Siobhan Fahey, the short blonde-haired member of Bananarama went on to form the group "Shakespears Sister" in 1988. You guys played the song "Stay" about 7 months ago and really liked the video. She had black hair in that duo/group.
@RandomGuyDan11 ай бұрын
You're History was all over VH1 when I was a bartender in 1989
@nealm676411 ай бұрын
"Stay" made their saxophone player figurine fall down and break. LOL!
@rikkemeek150611 ай бұрын
They both had black hair😉
@audreyharalambos259211 ай бұрын
siobhan had the best voice and the best dancer, the other two couldnt stand her
@davek725611 ай бұрын
Also check out I Don’t Care by Shakespears Sister another great song and video.
@phylliskumi43558 ай бұрын
I remember doing the dance anytime the video came on. This song was huuuge in the 80s. The best time of my life.
@goyam29818 ай бұрын
I was so fascinated by the music video as a tween even though I didn't understand what they were singing. I never forgot it. This and Janet Jackson's Runaway are my absolute favorites.
@anjiharrell617511 ай бұрын
Every time this video came on MTV I would get up and do the dance routine with them. 💃🏽 Absolutely love this song. This brings back Great memories. ❤️Thank you for the review.
@ReleaseTheQuackers11 ай бұрын
Sitting here at my desk PC and doing the dance moves... LOL!
@martindunstan804311 ай бұрын
Absolutely, it's the rules to jump about to this tune, even as a teenage boy back then I'd be the same, great fun, great cardio🤣👍
@anjiharrell617511 ай бұрын
@@ReleaseTheQuackers 🤣🤣 Yes! 👏🏽
@anjiharrell617511 ай бұрын
@@martindunstan8043 agreed.
@rickpedia672411 ай бұрын
I liked it at first but MTV OVER played the song, along with Sinaid (sp) O'Conner.
@hedgewitchherbarium11 ай бұрын
I loved when Bananarama did a song with Fun Boy Three - "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" Happy New Year ❣
@ReleaseTheQuackers11 ай бұрын
Fun Boy Three w/Bananarama "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" !!! YES YES YES!!! I catch myself singing this one so often!
@hedgewitchherbarium11 ай бұрын
@@ReleaseTheQuackers All the time!
@bucknakedA11 ай бұрын
YES!!! And then some more Fun Boy Three: Too much, Too young and A Message to you Rudy!
@hedgewitchherbarium11 ай бұрын
@@bucknakedA Yes, I love "A Message to you Rudy" - by The Specials ❣
@highheartwellness11 ай бұрын
Great reaction! One of the best 80's songs, and successful remakes. Love the video and how the Bananarama ladies play all of the characters in the video. The woman in the devil suit is Siobhan Fahey, who also was the angel of death in the Shakespears Sister video Stay (which you have already reacted to)
@Guildofarcanelore11 ай бұрын
I always loved this one from Bananarama!
@GrimrDirge10 ай бұрын
One of the best 80's covers. They took a good song and gave it punch.
@richardswift38596 ай бұрын
The female singer of the shocking blues had a better voice than the knock of version from the singers of banana rama. He voice was more unique. The singers from the 80s sound very similar.
@MetFan372 ай бұрын
Don't forget the production of Stock-Aitken-Waterman. They were a hit machine in the 80s.
@aliciazambri423711 ай бұрын
I love both versions. They both bring some really cool sounds to the table. And I grew up to the Bananarama version, so I am partial to it, but truly enjoy the original.
@josephprovencher63458 ай бұрын
Nice to see a positive comment about liking both instead of trashing Bananarama ❤🎵🎶
@janetkmetz964411 ай бұрын
Did anyone else notice that 90% of the time, Jay closes his eyes and vibes to the music, when there’s a video right in front of him. Not this time. His eye were firmly glued to the screen, the whole time. LOL
@JeffPhillips-dn2fg11 ай бұрын
Club Nouveau- Lean On Me is a great raggae style cover of the classic Bill Withers song. It was huge in the USA and went all the way to #1 in 1987. You guys will love the funky sound and love for you to react to this great cover!
