{"id":15894,"date":"2025-10-20T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=15894"},"modified":"2026-04-08T07:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:52:20","slug":"shocking-blue-venus-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=15894","title":{"rendered":"Shocking Blue &#8211; Venus, 1969"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15894-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/venus-shocking-blue-1969\/Venus%20-%20Shocking%20Blue%20%281969%29.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/venus-shocking-blue-1969\/Venus%20-%20Shocking%20Blue%20%281969%29.mp3\">https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/venus-shocking-blue-1969\/Venus%20-%20Shocking%20Blue%20%281969%29.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\">\nShocking Blue &#8211; <strong>Venus<\/strong>, 1969 (Video)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/z-mmed\/svg1\/skyd_broken_link.svg\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\"> <span style=\"font-size:13px; color:#919191;\"><em>(no video link)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Venus<\/strong>&#8221; is a song by Dutch rock band <strong>Shocking Blue<\/strong>, released as a single in the Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by Robbie van Leeuwen, the song topped the charts in 9 countries. The song has been covered dozens of times by many artists. In 1986, English girl group <strong>Bananarama<\/strong> covered &#8220;Venus&#8221; for their third studio album, True Confessions, with the single reaching number one in 6 countries. The composition has been featured in numerous films, television shows, and commercials.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venus_(Shocking_Blue_song)\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">wikipedia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 380px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-15894-1\" width=\"380\" height=\"260\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/BANANARAMA_Venus_1986\/BANANARAMA_Venus_1986.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/BANANARAMA_Venus_1986\/BANANARAMA_Venus_1986.mp4\">https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/BANANARAMA_Venus_1986\/BANANARAMA_Venus_1986.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>Bananarama &#8211; <strong>Venus<\/strong>, 1986 (Video)<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/int_a_bananarama_ph_1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15090\" src=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/int_a_bananarama_ph_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/int_a_bananarama_ph_1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/int_a_bananarama_ph_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/int_a_bananarama_ph_1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/int_a_bananarama_ph_1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"logios-inline-term\"><strong>Bananarama<\/strong><\/span> <span class=\"logios-inline-definition\"><p>An English pop group formed in London in 1980. The group, originally a trio, consisted of friends <strong>Sara Dallin<\/strong>, <strong>Siobhan Fahey<\/strong>, and <strong>Keren Woodward<\/strong>. Fahey left the group in 1988 and was replaced by <strong>Jacquie O'Sullivan<\/strong> until 1991, when the trio became a duo. Their success on both pop and dance charts saw them listed in the Guinness World Records for achieving the world's highest number of chart entries by an all-female group.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bananarama\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #999999\">wikipedia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\">\n<a  href=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/int_a_shocking_blue_venus_1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15895\" src=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/int_a_shocking_blue_venus_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/int_a_shocking_blue_venus_1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/int_a_shocking_blue_venus_1-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/int_a_shocking_blue_venus_1-1024x932.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/int_a_shocking_blue_venus_1-768x699.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"logios-inline-term\"><strong>Shocking Blue<\/strong><\/span> <span class=\"logios-inline-definition\"><p>Was a Dutch rock band, formed in The Hague in 1967. They were part of the Nederbeat movement in the Netherlands. The band had a string of hit songs during the counterculture movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, including \"Send Me a Postcard\" and \"Venus\", which became their biggest hit and reached number one in many countries during 1969 and 1970. The band sold 13 million records by 1973, but disbanded in 1974.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shocking_Blue\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #999999\">wikipedia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shocking Blue &#8211; Venus, 1969 (Video) (no video link) &#8220;Venus&#8221; is a song by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, released as a single in the Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by Robbie van Leeuwen, the song topped the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=15894\" class=\"more-link\">Lexo <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}