Venus (Shocking Blue song)

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"Venus"
Shocking blue venus Dutch vinyl.png
One of artworks for the original Dutch single
Single by Shocking Blue
B-side "Hot Sand"
Released14 July 1969 (1969-07-14) (Netherlands) [1]
2 October 1969 (1969-10-02) (US) [2]
Studio Soundpush (Blaricum, Netherlands)
Genre
Length3:08
Label Pink Elephant
Songwriter(s) Robbie van Leeuwen [5]
Producer(s)
  • Robbie van Leeuwen
Shocking Blue singles chronology
"Lucy Brown Is Back in Town"
(1968)		"Venus"
(1969)		"Mighty Joe"
(1969)
Music video
"Venus" on YouTube

Certifications and sales

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RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [58] Gold35,000^
France—400,000 [59]
Germany—350,000 [19]
Italy—350,000 [60]
Japan—550,000 [61]
Spain—150,000 [62]
United States (RIAA) [17] Gold2,000,000 [63]
Summaries
Worldwide—5,000,000 [19]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Bananarama version

"Venus"
Banana v.jpg
Single by Bananarama
from the album True Confessions
B-side "White Train"
Released19 May 1986
RecordedDecember 1985
Studio Odyssey (London)
Genre
Length
  • 3:50 (album version)
  • 3:30 (single version)
  • 7:23 (extended version)
Label London
Songwriter(s) Robbie van Leeuwen
Producer(s) Stock Aitken Waterman
Bananarama singles chronology
"Do Not Disturb"
(1985)		"Venus"
(1986)		"More Than Physical"
(1986)
Music video
"Venus" on YouTube

Background

"Venus" had been a part of Bananarama's repertoire for several years before they actually recorded it. The group's three members, Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward, had the idea of turning the song into a dance tune, but they were met with resistance from their producers at the time, Steven Jolley and Tony Swain. The group brought the idea to the production trio of Stock Aitken Waterman, and it became Bananarama's first collaboration with them.

The group had nearly completed recording their third studio album, True Confessions , with Jolley & Swain. Stock, Aitken and Waterman also resisted the idea because they believed that "Venus" would not make a good dance record. After persistence by the group, SAW relented. The track was initially produced in an arrangement more faithful to the Shocking Blue original, but was reworked in hi-NRG style after Fahey suggested that their version should sound similar to Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)". [67]

The collaboration on "Venus" led Bananarama and SAW to work together on the group's follow-up album, Wow! , the following year. A new mix of the song appeared as the B-side to the 1989 limited release "Megarama '89" in Germany and France. Bananarama has since re-recorded "Venus" for their eighth album Exotica (2001). It was later remixed by Marc Almond, with re-recorded vocals and included on their ninth album Drama (2005).

Critical reception

Initial response

Jerry Smith of the Music Week magazine considered Bananarama's cover as a "lively version" of the original song, "catchy enough for minor success" but "lacking substance" with its SAW production. [68] Michael Pilgrim of Record Mirror was not enthusiastic, wondering why the Bananaramas needed to record another song, describing it like this: "There's beefy DOA-style hi-NRG electronics, the odd male vocal and at one point the girls go 'Wooaarrlll!'". [69] In a review published in Smash Hits , Martin Degville and Neal X of Sigue Sigue Sputnik criticized this cover version, saying about Bananarama that "they've destroyed it" and "They're completely boring and they've got boring hair". [70]

Impact and legacy

In 2014, Matt Dunn of WhatCulture ranked the song at number five in his "15 unforgettable Stock Aitken Waterman singles" list, describing it as a "timeless classic of 80s synth pop, an instantly recognisable foot-tapping gem", while underlining the "provocative video and all its fire, sexy choreography, coffin dancing and red patent-leather devil outfits". [71] In 2021, British magazine Classic Pop ranked "Venus" number two in their list of "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs". [72] In 2023, Tom Eames of Smooth Radio ranked the song at number two in his "Bananarama's 10 greatest songs, ranked" list. [73]

Chart performance

Bananarama's version of "Venus" peaked at number one in the United States, Australia, Finland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Switzerland, while reaching number two in Germany and the top-ten in Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom (number eight on the UK Singles Chart, matching the same peak of Shocking Blue's version). It also topped the US Dance Club Songs chart for two weeks. [74]

Music video

The accompanying music video, directed by Peter Care and choreographed by Bruno Tonioli, was extensively aired on MTV and video channels across the world, and presented the trio in various costumes, including a she-devil, a French temptress, a vampiress and several Greek goddesses. In one sequence of the video, Sandro Botticelli's painting The Birth of Venus is adapted as a tableau vivant . The video marked a pivotal shift towards a more glamorous and sexual image for the group that contrasted with the tomboyish style of their earlier work. In the music video there's a cameo of the Polish-German dancer Andreas Wisniewski, who appears as a dancer during the synth solo.