@Blissbomb211 ай бұрын
Another 80's club banger that filled dance floors for months.
@michelehenne247711 ай бұрын
I will always and forever love Bananarama. You should check out Fun Boy 3's cover of, "It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it." Fun Boy 3 was formed by Nev, Terry, and Lyn, when they left The Specials. Banarama sings alongside Tery Hall. Also, Terry cowrote "Out lips are sealed" with Jane Wiedlin from the Go Go's. FB3 did a great version of Our Lips are sealed. If you haven't checked out The Specials, you should. Two-tone Ska at its best! 💜💜💜
@ulverstonerealestate150910 ай бұрын
This song filled dance floors the length and breadth of Oz in the mid80’s!
@rwsmith680911 ай бұрын
This was a staple at dance clubs in the late eighties. When this came on the floor was always packed. Great memories!
@anthonyorians950111 ай бұрын
When I heard this play on MTV I would knock people down to watch this video....I was in love with them...lol
@tall1sobay11 ай бұрын
Summer of '86 I danced to this at the clubs all summer long. Shy Boy and Robert DeNero's waiting are their best songs!
@user-gmpjim11 ай бұрын
Smokey Robinson's "More Love" covered by Kim Carnes... I Will Always Love You" made famous by Whitney Houston was actually written and recorded by Dolly Parton in the early 70s.
@lauralebel319511 ай бұрын
Believe from Cher was covered by Adam Lambert at Kennedy Center Honors when they were honoring Cher he puts his own take on it that Cher loved
@Bazk0111 ай бұрын
You can get all the way from the Specials in the 70s to Shakespeares Sister in the 90s through Bananarama. The Specials split up and started Fun Boy Three, with the Bananarama girls as their backing vocals. The girls became Bananarama and then Siobhan split off to start Shakespeares Sister with Marcella Detroit. It would be fun to have you see the progression by watching a Fun Boy Three video like "it aint what you do (its the way that you do it)". Especially as you've already seen videos by all the other groups.
@terrellinc2211 ай бұрын
Similar grps: You have done Expose (but they have a catalogue), The Good Girls' (Motown Group), Cover Girls, "Because of you" "Show Me" , Me and Kim "Respectable" and "Showing out" Sweet Sensation "Im hooked on you" "take it while its hot". Seduction. Teen Dream (there are fun), Stacey and kimyo. The Jets and Five Star. En Vogue, Jade, SWV etc
@wiltchamberlainisthegoat1311 ай бұрын
Bananarama is a really fun all girl group. I love this remake. It’s the version I know! It’s so catchy and fun!! I was in love with Keren Woodward. She is one of the most attractive female music artists of the 80s.
@electricavenuemusic928211 ай бұрын
And recently divorced from Andrew Ridgely of Wham!
@allenwhitmer819211 ай бұрын
Is she the devil? Always had a crush on her...
@007ndc11 ай бұрын
@@electricavenuemusic9282oh really?! ! I need to call her 😊
@auscryptocurrency116211 ай бұрын
Did you notice the singer on the right, Siobhan Fahey is also from a group you already checked out, *"Shakespears Sister"*
@ryanfeit142011 ай бұрын
A great cover to react that I know you will love is "Always On My Mind" by the Pet Shop Boys from 1988. A club classic!!!
@fayesouthall660411 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@martindunstan804311 ай бұрын
Facts👍
@electricavenuemusic928211 ай бұрын
Excellent choice!
@chrisbayliss353211 ай бұрын
1987
@tonyjones283811 ай бұрын
Defo. Their best song and I’m a huge fan
@NigelShepherd-z7k11 ай бұрын
"Bananarama" are the most successful female group of all time, even beating "The Supremes". My brother went to school with two of the women from this band and as a former music producer here in London when I was very young, I would often use the studios of Dave Stewart of the "Eurythmics" who is married to a member of this band. 😁🇬🇧
@thomashong29386 ай бұрын
They are no longer married. Divorced in 1996. Dave married his current wife Anoushka Fisz in 2001.
