User:EncicloCharlie

Hi, I'm a Wikipedian since November 15, 2007.

I'm a Bananarama fan since I was younger. My Nana favourite single is "Venus".

Bananarama

Bananarama is a British female group of pop music. The band was founded in 1981 by Sarah Dallin, Keren Woodward and Siobhan Fahey. The name was a nod to Roxy Music song, Pyjamarama. In 1988 Siobhan decides it's time to leave the group. Keren and Sarah enlist the services of an old pal: Jacquie O'Sullivan.

Also in this year they had most chart entries in history (ten Top UK singles chart and three US Top 10), being honoured in the Guinnes Book of World Records as the most successful British girl group of all time. At the same time they released their retrospective compilation "The Greatest Hits Collection".

"The Greatest Hits Collection"

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Track Listing

• The album containes fourteen tracks:

1. "Venus"
2. "I Heard A Rumour"
3. "Love In The First Degree"
4. "I Can't Help It"
5. "I Want You Back"
6. "Love, Truth And Honesty"
7. "Nathan Jones"
8. "Really Saying Something"
9. "Shy Boy"
10. "Robert De Niro's Waiting"
11. "Cruel Summer"
12. "It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)"
13. "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)"
14. "Rough Justice"

• The album was a huge success on Britain, peaking at #3, and remained on UK albums chart for thirty-seven weeks.
• In 1989 a cover of The Beatles song, "Help!", was added.

List of Singles

Single	Performed by	Written by	Produced by	Date	Top UK Chart	Weeks on UK Chart	Album
"Venus"	Bananarama	Robert Leeuwen	Stock, Aitken and Waterman	31 May 1986	8	13	"True Confessions"
"I Heard A Rumour"	Bananarama	Stock/Aitken/Waterman/ Dallin/Fahey/Woodward	Stock, Aitken and Waterman	11 July 1987	14	9	"WOW!"
"Love In The First Degree"	Bananarama	Stock/Aitken/Waterman/ Dallin/Fahey/Woodward	Stock, Aitken and Waterman	10 September 1987	3	12	"WOW!"
"I Can't Help It"	Bananarama	Stock/Aitken/Waterman/ Dallin/Fahey/Woodward	Stock, Aitken and Waterman	9 January 1988	20	6	"WOW!"
"I Want You Back"	Bananarama	Dallin/Fahey/Woodward/ Stock/Aitken/Waterman	Stock, Aitken and Waterman	9 April 1988	5	10	"Greatest Hits"
"Love, Truth & Honesty"	Bananarama	Dallin/O'Sullivan/Woodward/ Stock/Aitken/Waterman	Stock, Aitken and Waterman	24 September 1988	23	8	"Greatest Hits"
"Nathan Jones"	Bananarama	Wakefield/Caston	Stock, Aitken and Waterman	19 November 1988	15	9	"Greatest Hits"
"Help!"	Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo	Lennon/McCartney	Stock, Aitken and Waterman	25 February 1989	3	9	"Greatest Hits"
"It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)"	The Fun Boy Three & Bananarama	Oliver/Young	The Fun Four<center>	13 February 1982	4	10	"Greatest Hits"
"Really Saying Something"	Bananarama & The Fun Boy Three	Whitfield/Holland/Stevenson	Fun Boy Three and Dave Jordan	10 April 1982	5	10	"Deep Sea Skiving"
"Shy Boy"	Bananarama	Swain/Jolley	Tony Swain and Steve Jolley	3 July 1982	4	11	"Deep Sea Skiving"
"Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)"	Bananarama	De Carlo/Frashuer/Leka	Tony Swain and Steve Jolley	26 February 1983	5	10	"Deep Sea Skiving"
"Cruel Summer"	Bananarama	Jolley/Swain/ Dallin/Fahey/Woodward	Tony Swain and Steve Jolley	9 July 1983	8	10	"Bananarama"
"Robert De Niro's Waiting"	Bananarama	Jolley/Swain/ Dallin/Fahey/Woodward	Tony Swain and Steve Jolley	3 March 1984	3	11	"Bananarama"
"Rough Justice"	Bananarama	Jolley/Swain/ Dallin/Fahey/Woodward	Tony Swain and Steve Jolley	26 May 1984	23	7	"Bananarama"

"Venus"

"EncicloCharlie"
Song
B-side	"White Train"

"Venus" is a song by Dutch group Shocking Blue, a hit in 1970 that was updated for the 80's by Bananarama.