Cha Cha (album)

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Cha Cha
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Live album by
Released1978 (1978)
RecordedRelight Cafe, the Pinge à Linge, the Pedo Ville & the Too Far Gone Discotheque
Genre Rock and roll, blues
Label Ariola
Producer Herman Brood & His Wild Romance
Herman Brood & His Wild Romance chronology
Shpritsz
(1978)
Cha Cha
(1978)
Herman Brood & His Wild Romance
(1979)
Singles from Cha Cha
  1. "Still Believe"
    Released: 1978

Cha Cha is the first live album by Dutch rock and roll and blues group Herman Brood & His Wild Romance. The album produced one single, "Still Believe." On the Dutch album chart, the album reached #2 on 13 January 1979, and stayed on the chart for 18 weeks. [1] The album was certified gold in 1979. [2]

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Cha Cha is also the name of a movie filmed in 1979 with Herman Brood, Nina Hagen, and Lene Lovich, whose soundtrack was released separately on LP, also called Cha Cha . In the movie, he marries Nina Hagen; in reality they had a brief affair.

Cha Cha was re-released on CD in 1991 by Sony BMG/Ariola.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Herman Brood; except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hit"Brood, Pé Hawinkels, Dany Lademacher 1:34
2."Too Slow"Brood, Dany Lademacher2:27
3."Street" 2:10
4."Still Believe"Bertus Borgers, Paul Smeenk3:10
5."True Fine Mama" Richard Penniman 1:50
6."Rock & Roll Junkie" 2:30
7."One More Dose"Brood, Hugo Sinzheimer3:40
8."Speedo" The Cadillacs 0:30
9."Dope Sucks"Brood, Dany Lademacher2:40
10."City" Mose Allison 3:40
11."Blue" 3:22
12."Can't Stand It" Lou Reed 2:08
13."Phony" 3:20
14."Pop" 3:40

Singles

The single "Still Believe" (with "Jilted" on the B-side) reached #15 in the Dutch Top 50 on 30 December 1978, and stayed on the chart for ten weeks. [3] The single draws interest in Germany and France also. [1]

Personnel

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References

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  3. "Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - Saturday Night". GfK - Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2009-04-09.