@anglosaxon587411 ай бұрын
Siobhan Fahey was the 'Angel of Death' in the song "Stay" from Shakespeares Sister that you [we all] liked so much.
@tlbrooks42211 ай бұрын
There's one arm movement from this video that became the thing to repeat in our own dancing. See the 4:36 and 5:14 mark (among other times)--it's like a vertical, interchanging, wave-type of motion. If you did it, inevitably, someone on the dance floor would see it and repeat it back to you. Fun stuff! Gosh, I miss those days at the clubs!
@TrulyUnfortunate11 ай бұрын
The 80's were a great time to grow up!!! The music was basically all dance music.
@stevenklein319511 ай бұрын
I love how amber bounces and moves to this song. You have to watch them do this in 2017. The ladies are so much more beautiful and so much better and they are all in their 60s now!! I love them so much!
@davidmontgomery919411 ай бұрын
Thanks for this reaction... Bananarama joined the 'Stock, Aitken and Waterman' factory that produced other names such as Dead or Alive, Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, Divine, Hazel Dean and even some Donna Summer, to name a few. They were a 'hit making' studio from the late 80s, then it all dried up when the sound of music changed and got heavier etc. and moved direction. Still, they had some amazing songs for their time!
@futo9 ай бұрын
Venus and You Spin Me Round were both two of the biggest Hi-energy tunes back in the 80s
@Annie-hd3jx11 ай бұрын
They were an awesome band, loved the look, hair, clothes and most of all their up beat sound. Another great time to remember 👍
@aagold7611 ай бұрын
apparently- they were the biggest party band of the 80s- drank EVERYONE under the table!
@paulsheedy465011 ай бұрын
These girls were all about having fun, and you can see it in all their videos. Cheers guys, Paul.😁📀🎶❤️
@vpflores111 ай бұрын
Just by the way , I just saw an interview of Barry Gibb. He was asked what his favorite song was and he said “To Love Somebody “. It was one of his early ones.
@beckiramsey956111 ай бұрын
Gotta love the 80’s music, love this song!🔥🔥 Thanks for reacting Amber and Jay!👏👏👏
@richardpetty915911 ай бұрын
I was around for the original’s release but THIS is the version that I hear in my mind when I think about this song. Huge in the 80’s.
@stumm7111 ай бұрын
This song is the standard Stock-Aitken-Waterman production sound who domain england in the mids 80. another clear example is You spinme round of Dead or Alive.
@antonietoverdi2918Ай бұрын
England only?? All Europe, I am from Spain and this music was so fun, my dear Kylie minogue❤, sinitta! , Rick, Sonia, and so on
@mikedwiles11 ай бұрын
The original by Shocking Blue is awesome too. I love the singer's voice on the old one.
@FlamesCagney11 ай бұрын
I think they did that one, just sayin'
@kbusby482411 ай бұрын
Yes, Mariska Veres had a great voice. May she rest in peace.
@blitz364311 ай бұрын
@@FlamesCagneyYep.... They even said it like 3 times in this video lol
@thetomgibson11 ай бұрын
The B side of the 45 was great too.
@donjohn269511 ай бұрын
The original by shocking blue is so much better than banarama
@bonniespruin636911 ай бұрын
This video came on a lot back in the day when I went dancing at the clubs with my friends. Everyone jumped on the dance floor when this came on.
@tomnewman768211 ай бұрын
Always heard this at the clubs in the 80s and 90s , dance floor packed !!
@susannehouse385711 ай бұрын
There’s personal connections between Bananarama, Wham and Spandau Ballet, all great 80’s groups…..
@anthonyblakely39911 ай бұрын
Love this cover song from Shocking Blue. Bannanarama did such good job. 😊😊😊Love Bananarama!!!😊😊😊😊
@bridgemanjr8 ай бұрын
Andrew Ridgeley from wham was with Keren for 27 years, and Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics was married to Siobhan Fahey for almost 10 years. Siobhan left and formed Shakespeare's Sister
@stevehamilton882411 ай бұрын
Duran Duran did a whole album of covers called THANK YOU which they covered artists & bands that they felt inspired them or felt like made a big contribution to their sounds. Most notably they did a cover for LOU REED's song - "Perfect Day" and Lou said he felt it was the best cover of any of his songs by any group or artist. That is a big win. They also did covers of - PUBLIC ENEMY - "911's is a Joke" - GRAND MASTER FLASH - "White Lines" - LED ZEPPELIN - "Thank You"
@kraig777711 ай бұрын
And the Ramones did an album of all cover songs done psychedelically called Acid Eaters. I think their version of Out Of Time is better than the Rolling Stones'.
@MrNaturalhigh729 ай бұрын
I love you guys for helping younger generations discover the great joy of 80's music!
@THOMKALLOR11 ай бұрын
Bananarama STILL going after all these years!
@andrewgrant651611 ай бұрын
It's all that potassium.
@sarablack254711 ай бұрын
well 2/3 keren and sarah who were mates before the music.
@josephprovencher63458 ай бұрын
I loved their album Viva from like 2010 ❤ especially the tracks Love Don't Live Here and Dumb Dumb Boy! Oh and their cover of S S S Single Bed!
@MKins7111 ай бұрын
Bananarama also appeared in Eurythmics video “Who’s That Girl” Siobhan Fahey would later marry Dave Stewart of Eurythmics. That is a VERY interesting 😉 video to check out.
@thomashong29386 ай бұрын
If they had never met, she would never have left Bananarama, in my opinion.
@123lenny13511 ай бұрын
A great version of this song!! There were very long versions of this song played in clubs back then.
@surlechapeau11 ай бұрын
J & Amber, you'll love their "Shy Boy", "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" and Fun Boy Three w/Bananarama "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" !!! Bananarama w/Fun Boy Three- “Really Saying Something” !!!
@ReleaseTheQuackers11 ай бұрын
Fun Boy Three w/Bananarama "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" !!! *YES YES YES!!!* I catch myself singing this one so often!
@auscryptocurrency116211 ай бұрын
throw *Cruel Summer",* and *"Robert De Niro's Waiting..."* on the list 👍 Definitely think *"Shy Boy"* should be their next since it was their breakout song.
@surlechapeau11 ай бұрын
@@auscryptocurrency1162 "Shy Boy"! they mentioned they already did Cruel Summer.
@auscryptocurrency116211 ай бұрын
@@surlechapeau ah ok I missed that bit. Cheers for the correction
@PatiAnn11 ай бұрын
I ❤️💃 to their (bananarama) song with na.. nananaaa hey hey hey Goodbye 😂😂😂🎉🎉 i just ❤ the band ok 😂😂😂
@denisef284511 ай бұрын
Excellent cover!
@janetbaker64511 ай бұрын
I liked this version too…I also liked The Bangles version of “Hazy Shade of Winter” better than the original
@willstonexxx10 ай бұрын
Totally
@laziojohnny7911 ай бұрын
Nothing beats the original by Dutch rockband from the 70's 'Shocking Blue', but I always liked this version as well.
@MartijnHover11 ай бұрын
The original was of course a complete rip-off of "The Banjo Song" by the Big Three, featuring "Mama" Cass Elliott.
@laziojohnny7911 ай бұрын
@@MartijnHover Wrong, the lyrics are loosly based on 'Oh Susanna' a verrrrry old folk song and the music is somewhat lifted from Banjo Song which in itself is based on a different old song (can't remember which one) and modified by Tim Rose. But you're right that the original isn't truly Shocking Blue's although Robbie van Leeuwen did give it his personal touch and made ot to the popular song as the world got to know and love.
