992[1]
Studio	Paisley Park (Chanhassen, Minnesota)
Genre	Pop rock psychedelic pop,[2] funk
Length	5:09 (album version) 4:23 (7-inch edit)
Label	Paisley Park
Songwriter(s)	Prince Lowell Fulsom Jimmy McCracklin
Producer(s)	Prince
Prince and the New Power Generation singles chronology
"My Name Is Prince" (1992) "7" (1992) "Damn U" (1992)
Music video
"7" on YouTube

"7" is a song by American musicians Prince and the New Power Generation. It was released on November 17, 1992 as the third single from their Love Symbol Album. Featuring a sample of the 1967 Lowell Fulson song "Tramp", the track showcases a distinct Middle Eastern tone underscored by heavy drums and bass in an acoustic style, a Hindu reincarnation theme, and an opera-like chorus which features Prince's multi-tracked vocals. The ambiguous lyrics, which have religious and apocalyptic themes, can be interpreted in many ways, as the "7" mentioned in the chorus could be referring to the Seven Deadly Sins, the seven Archon of Gnosticism, or the seven names of God in the Old Testament. The song received positive reviews and became the most successful single from the album in the United States, also peaking within the top forty in many of its major international markets.