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

Bananarama

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B-side	"Clean Cut Boy"

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B-side	"White Train"

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 early 1988 Siobhan decided to leave the group. Keren and Sarah enlisted the services of an old pal, Jacquie O'Sullivan, for their first World Tour.

Then they had most chart entries in history, 10 Top UK Singles Chart and 3 US Top 10 Hits, being honoured in the Guinnes Book of World Records as the most successful British girl group of all time. So they released their retrospective compilation "The Greatest Hits Collection". This 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.

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

"The Greatest Hits Collection"

"Venus" (1986)

"Venus" is Bananarama's first collaboration with producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman, and also their first American number one.

The song had been a hit in 1970 by Dutch group Shocking Blue and was updated for the 80's.

The music video, directed by Peter Care, marked a pivotal shift towards a more glamourous and sexual image: the girls were presented in various costumes (she-devil, vampires, Grecian goddesses...). It was also start of the use of male boy-toys dancers which would become a hallmark of their videos.

This Bananarama version became a worlwide smash hit.

Charts	Date	Peak position	Weeks
UK Singles Chart	05/31/86	8	13
US Billboard Hot 100	06/28/86	1	19

"I Heard A Rumour" (1987)

The girls think this is the best they've written with Stock, Aitken and Waterman. It's also Pete Waterman and many group fans favourite song.

The music video, directed by Andy Morahan, presented group members are seen emulating various film starts, projected on screens behind them. At one point the girls, dressed in French can-can, bent over to moon the camara and exposed the letters W O W (a reference to their album tittle) on their rears.

I Heard A Rumour was one Bananarama's most selling singles.

Charts	Date	Peak position	Weeks
UK Singles Chart	07/11/87	14	9
US Billboard Hot 100	07/18/87	4	19

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-==='''"<u>Venus</u>"'''===
+==='''"<u>Venus</u>"''' (1986)===
-''"Venus"'' was a Bananarama's first collaboration with producers ''Stock, Aitken and Waterman'', and also their first American number one.
+''"Venus"'' is Bananarama's first collaboration with producers ''Stock, Aitken and Waterman'', and also their first American number one.
 The song had been a hit in 1970 by Dutch group '''Shocking Blue''' and was updated for the 80's.
-The music video, directed by ''Peter Care'', marked a pivotal shift towards a more glamourous and sexual image: the girls were presented in various costumes (she-devil, vampiress, Grecian goddesses...). It was also start of the use of male boy-toys dancers which would become a hallmark of their videos.
+The music video, directed by ''Peter Care'', marked a pivotal shift towards a more glamourous and sexual image: the girls were presented in various costumes (she-devil, vampires, Grecian goddesses...). It was also start of the use of male boy-toys dancers which would become a hallmark of their videos.
 This Bananarama version became a worlwide smash hit.
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-==='''"<u>I Heard A Rumour</u>"'''===
+==='''"<u>I Heard A Rumour</u>"''' (1987)===
-The girls thought this was the best they had written with ''Stock, Aitken and Waterman''. It's also ''Pete Waterman'' and many group fans favourite song.
+The girls think this is the best they've written with ''Stock, Aitken and Waterman''. It's also ''Pete Waterman'' and many group fans favourite song.
 The music video, directed by ''Andy Morahan'', presented group members are seen emulating various film starts, projected on screens behind them. At one point the girls, dressed in French can-can, bent over to moon the camara and exposed the letters W O W (a reference to their album tittle) on their rears.
-''I Heard A Rumour'' is one Bananarama's most selling singles.
+''I Heard A Rumour'' was one Bananarama's most selling singles.
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