@MartijnHover11 ай бұрын
@@laziojohnny79 What the Big Three did with "Oh Susanna" was called an "arrangement" and Robbie van Leeuwen just stole that arrangement for "Venus". A "personal touch" was what the Big Three did with Oh Susanna, not what Robbie van Leeuwen did with their song. Which was just plagiarism. In this day and age he'd be sued for it. And he'd lose. 😀
@donaldball324510 ай бұрын
One of only FIVE songs to have hit #1 on the Billboard Pop Charts TWICE- on it's original release by Shocking Blue late in 1969, and again by Bananarama in 1986.
@citydweller9911 ай бұрын
Siobhan Fahey (the short blonde haired singer) was the one that thought to do this cover and have it produced by S/A/W... and this video definitely was a foreshadowing to her work in Shakespear Sisters
@sunnybearbuds11 ай бұрын
Yaaay!!!! I've always loved how much fun they're having in this video! This came out the year I graduated high school...oh dear.
@icmman711 ай бұрын
i always thought music was meant to be....musical, not sure what fun sounds like..is it a tangible i can hear? an unusual interesting beat? what exactly does fun sound like?
@sunnybearbuds11 ай бұрын
@@icmman7 i only said they were having fun in the video...a visual thing.
@icmman711 ай бұрын
@@sunnybearbuds ahh ok got it, my bad i wasnt sure if fun could be heard given that the objective of music is to be heard.;)
@badhabitbabbitt765511 ай бұрын
Cyndie Lauper "I Drove All Night". Celine Dion covered it. Tommy James and the Shondells "Mony Mony" "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Crimson and Clover". Covered by Billy Idol, Tiffany, and Joan Jett respectively. The Supremes "You Can't Hurry Love" covered by Phil Collins. Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "HIDE Your Heart". Covered by Nicki French and KISS. Nine Inch Nails 'Hurt" covered by the late great Johnny Cash. Finally Simon & Garfunkel "Sound of Silence" and "Hazy Shade of Winter" covered by Disturbed and The Bangles.
@michaelp277611 ай бұрын
Pet Shop Boys cover of "Always on My Mind" is my favorite cover song ever.
@samolevski111911 ай бұрын
The best thing about this great cover is that it led to a new generation discovering the original - so many fantastic songs and groups back in the 60's that many got overshadowed by the sounds of the 70's and 80's
@chrisamstel508111 ай бұрын
This was produced by Stock Aitken and Waterman. Pete Waterman managed a group called Steps which had a huge hit with a cover the The Bee Gees “Tragedy” try it
@jenniferkasowicz946311 ай бұрын
This cover was also part of the soundtrack from “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” (starring Lisa Kudrow from “Friends”). Such a fun movie and a banger of a soundtrack! I wore out the soundtrack CD!
@blanelltallur111 ай бұрын
"LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE" by bananarama! AMBER&JORDAN (jay) you will love this 1980s song!!!! their music video for "LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE" is so MUCH FUN
@stevecarrington488711 ай бұрын
you may recognise Siobahn Fahey who sang the 'devil' part in Shakepsear's Sister "Stay"
@thomashong29386 ай бұрын
She looked good in red in Venus.
@stevehamilton882411 ай бұрын
Love this group. Had such a crush on Keren Woodward (dark hair) when I was in high school. This was a great cover and video and was a big hit for them and a big club hit. Check out - "I Heard a Rumour", "Love in the First Degree", "Robert Deniro's Waiting", "
@djkennyboy10 ай бұрын
Stock Aitken and Waterman were the 80s in the UK - brilliant music producers - there music is still played today 🎉
@carolinethompson419510 ай бұрын
Wow, this takes me back! It looks like they had so much fun making that video!
@seanswinton624211 ай бұрын
Great cover. This imo became the song that took Bananarama into the global stratosphere! It also launched the Stock/Aitken/Waterman sound that ould give us Rick Astley later. This song waa awesome to play in my all Synth band I was in back at university. There was also a male spoof version that friends and I wrote.
