7-Rooms of Gloom

Infobox Single
Name = 7-Rooms of Gloom
Artist = Four Tops
from Album = Reach Out
Released = May 2, 1967
Format = 7" single
B-side = "I'll Turn To Stone"
Recorded = Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1967
Genre = Soul/pop
Length = 2:46
Label = Motown
M 1110
Writer = Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer = Brian Holland
Lamont Dozier
Reviews =
Last single = "Bernadette"
(1967)
This single = "7-Rooms of Gloom"
(1967)
Next single = "You Keep Running Away"
(1967)

"7-Rooms of Gloom" is a 1967 hit song recorded by The Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, the song is notable for matching lead singer Levi Stubbs' lamentations of heartache with a dramatic, Gothic-inspired musical arrangement. "7-Rooms of Gloom" reached number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100, and has since been covered by a number of artists, including the band Blondie.

Credits

* Lead vocals by Levi Stubbs
* Background Vocals by Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton, and The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps
* Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
* Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr.
* Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier