Venus - Music

Bananarama Is A British Pop/Hi-NRG/Dance Duo Of Singer-Songwriters Formerly A Trio That Formed In London United Kingdom In 1981. Originally Formed By Members Are Sarah Dallin Siobhan Fahey And Keren Woodward. Early Successful Singles Were Collaborations With Fun Boy Three. They Built Their Success On Albums Released During The 80's With Their Most Successful Being The Wow! Album. Guinness Book Of World Records Listed Bananarama As The Most Successful British Girl Group In History. They Still Hold The Record For The Most Chart Entries In The UK By A Girl Group. Fahey Left The Group In 1988 And Later Formed Shakespear's Sister She Now Performs As A Solo Artist. Fahey Replacement Jacquie O'Sullivan Formerly Of The Shillelagh Sisters Left The Trio After One Album. Dallin And Woodward Have Recorded As A Duo Since Since 1992. Banananarama's Tenth Studio Album "Viva" Was Released On September 14 2009. It Includes The Hit Singles "Love Comes" And "Love Don't Live Here." In November 2010 A New Single "Baby It's Christmas" Was Released In The UK And The U.S. The Single Is Also Featured On The Compilation Album "Super Dance Christmas Party Vol. 3." In September 2012 Bananarama Released The EP Entitled "Now Or Never." The Successful " Bananarama U.S. Tour 2012" Took Place During October 2012. In 2017 The Original Line-Up Announced A One-Off UK Tour read less

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"Venus" had been a part of Bananarama's repertoire for several years before they actually recorded it. The team's three members, Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, and Keren Woodward, had the idea of turning the song into a dance music tune, but they were met with resistance from their producers at the time, Steve Jolley and Tony Swain. Bananarama brought the idea to the production trio of Stock Aitken Waterman, and it became Bananarama's first collaboration with them. Dallin, Fahey, and Woodward had nearly completed recording their third album, titled True Confessions, with Jolley and 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 women, SAW relented, and the result was a worldwide smash. Bananarama's "Venus" went to number one in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Mexico, and South Africa. It hit number two in Germany and Hong Kong and was a top ten success in Italy, Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Colombia, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and their native UK (#8 on UK Singles Chart). It also went to number one for two weeks on the U.S. Dance chart. 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 track appeared as b-side to the 1989 limited release "Megarama '89" in Germany and France. Bananarama has since re-recorded the track for their 2001 album Exotica and it was later remixed by Marc Almond, with re-recorded vocals, and included on their 2005 album Drama. The music video for the song received extensive play on MTV and video channels across the world, and presented Bananarama in various costumes, including a she-devil, a French temptress, a vampiress, and several Grecian goddesses. In one sequence of the video, The Birth of Venus, the painting by Sandro Botticelli, was reenacted. The video marked a pivotal shift towards a more glamorous and sexual image for the girls that contrasted with the tomboyish style in their earlier work. Choreography by Bruno Tonioli. Music video directed by Peter Care. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.