@auscryptocurrency116211 ай бұрын
Now that you mention it, the male vocal at 5:29 sounds exactly like Rick Astley
@ca894411 ай бұрын
Rick Astley lol
@lisabrooksgarcia215311 ай бұрын
He did sing backup on this.
@JohnJames_Wpg11 ай бұрын
They asked SAW to arrange a version that sounded like Dead or Alive’s “You Spin Me Round” which was huge at the time.
@007ndc11 ай бұрын
Global hit in the summer of 1987
@christianbrasso825711 ай бұрын
THIS WAS A HUGE CLUB HIT-ALWAYS FILLED THE DANCE FLOOR. CHECK OUT THEIR COVER OF THE DOOBIES' LONG TRAIN RUNNING-IT'S FLAMECO STYLE! ALSO CHECK OUT THEIR FIRST HIT HE WAS REALLY SAYING SOMETHING, ROBERT DENIRO' S WAITING, NA NA HEY HEY, SHY BOY. IT AIN'T WHAT YOU DO.
@tapanim657611 ай бұрын
Bananarama is still going strong. You should react to some of their newer stuff like "Masquerade" and "Stuff Like That" or a little bit older ones like "Love Don't Live Here", "Love Comes", "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)" or "Move in My Direction". ❤❤❤
@jameshartshorn37711 ай бұрын
Ahhh the Campy Goodness of early MTV.🎉
@juliewhite746911 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@MrPaulMorris10 ай бұрын
What made Banarama so much fun was that the girls always gave the impression that _they_ were having a good time. You can see in their routine that they make no claims to be the world's greatest dancers but they throw themselves whole heartedly into the performance and that just makes then relatable... and fun.
@dennismcgovern791411 ай бұрын
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO Y'ALL AND THE WHOLE CREW. THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR OF MUSIC AND LAUGHS. MAY YOU HAVE HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN THE NEW YEAR.
@marcelotto682511 ай бұрын
There was a 70's version of the same song too (The Stockley Sisters) that reached number 2 on the Billboard 100 singles chart. The Stockley sisters were a South African female rock band.
@milkspan26048 ай бұрын
Pop Icons..... many cool memories..... very dancable cover
@Mr.56Goldtop11 ай бұрын
I've never been able to decide which one of these girls is the best looking. All three are gorgeous.
@Leifdk111 ай бұрын
They also did a great cover of the Beatles’ “Help”. It was a charity single for Red Nose Day that they did with a little help from the very funny comedy duo French & Saunders. I believe there was a version with and one without F&S… not sure. They were definitely in the music video. Either way, a cracking song!
@danrieke998811 ай бұрын
Grossly underrated band.
@rwschumm11 ай бұрын
Everything Bananarama did is Great, so I love this! But also love the original by Shocking Blue too! PS- Just checked, but You Guys should also try Frankie Avalon's version of Venus... completely different sound... dreamy, and it's GREAT too! Great Reaction, You Guys!
@icmman711 ай бұрын
different song as well.
@rwschumm11 ай бұрын
@@icmman7 Yes, I didn't do a good job of explaining that! :)
@harpergras11 ай бұрын
This one used to be on the radio all the time back in the day.
@raymondohlsen505411 ай бұрын
Old enough to remember both versions, and love them both.
@kbusby482411 ай бұрын
Same. Early Gen X.
@raymondohlsen505411 ай бұрын
@@kbusby4824 Very late Boomer here...
@garyfallows112311 ай бұрын
Bananarama were part of The Hit Factory (Stock, Aitken and Waterman), who wrote for and produced some of the biggest artists including Rick Astley, Dead Or Alive, Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Hazel Dean, Big Fun, Mel & Kim to name a few, they also worked with Debbie Harry, Edwin Starr, Laura Branigan and the late great Donna Summer
@barbaragaspar694811 ай бұрын
My favorite version of Venus!
@Jude_19611 ай бұрын
LOVED hearing this version in the night clubs!! SO FUN to dance to!!
