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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

History

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

Discography

"EncicloCharlie"
Song
B-side"White Train"

"Venus"

"Venus" was a 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.

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 (1 week)
19
"EncicloCharlie"
Song
B-side"Clean Cut Boy"

"I Heard A Rumour"

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 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.

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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