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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).
[8] [9] In 1981, Bananarama recorded their first demo, "Aie a Mwana", a cover of a song by Black Blood, sung in Swahili. The demo was heard at Demon Records, who consequently offered Bananarama their first deal. The song was an underground hit (UK No. 92) and Bananarama were signed by Decca (later London Records) and remained on the label until ...
Siobhan Maire Deirdre Fahey [2] (/ ʃ ə ˈ v ɔː n ˈ f ɑː h i /; born 10 September 1958) is an Irish singer whose vocal range is a light contralto. [3] She was a founding member of the British girl group Bananarama, who have had ten top-10 hits including the US number one hit single "Venus".
English group Bananarama have released 12 studio albums, two live albums, 16 compilation albums, two extended plays, 51 singles (including three as a featured artist) and four video albums. Albums [ edit ]
The "Venus" video is the 7" version, the extended version featuring instead on The Greatest Hits Collection. "A Trick of the Night" is the U.S. version: this song has two different videos, namely the UK black-and-white version, and the U.S. colour version; the UK b/w version was directed by Paul Heiney for the BBC programme, In at the Deep End ...
In 1967 he founded the band Shocking Blue, which had a No. 1 hit in 1969 with the single "Venus". His best-known compositions are Shocking Blue's most famous songs: "Venus", which was a US and UK No. 1 hit and was later covered by Bananarama and "Love Buzz", covered by Nirvana and released as their first single, and "Daemon Lover". [4]
Drama is the ninth studio album by English musical duo Bananarama, released on 14 November 2005 by A&G Records.It features eleven newly recorded tracks, along with a remix of their 1986 single "Venus" (done by Soft Cell's Marc Almond) and a 2005 remix of their 1982 single "Really Saying Something", an underground bootleg club hit produced by Solasso.
True Confessions is the third studio album by British group Bananarama.It was released on 30 June 1986 by London Records.The majority of the album was produced by Tony Swain and Steve Jolley (who produced Bananarama's eponymous second album), with the exception of "Venus" and "More Than Physical".