@williammange734811 ай бұрын
I grew up in the 80s, my teenage, young adult years. MTV was my life so enjoyed thus band. Amber has an 89s vibe she would have totally jammed in that decade!❤
@cesarporreca580711 ай бұрын
When the girls went to Stock, Aitken and Waterman to produce the song, they told them they wanted it to sound much like "You spin me round (like a record)" by Dead or Alive.. and it's quite evident
@BuddyBoy6811 ай бұрын
Hi, you two! It's Andrew Erroch fae Paisley in Scotland here. This is pretty standard stuff from the Stock, Aitken and Waterman catalogue of the time, including massive hits from Kylie Minogue, Dead or Alive and themselves in their own name. The best of their own was probably 'Road Block'. You would love that. Æx
@juliewhite746911 ай бұрын
Three great 80's songs (not covers) with very "80's" videos : Duran Duran "Wild Boys ", Rick Springfield "Bop til You Drop", and Kate Bush "Big Sky" ❤
@andreadeamon641911 ай бұрын
I agree with the first 2. Don't know the last one
@MichaelJones-sh7nu11 ай бұрын
Bananarama was SO much fun!
@The80sCat11 ай бұрын
Yes - 80's If you like this try "Iko Iko" by the Belle Stars. Another great cover is "I Drove All Night" by Cyndi Lauper.
@RoGueNavy11 ай бұрын
When this came on the radio, it was an instant dance party!
@Kuesel6811 ай бұрын
I really loved this song when it came out - still one of the best cover songs!
@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans934411 ай бұрын
I have a soft spot for Bananarama. In their own way they managed to sing vast wasteland pop music that had a hint of avant-garde. This song is undeservedly remembered best in the US, but "Robert De Niro's Waiting," is probably their best song put to video.
@jbjacobs951410 ай бұрын
This remake of Venus was fantastic - Their bubbly wacky behavior in the video was perfect for the 80s - I remember just loving how light-hearted and goofy they were! Loved Bananarama!
@wordygirlandco11 ай бұрын
❤I really love your cover days🎉 maybe you can rewatch Band Aid (Do they know it's Christmas) this time you will recognize Bananarama for sure
@MavenCree11 ай бұрын
I loved this video so much growing up. It was the first one where it was like, girls can look at sexy, scantly clad guys too and not be ashamed of it., and have fun with it too. I was just rolling into puberty when this came out so... yeah, watched it a lot. 🤣
@mikevandenboom595811 ай бұрын
I like their debut album in North America. True confessions and dance with a stranger a other good songs I from this album
@canonfodder206811 ай бұрын
I love "A Day of Covers"! I was hoping you would listen to this remake when you did the reaction to the original. This version is definitely more fun and tongue in cheek.
@idanwillenchik305011 ай бұрын
This was Bananarama's only US # 1 hit to date. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart twice. The original by Shocking Blue topped the chart for one week on February 7th 1970 becoming the group's only US chart topper. The Bananarama's cover topped the Hot 100 chart for one week on September 6th 1986. This is one of nine songs to date to top the Hot 100 chart in two separate versions by different artists. Bananarama was the first British female group to top the US chart out of a total of two to date. The only other British female group to achieve this since was Spice Girls with Wannabe which topped the Hot 100 chart for four weeks beginning February 22nd 1997.
@jacquielousbookqueue11 ай бұрын
Had to send this out to my daughter who was a year and a half old when this was on MTV. She would stop playing and have to dance to this video ❤❤❤
@helindove223711 ай бұрын
I love how the girls of Bananarama kept the ‘andyourdesire’, as Mariska Veres pronounced it. I don't know how popular it is, but Nirvana as well covered a Shocking Blue song. It’s called "Love Buzz". It was Nirvana’s debut single in 1988.
@maggynewtown350011 ай бұрын
Bananarama was in the "Do They Know It's Christmas" production. They were produced by Dave Stewart, who performed with Annie Lennox and Candy Dulfer. Like the sax? You MUST listen to Candy Dulfer.