Track listings

UK: London Records NANA 10 / US: London Records 886-056-7 / Canada: London Records LDS 227 / Australia: Liberation Records LS 1789

  1. "Venus" – 3:30
  2. "White Train" – 3:50
    S.Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/P. Bishop/P. Seymour

+ some copies released in picture disc format NANPD 10

UK: London Records NANX 10 / Australia: Liberation Records LMD 474

  1. "Venus" (extended version) – 7:23
  2. "Venus" (dub) – 8:15
  3. "White Train" – 3:50

London Records NANXR 10

  1. "Venus" (the Hellfire mix) – 9:20 #:remixed by Ian Levine
  2. "Venus" (Hellfire dub) – 6:55
  3. "White Train" – 3:50

London Records NAXRR 10

  1. "Venus" (the Fire And Brimstone mix) – 6:35 #:remixed by Stock, Aitken & Waterman
  2. "Venus" (Hellfire dub) – 6:55
  3. "White Train" – 3:50

London Records 886 088-1

  1. "Venus" (the Hellfire mix) – 9:20
  2. "Venus" (the Fire & Brimstone mix) – 6:55
  3. "Venus" (extended version) – 7:23
  4. "Venus" (dub) – 8:25
  1. "Venus" (extended version) – 7:23
  2. "True Confessions" (edit) – 4:09
  3. "A Trick of the Night" (edit) – 4:07
  4. "More Than Physical" (U.K. single version) – 3:40
  1. "Venus" (the Greatest Remix edit) – 3:40
    Included on the 1989 U.K. CD single "Cruel Summer '89", remixed by Phil Harding and Ian Curnow
  2. "Venus" (the Greatest Remix) 7:43
    Included on the 1989 German CD single "Megarama '89", remixed by Phil Harding and Ian Curnow
  3. "Venus" (2001 version)
    Included on the album Exotica
  4. "Venus" (Marc Almond's Hi-NRG Showgirls mix) 6:02
    Included on the 2005 album Drama , remixed by Marc Almond
  5. "Venus" (from the soundtrack Sugar & Spice: Stuck in the 80's)
  6. "Venus" (Leo Zero Remix)
    Included on the EP Bananarama Remixed: Vol 1
  7. Venus (Leo Zero Disco Remix)
    Included on the EP Bananarama Remixed: Vol 1
  8. "Venus" (Boys Noize Remix edit)
  9. "Venus" (Boys Noize Remix)
  10. "Venus" (Boys Noize Remix - Instrumental)


Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of True Confessions. [75]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Venus"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [116] Platinum100,000^
France (SNEP) [117] Silver250,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [118] Silver200,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

BHF/Don Pablo's Animals remixes

"Venus" was remixed and re-released by dance producers The BHF (Bisiach Hornbostel Ferrucci) Team in May 1990. Titled "Venus '90", the remix featured a hip house rhythm and samples. "Venus '90" reached number 78 on the UK Singles Chart and number 49 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. [119] [18] An instrumental version was also released independently under the producer's alias, Don Pablo's Animals, without referencing Shocking Blue. The instrumental version became the highest-charting version of the song, peaking at number four on the UK Singles Chart. [120]

Other versions

Dutch DJ Pieter Gabriel remixed the song for the opening ceremony of The Grand Final of The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 held in Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The remix was used as a backdrop for the 26 finalists being introduced onto the stage in a flag ceremony. [121] [122]

Shocking Blue's "Venus" was featured in the sixth episode of the 2020 Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit . The protagonist Beth (played by Anya Taylor-Joy) dances and sings to the music video. The scene takes place in 1967, well before the song was released in 1969. [123] [124]

Bananarama's cover of "Venus" was featured in the 2011 video game Just Dance 3 .

The song has been used in commercials for Gillette Venus Women's Razor since c. 2001. [12]

In 2023, the song appeared as part of the soundtrack of the comedy-drama film, The Holdovers .

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