Blurb:
"Venus" is a song by the Dutch band Shocking Blue, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 7, 1970. RIAA certification came on January 28, 1970 for selling over one million copies in the USA, garnering a gold record award.
"Venus" had been a part of Bananarama's repertoire for several years before they recorded it. Group members Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, and Keren Woodward had the idea of turning the song into a dance music tune, but they met with resistance from their producers at the time, Steve Jolley and Tony Swain. Undaunted, the women brought the idea to the production trio of Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW), who had just recently scored a global hit producing Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)".
The music video to the song received extensive play on MTV across the world and presented Bananarama in various costumes, including a she-devil, a French temptress, a vampiress, and several Grecian goddesses. The video marked a pivotal shift towards a more glamourous and sexual image that contrasted with the tomboyish style of their earlier work.
"Venus" is a song by the Dutch band Shocking Blue, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 7, 1970. RIAA certification came on January 28, 1970 for selling over one million copies in the USA, garnering a gold record award.
"Venus" had been a part of Bananarama's repertoire for several years before they recorded it. Group members Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, and Keren Woodward had the idea of turning the song into a dance music tune, but they met with resistance from their producers at the time, Steve Jolley and Tony Swain. Undaunted, the women brought the idea to the production trio of Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW), who had just recently scored a global hit producing Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)".
The music video to the song received extensive play on MTV across the world and presented Bananarama in various costumes, including a she-devil, a French temptress, a vampiress, and several Grecian goddesses. The video marked a pivotal shift towards a more glamourous and sexual image that contrasted with the tomboyish style of their earlier work.
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Goddess on the mountain top
Burning like a silver flame
The summit of beauty and love
And Venus was her name
She's got it
Yeah, baby, she's got it
I'm your Venus, I'm your fire
At your desire
Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire
At your desire
Her weapons were her crystal eyes
Making every man a man
Black as the dark night she was
Got what no-one else had
Wa!
She's got it
Yeah, baby, she's got it
I'm your Venus, I'm your fire
At your desire
Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire
At your desire
Goddess on the mountain top
Burning like a silver flame
The summit of beauty and love
And Venus was her name
She's got it
Yeah, baby, she's got it
I'm your Venus, I'm your fire
At your desire
Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire
At your desire
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