- For the album containing the original soundtrack of Sonic and the Secret Rings, see Seven Rings In Hand: Sonic and the Secret Rings Original Sound Track.
"Seven Rings In Hand" is the main theme for Sonic and the Secret Rings, and is played during the final battle with Alf Layla wa-Layla. It was composed by Kenichi Tokoi, written by Runblebee and performed by Steve Conte.
Legacy
"Seven Rings in Hand" has also appeared in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, in the Green Hill Zone stage, along with several other Sonic themes. It is also played during the credits after beating the Classic and All-Star modes with Sonic. It also appears in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as one of the tracks that can be played on Windy Hill.
Crush 40 produced a cover version of the song, which can be found as a bonus track in True Blue: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog and as a track in Sonic and the Black Knight.
Bentley Jones also composed a remix titled "Seven Rings in Hand ~Fairytales in Trance~" which was released on Face to Faith: Sonic and the Black Knight Vocal Trax. This version sounds more tailored to the ending credits than the boss music.
Lyrics
- Make beliefs reborn
- Myths in mind rethought
- Question all that's known
- Legends blurred and torn
- Make beliefs reborn (Make beliefs reborn)
- Myths in mind rethought (Myths in mind rethought)
- Question all that's known (Question all that's known)
- Legends blurred and torn (Legends blurred and torn) (Blurred and torn)
- No such thing as fate for those who speed
- A path out of time instead of just livin' it
- So many things erased before they begin
- Hopes un-dream instead of what could have been
- Fortune fades like words in the sand
- Just like that it's nothin' at all, just seams
- Nothin' at all, just seams
- Fortune shines with seven in hand
- Back to fact make real of all that seems
- Make real of all that seems
- Seven Rings in Hand speed through nights with feet in sand
- Seven Rings in Hand wonders all under command
- Seven Rings in Hand wild with just one single hand
- Seven Rings in Hand arrowed hearts catch fire now
- Make beliefs reborn (Make beliefs reborn)
- Myths in mind rethought (Myths in mind rethought)
- Question all that's known (Question all that's known)
- Legends blurred and torn
- No such thing as an arrow through who dreams
- Hopes may burden but forever last to give in
- So many things need a push or pull to begin
- Un-free to move unless another hand gets in
- Be it all the same, it's never the same
- Just like that it's nothin' it all just means
- Nothin' it all just means
- If all as is then it's never as is
- Back to fact make real of all that seems
- Make real of all that seems
- Seven Rings in Hand speed through nights with feet in sand
- Seven Rings in Hand wonders all under command
- Seven Rings in Hand wild with just one single hand
- Seven Rings in Hand arrowed hearts catch fire now
- Memories that dance (Memories that dance)
- Fairy tales in trance (Fairy tales in trance)
- Know what to believe (Know what to believe)
- Nothin's up to chance (Nothin's up to chance)
- Make beliefs reborn (Make beliefs reborn)
- Myths in mind rethought (Myths in mind rethought)
- Question all that's known (Question all that's known)
- Legends blurred and torn
- (Instrumental)
- Seven Rings in Hand speed through nights with feet in sand
- Seven Rings in Hand wonders all under command
- Seven Rings in Hand wild with just one single hand
- Seven Rings in Hand arrowed hearts catch fire now
- Seven Rings in Hand...
- Nights with feet in sand...
- Seven Rings in Hand...
- Seven Rings in Hand...
- Make beliefs reborn (Make beliefs reborn)
- Myths in mind rethought (Myths in mind rethought)
- Question all that's known (Question all that's known)
- Legends blurred and torn
- Seven seas in hand
- Speed of sound through sands
- All our hopes and plans
- In one single hand!
Connection to game
- Legends blurred and torn - The Arabian Nights' stories disappearing.
- No such thing as fate for those who speed - Sonic able to "beat the clock" with the Flame of Judgment in his chest.
- Just like that it's nothin' at all, just seams - With Erazor Djinn wiping out the tales of Arabian Nights, when he's finished—the book itself will contain nothing but empty pages and the binding keeping them together.
- Speed through nights with feet in sand - Sonic speeding through the Arabian nights to collect the Seven World Rings.
- Arrowed hearts catch fire now - Sonic getting the "Arrow of Judgement" embedded in his chest.
- Wild with just one single hand - Sonic collecting the World Rings that bind the very pages of the 1001 Arabian nights.
- Question all that's known - Sonic & Erazor going against everything the stories tell.
- Seven Seas in Hand - The Water Blue Ring that controls storms or Sinbad the Sailor exploring the Seven Seas.
- Un-free to move unless another hand gets in - Sonic is the only one who can touch the World Rings.
- Speed of sound through sands - Sonic speeding through the Arabian desert setting.
- Seven Rings in Hand wonders all under command - The seven World Rings binding the pages of the Arabian Nights.
- All our hopes and plans in one single hand - Sonic trying to prevent the Arabian Nights from disappearing.
Crush 40 version differences
- The first "Make beliefs reborn/Legends blurred and torn" is not repeated in the Crush 40 version.
- In the Crush 40 version, the voices never echo; instead, the last word of each line of the chorus is extended.
- There are several difference in the guitar part and the lyrics are sang rather differently also.