"Venus" is a cover of the classic 1969 track by Dutch band Shocking Blue (which reached #1 in the US in 1970). Bananarama had been singing the song since the band formed in 1979, but only decided to record in 1986 for the album True Confessions, their third album.Recorded in December 1985 at Odyssey Studios in London, the track became the biggest hit of their career: #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (the band's only US #1 and the first by a British girl group on the chart), #1 in Australia, New Zeala