- 7 and 7 Is
Infobox Single
Name = 7 and 7 Is
Artist = Love
from Album = Da Capo
B-side = "No. Fourteen"
Released = July, 1966
Recorded = June 20, 1966Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood CA
Format = 7" 45 RPM
Genre =Proto-punk ,Hard rock
Length = 2:15
Label = Elektra
Writer = Arthur Lee
Producer =Jac Holzman "7 and 7 Is" is a song from the band Love, written by Arthur Lee and recorded on June 20,1966 at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood.
It was produced by
Jac Holzman and engineered byBruce Botnick . The song took a great deal of work to record with Love's drummer, Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer, being unable to cope with its frantic demands after 30 takes or so and being replaced on drums by Arthur Lee himself. The song climaxes in an apocalyptic explosion - the supposed sound of an atom bomb - before a peaceful conclusion.The song was inspired from Arthur Lee's high school sweetheart, who - as Arthur Lee himself - was born on the 7th of March. It also describes Lee's frustration at teenage life - the reference to "in my lonely room I'd sit, my mind in an ice cream cone" being to wearing (in reality or metaphorically) a
dunce's cap .The song was released as the A-side of Elektra single 45605 (c/w "No. Fourteen", the 'answer' to the half-sentence formed by the A-side) in July, 1966 and made the
Billboard Pop Singles on July 30, 1966, peaking at number thirty-three in a ten week stay and becoming the bands only hit single.Described as "proto-punk", it was later covered by numerous bands, most notably the
Ramones ,Alice Cooper , and Rush, as well as a re-recording by Lee himself.Trivia
Members of the band
The 77s have used the name 7&7iS, derived from 7 and 7 Is, for various releases.The song was also used for the film,
Bottle Rocket handpicked by directorWes Anderson and music composerMark Mothersbaugh .
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