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Youssou N'Dour
7 Seconds: The Best Of
Compil. 2004 on Columbia label
Pop, Folk, World and
Back cover: © 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. / ℗ 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (France) SA (3, 7, 9, 15), 1992 (1, 5, 8, 12, 16), 1994 (2, 4, 6, 11), 1996 (10), 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (13, 14) / "Columbia" is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment Inc. "Legacy" and [legacy logo] are trademarks of Sony Music Entertainment Inc. / Distribution Sony Music. CD: © 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. / ℗ 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (France) SA, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. / "Columbia" is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment Inc. [Columbia logo] "Legacy" and [legacy logo] are trademarks of Sony Music Entertainment Inc. / Made in Austria Track 1: © 1992 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights in the US and Canada controlled and administrated by EMI Virgin Music Inc (ASCAP). From Eyes Open (40 Acres & A Mule Musicworks/Columbia), rel. 1992 ℗ 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Recorded by Michel Sauvage at Xippi Studio, Dakar; October 1991. Mixed by Michel Sauvage at Platinum Island Studio, New York; November 1991 Track 2: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France/Taktic Music. All rights in the US and Canada for EMI Virgin Music Publishing France controlled and administrated by EMI Virgin Music Inc (ASCAP). From The Guide (Wommat) (Chaos/Columbia), rel. 1994 ℗ 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Recorded by Phillippe Brun at Xippi Studio, Dakar; September & October 1993 Mixed by Phillippe Brun at Xippi Studio, Dakar; December 1993 Track 3: © 2000 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights in the US and Canada for EMI Virgin Music Publishing France controlled and administrated by EMI Virgin Music Inc. (ASCAP). All rights in the US and Canada for EMI Music Publishing Ltd. controlled and administrated by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) From JOKO (From Village To Town) (Columbia/France), rel. 2000 ℗ 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (France) S.A. Recorded & Mixed at Studio Xippi, Dakar Track 4: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France, EMI Virgin Music Ltd. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights in the US and Canada for EMI Virgin Music Publishing France controlled and administrated by EMI Virgin Music Inc (ASCAP). All rights in the US and Canada for EMI Virgin Music Ltd controlled and administrated by EMI Virgin Music Inc (ASCAP) and EMI Virgin Songs Inc (BMI). All rights in the US and Canada for EMI Music Publishing Ltd. controlled and administrated by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) From The Guide (Wommat) (Chaos/Columbia), rel. 1994 ℗ 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Recorded at Power Play Studio, New York; February 1993 Mixed by Booga Bear at Metropolis Studios, London Track 5: © 1992 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France/Taktic Music. All rights in the US and Canada obo EMI Virgin Music Publishing France controlled and administrated by EMI Virgin Music Inc. (ASCAP) From Eyes Open (40 Acres & A Mule Musicworks/Columbia), rel. 1992 ℗ 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Same recording date as Track #1 Track 6: © 1994 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France. All rights in the US and Canada controlled and administrated by EMI Virgin Music Inc (ASCAP). From The Guide (Wommat) (Chaos/Columbia), rel. 1994 ℗ 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Same recording date as Track #2 Track 7: © 2000 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France and EMI Music Publishing Ltd./Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK Ltd./P.O. Ngom Publishing Designee. All rights in the US and Canada for EMI Virgin Music Publishing France controlled and administrated by EMI Virgin Music Inc. (ASCAP). All rights in the US and