"Seven Years in Tibet" is a song written by English musician David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels from the 1997 album, Earthling.

[2] Bowie recorded a version of the song sung in Mandarin Chinese, with lyrics translated by Lin Xi and released with the name "A Fleeting Moment" in some territories.

[4] A reviewer from Music Week rated the song three out of five, writing, "This roaring, industrialised grunger, already a mandarin-language number one in Hong Kong, sounds like an out-take from the Scary Monster years.

"[5] The magazine's Alan Jones commented, "Having donated Planet Of Dreams to the Long Live Tibet album project, David Bowie continues to promote the cause of the Himalayan nation currently under the rule of China with his new single (...).

A dense and fairly dark piece of brooding intensity, it takes no musical references from its lyrical inspiration and explodes occasionally with metallic guitars akimbo before stumping back into sulky periods.