Seven Year Ache (song)
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| "Seven Year Ache" | ||||
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| Single by Rosanne Cash | ||||
| from the album Seven Year Ache | ||||
| B-side | "Blue Moon with Heartache" "Rainin'" (international) | |||
| Released | February 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Country pop[1] | |||
| Length | 3:15 | |||
| Label | Columbia Ariola (international) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rosanne Cash | |||
| Producer(s) | Rodney Crowell | |||
| Rosanne Cash singles chronology | ||||
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"Seven Year Ache" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Rosanne Cash. It was released in February 1981 as the first single and title track from Cash's album of the same name. The song was Cash's first of ten No. 1 hits on the US Country charts and also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 and adult contemporary charts.
In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at #73 on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking.[2]
Commercial performance
"Seven Year Ache" was Cash's fourth single and her first single released in 1981. Considered her breakthrough recording, the song was Cash's first No. 1 on the Billboard Country Chart, while also crossing over to the Billboard Pop Chart, reaching No. 22. It was also a Top 10 Adult contemporary hit, cresting at No. 6.
The single was issued on Cash's second studio album, Seven Year Ache that year, which also produced the No. 1 hits "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" and "Blue Moon with Heartache."[3]