Canada for EMI Music Publishing Ltd. controlled and administrated by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI). All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK Ltd. administrated by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. From JOKO (From Village To Town) (Columbia/France), rel. 2000 ℗ 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (France) S.A. Recorded & Mixed at Studio Xippi, Dakar Track 8: © 1992 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France/Taktic Music. All rights in the US and Canada obo EMI Virgin Music Publishing France controlled and administrated by EMI Virgin Music Inc. (ASCAP). From Eyes Open (40 Acres & A Mule Musicworks/Columbia), rel. 1992 ℗ 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Same recording date as Track #1 Track 9: From JOKO (From Village To Town) (Columbia/France 489718), rel. 2000 Also from JOKO (The Link) (Nonesuch), rel. 2001 ℗ 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Frane) S.A. Recorded at Studio Xippi,Dakar Mixed by Brian Tench at Soul II Soul Studio, London Track 10: Rec. 1996 from the Sony/Japan CD single Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, rel. 1996 ℗ 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Track 11: From The Guide (Wommat) (Chaos/Columbia), rel. 1994 ℗ 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Same recording date as Track #2 Track 12: From Eyes Open (40 Acres & A Mule Musicworks/Columbia), rel. 1992 ℗ 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Same recording date as Track #1 Track 13: Rec. 8/3/94 Recorded live for the Columbia Records Radio Hour. ℗ 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Track 14: Rec. 8/3/94 Recorded live for the Columbia Records Radio Hour. ℗ 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Track 15: From JOKO (From Village To Town) (Columbia/France), rel. 2000 ℗ 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Frane) S.A. Recorded & Mixed at Sony Music Studios, New York Track 16: © 1992 EMI Virgin Music Publishing France/Taktic Music. All rights in the US and Canada for EMI Virgin Music Publishing France controlled and administrated by EMI Virgin Music Inc. (ASCAP). From Eyes Open (40 Acres & A Mule Musicworks/Columbia), rel. 1992 ℗ 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Same recording date as Track #1 Mastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio at Sony Music Studios, New York Tracks 3, 7, 10 and 15 were previously unreleased in the U.S. Tracks 13 and 14 were previously unreleased. Packaged in jewel case (with Sony Music on the back). Includes 12-page booklet with lyrics (except for tracks 10 to 15) and notes (about tracks 1, 5 and about Youssou N'Dour).
Musicians
 | Youssou N'Dour voc, bvoc, *1959 SN album by, lead vocals, backing vocals, leader, bandleader, written by |
 | Andrew Eccles , photography by, all other photography, sony music archives |
 | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar , performer on track |
 | Thierno Koite as, ts, SN alto saxophone, soprano saxophone |
 | Habib Faye key, b, 1965-2018 SN bass guitar, keyboards, written by, percussion, senegalese percussion, arranged by |
| Fallilou Niang , drums |
| Ibrahima Cissé , keyboards |
 | Jean-Philippe Rykiel key, *1961 FR keyboards, keyboards, drum programming, written by, keyboards, arranged by |
 | Mamadou Mbaye g, lead guitar |
 | Babacar Faye perc, djm, bvoc, djembe, backing vocals, percussion, senegalese percussion (sabar, djembe & others) |
 | Papa Omar Ngom g, acg, eg, rhythm guitar, written by |
 | Assane Thiam perc, talking drum, senegalese talking drum (tama) |
 | Charlie Lagond fl, ts, cl, tenor saxophone |
 | Issa Cissoko ts, SN tenor saxophone |
 | Lee Robertson tb, trombone |
 | Ken Fradley tr, trumpet |
 | Mathew Russel sax, conductor, horn direction |
 | Brad Wheeler sax, saxophone |
 | Glenn Ferris tb, *1950 US trombone |
 | Jacques Bolognesi tb, *1947 FR trombone |
 | Ron Meza tr, trumpet |
 | Andy Shafte , programmed by |
 | Sacha Skarbek , GB keyboards, violin, soloist, violin solos |
 | Mark Roberts perc, dr, percussion, additional percussion |
 | Neneh Cherry voc, *1964 SE vocals, written by |
