The song stayed there for four non-consecutive weeks, being held off of the top spot by Rihanna and Drake's " Work" and Desiigner's " Panda". The song peaked at number two on the chart dated 9 April 2016, and became the highest-charting Danish act since " Apache" (1961) by Jørgen Ingmann. It became Lukas Graham's first single on the Hot 100. However, Time magazine named "7 Years" one of the Top 10 Worst Songs of 2016, saying, "Good luck explaining the meteoric popularity of this (yes, catchy) chewy contemporary pop-rock ballad, which makes a listener yearn for the artistic integrity of a band like Maroon 5." Chart performance įor the issue dated 6 February 2016, "7 Years" debuted at number 96 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Graham finds his own path between sweet sentimentality and heartbreaking empathy, and like a young McCartney, Graham also has a similar instinctive ability to craft superglue-sticking choruses." Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten critic Anders Houmøller Thomsen compared the song to the Beatles' " When I'm Sixty-Four": " '7 Years' bubbles with ignited storytelling about life's fast speed, when the daydreams of childhood and youth suddenly becomes replaced by retirement-melancholia. "7 Years" received mixed reviews from critics. It is accompanied by a mid-tempo piano line, a percussion backbeat, slideshow projector incorporations, and a synthesized string section. "7 Years" is a soul-pop song with hip hop influences, written in the key of G minor with a chord progression of Gm-Bb-Eb-F. I wouldn't have written '7 Years', which got us signed to a publisher in America and ultimately signed to Warner Bros." Composition Regarding the band's prior failure to break into the international market, Forchhammer stated, "It's like my father died at exactly the right moment – and I know that's something I shouldn't say, but I just did! If my dad hadn't died in 2012 I wouldn't have written our song 'Happy Home', which catapulted us into a Scandinavian success story. My biggest dream is not to be some negative old dude, but to have my kids' friends say, 'You're going to visit your dad? Say hi! He's awesome.' I had a perfect father." I'm also coming to a realisation that being a father is the most important thing. He continued: "It's a song about growing older. Background įrontman Lukas Forchhammer described "7 Years" as a song that summarises his life so far and what he hopes to achieve in the future. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), "7 Years" was the seventh best-selling song of 2016 worldwide with 10.4 million digital downloads and track-equivalent streams. On 12 February 2017, "7 Years" was nominated for three Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. The song was mixed by Delbert Bowers and Morten Pilegaard. The song was produced by Stefan Forrest and Morten Ristorp under their stage name Future Animals, and Pilegaard. The song was written by Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Ristorp, and Morten "Pilo" Pilegaard. Outside Denmark, the singles topped the charts in Australia, Austria, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, while peaking within the top ten of the charts in many other European countries and the United States. It has since garnered over 1 billion views on YouTube.ĭespite receiving mixed reviews from music critics, "7 Years" topped the Danish Singles Chart. The lyric video was uploaded to YouTube on 17 November 2015, and the music video was uploaded on 15 December 2015. The song was released as a digital download on 18 September 2015 by Copenhagen Records. His family said the father of nine children would risk his life to put others before himself." 7 Years" is a song by Danish soul-pop band Lukas Graham from their second studio album, Lukas Graham. They called 911 for the second time, and Stansell later died. His son John, who was in the car with him, said the trauma of seeing the teen in the street got to him. Stansell's family said he had a heart attack about one hour after witnessing the scene. When emergency crews arrived, they rushed the boy to the hospital where he later died. The wife of 56-year-old Douglas Stansell called WCPO early Monday morning and said that her husband swerved to avoid the boy lying in the road before stopping to call the police. The vehicle is believed to be the car used to hit 15-year-old Eli Jones in Anderson Township early Monday morning, the sheriff's office said.Īccording to police, Jones was likely hit by a vehicle in the 8400 block of Clough Road in the westbound lane around 1 a.m. Hamilton County Sheriff's Office The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is looking for the vehicle with this front right wheel well liner.
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