Song · Bananarama
“Venus” by Bananarama
From the album True Confessions (1986)
“Venus” by Bananarama appears on 7 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1986 and 2026. It was first released in 1986 on the album True Confessions. Its best result is #45 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #41 alternative song of 1986, #4,304 alternative song of all time and #498 of the '80s.
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Bananarama took "Venus", the Robbie van Leeuwen song that Shocking Blue first sent to the top in 1969, and cut it for their third studio album, True Confessions, in 1986, turning a hazy Dutch rock nugget into a high-gloss dance-floor stomper. Stock Aitken Waterman produced it, and the girls sing it together, as a gang, just as the credits have it.
It's the sound of the mid-'80s pop factory at full throttle: hard, bright, relentless, built for the club and the video screen at once. The English girl group knew exactly what they were doing, and the single went to number one in six countries.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 61 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 | 107 |
| 1986 | 45 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 181 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1998 | 374 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) | 488 |
| 2021 | 425 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
| 2024 | 88 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
| 2026 | 278 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s | 498 |
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