| Billy Congoma & The Sandial Assiko Band , percussion, additional percussion |
| Sing-Sing Rythms , percussion |
 | Branford Marsalis ss, ts, sax, *1960 US saxophone |
 | Kevin Armstrong voc, g, *1958 GB guitar |
 | Jimi Mbaye acg, eg, voc, key, arranged by, guitar, arranged by |
| Mac Fallows , keyboards |
 | Jerry Wonder , programmed by |
| Abdoulaye Diouf , vocals, spoken passage (in serrar) by |
Producers
| Darren Salmieri coordinator, a&r coordination, a&r, a&r coordination |
| Steve Berkowitz a&r, legacy a&r |
| Roxanne Slimak art direction, design |
| Jerry Rappaport compilation producer |
| Kristopher Spencer liner notes |
| Youssou N'Dour liner notes, producer, original recording produced by |
| Joseph M. Palmaccio mastered by |
| Retna photography by, photography: pages 3 & 11 |
| Stills photography by, photography: pages 3 & 11 |
| Booga Bear producer, original recording produced by, mixed by, recorded by |
| Jonny Dollar producer, original recording produced by, recorded by |
| Mac Fallows producer, original recording produced by |
| Wyclef Jean producer, original recording produced by, backing vocals |
| Mark Unterberger product manager, packaging manager |
| Stephan Moore product manager, project director |
| Ousseynou Ndiaye backing vocals |
| Habib Faye co-producer |
| Jean-Philippe Rykiel co-producer |
| Axel Niehaus engineer, assistant engineer |
| Mamadou N'Dour engineer, assistant engineers |
| N'Diaga N'Dour engineer, assistant engineers, recorded by |
| Lisa Jackson executive-producer |
| Spike Lee executive-producer, executive producer |
| Thomas Rome executive-producer |
| Michel Sauvage mixed by, producer, associate producer, recorded by |
| Mark Richardson technician, chief technician |
| Ousseynou Ndoye technician, technical assistant |
| Verna Gillis executive-producer |
| Philippe Brun mixed by, recorded by, recorded by, mixed by |
| Abdou Kaba engineer, assistant engineers |
| Segui Niang engineer, assistant engineers |
| Spencer May engineer, assistant engineer |
| Vinia Mojica backing vocals |
| Victoria Chidid backing vocals |
| Amadou Doukoure co-producer |
| Chris Theis recorded by, mixed by |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | New Africa | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | Habib Faye, Youssou N'Dour | 3:43 |
| 2 | | Undecided (Japoulo) | Youssou N'Dour | Habib Faye, Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Youssou N'Dour | 5:21 |
| 3 | | Mouvement (Dunya) | Youssou N'Dour | Jonathan Sharp, Youssou N'Dour | 4:27 |
| 4 | | 7 Seconds | Youssou N'Dour | Cameron McVey, Jonathan Sharp, Neneh Cherry, Youssou N'Dour | 5:06 |
| 5 | | Yo Le Le (Fulani Groove) | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | Habib Faye, Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Youssou N'Dour | 6:24 |
| 6 | | Without A Smile | Youssou N'Dour | Youssou N'Dour | 4:10 |
| 7 | | Please Wait | Youssou N'Dour | Jonathan Sharp, Papa Omar Ngom, Simon Richmond, Steve Hopwood, Youssou N'Dour | 2:38 |
| 8 | | Country Boy | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | B. N. Ndiaye, Habib Faye, Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Michel Sauvage, Youssou N'Dour | 4:01 |
| 9 | | Birima | Youssou N'Dour | Ndeye Mbaye Djinema, Youssou N'Dour | 3:45 |
| 10 | | Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | Youssou N'Dour | Lennon-McCartney | 2:53 |
| 11 | | Old Man | Youssou N'Dour | Habib Faye, Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Youssou N'Dour | 6:27 |
| 12 | | No More | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | Habib Faye, Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Lamine Faye, Thomas Rome, Youssou N'Dour | 4:12 |
| 13 | | Set (Live) | Youssou N'Dour | Habib Faye, Youssou N'Dour | 5:28 |
| 14 | | Oh Boy (Live) | Youssou N'Dour | Youssou N'Dour | 6:26 |
| 15 | | Don't Look Back | Youssou N'Dour | Ronald White, Smokey Robinson | 3:32 |
| 16 | Things Unspoken | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | B. Ndiaye, Habib Faye, Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Youssou N'Dour | 7:01 |
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