3's & 7's

Infobox Single
Name =3's & 7's


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Caption =
Artist =Queens of the Stone Age
from Album =Era Vulgaris
A-side =
B-side =
Released =June 4, 2007
Format = CD, 7" vinyl
Recorded =
Genre =Hard rock
Length = 3:34
Label =Interscope
Writer = Joey Castillo
Josh Homme
Troy Van Leeuwen
Producer =Chris Goss and Josh Homme
Reviews =*Drowned In Sound rating-10|7 [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/10211 link]
Certification =
Last single = "Sick, Sick, Sick" (2007)
This single = "3's & 7's" (2007)
Next single = "Make It wit Chu" (2007)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternative cover
Type = studio


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Lower caption = Cover of the limited edition Vinyl release "3's & 7's" is the second single by Queens of the Stone Age from their 2007 album "Era Vulgaris". It was released on June 4, 2007 and followed the digital download-only "Sick, Sick, Sick". [ [http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/uncut/news/9737 "QOTSA unveil new album artwork", Uncut.com] ] The single has debuted at number one on the United Kingdom rock chart [cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/rocksingles.shtml | title = Top 40 Rock Singles : 10.06.2007 | publisher = BBC.co.uk | date = 2007-06-10 | accessdate = 2007-06-11] and at number nineteen on the official UK top 40 singles chart. [cite web | url = http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=33185 | title = Queens of the Stone Age - 3's & 7's - chart trajectory | publisher = Chart Stats | accessdate = 2007-06-11]

"3's & 7's" is featured in "Madden 08" and was the very first song announced in music video game "" as a rerecorded track specifically for the game. It gained further widespread and attention by being featured in a downloadable song pack for the music video game "Rock Band", along with "Sick, Sick, Sick" and "Little Sister. The song also made a brief appearance at the beginning of the second episode of the CW series "Reaper".

Track listings

CD

# "3's & 7's" – 3:34
# "Christian Brothers" – 4:25 (Elliott Smith cover)

7" - 1

:A: "3's & 7's" – 3:34 :B1: "Sick, Sick, Sick" – 3:34 :B2: "I'm Designer - Remix" – 3:49

7" - 2

:A: "3's & 7's" – 3:34 :B1: "Sick, Sick, Sick" – 3:34 :B2: "Goin' Out West" – 3:26 (Tom Waits cover)

Other versions

There are two other versions of this song.
# "3's & 7's" - 3:37 (Pre-Version)
# "3's & 7's" - 3:17 (Radio Edit)

Music video

A video for the song was shot in Joshua Tree and directed by Paul Minor, whose previous music promo work included "Starlight" by Muse. After a number of images were placed on photo-sharing website Flickr, the video in its entirety was added to iFilm on September 26, 2007, a full three months after the single's European release. The video itself is a trailer for a fake movie entitled "3's & 7's" and is shot in a similar style to the exploitation films of the 60's and the recent Death Proof by Quentin Tarantino.

Charts

References