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The Symbolic 70s: Shocking Blue "Venus"

  • Writer: Dylan Detweiler
    Dylan Detweiler
  • Mar 25, 2021
  • 1 min read

The band Shocking Blue was a psychedelic rock from the Netherlands and they were popular during the counter culture movement in the 1960s to the early 1970s.


Shocking Blue wrote the song "Venus" in 1969 but took until the early 1970s to become a #1 hit in the US. This song is about Venus the this is one of very few one hit wonders where their only hit made it to number #1 but never had a hit after that.


Bananarama who were a female pop group, covered the song in the 1980s and brought it back to popularity.


I think this song was charted so high because it was so different and unique than most other music during the time period.


“Lyrics For Venus by Shocking Blue -Songfacts.” Https://Www.songfacts.com/Lyrics/Shocking-Blue/Venus, 2021, www.songfacts.com/lyrics/shocking-blue/venus.


“Venus by Shocking Blue - Songfacts.” Song Meanings at Songfacts, 2021, www.songfacts.com/facts/shocking-blue/venus.


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