Sunday, February 05, 2006

This day in music history.

February 5, 1970, "Venus" by The Shocking Blue goes to number one. The song is the biggest selling single from Holland. Bananarama had a hit with a remake of Venus in 1986. The Shocking Blue had over fifty hits in Holland and they sold well in France and Japan, they are known in the US as a one hit wonder.
Venus by The Shocking Blue
Goddess on a mountain top
Was burning like a silver flame
The summit of Beauty in love
And Venus was her name
She's got it yeah,
Baby,
she's got it
Well,
I'm your Venus,
I'm your fire
At your desire
Her weapon were her crystal eyes
Making every man mad
Black as the dark night
she was
Got what no-one else had
Wa!