Artist
Shocking Blue
Shocking Blue is a rock artist from The Hague, Netherlands formed in 1967. 20 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · The Hague, Netherlands · Best rock albums
- 20
- Releases
- 1968–2023
- Active years
- 1967
- Formed
Artist
Shocking Blue is a rock artist from The Hague, Netherlands formed in 1967. 20 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · The Hague, Netherlands · Best rock albums
Most popular
At Home
1969 · 15 tracks
Scorpio's Dance
1970
3rd Album
1971
Good Times
1974
Dream On Dreamer
1973
Ham
1973
Best - Venus
2023
Live In Japan
2016
The Very Best Of Shocking Blue (Part One - The A Sides)
2011
The Very Best Of Shocking Blue (Part Two - The B Sides)
2011
Greatest Hits Of Shocking Blue
2011
Inkpot & Attila
2010
Singles A's and B's
1998
Best Of
1998
Inkpot
1972
Attila
1972
Shocking Blue
1968
Shocking Blue were a Dutch rock band from The Hague that existed from 1967 to 1974. They had a hit world-wide with the song "Venus," which went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970. The song was immediately covered at the year of its release by Greek pop band Olympians, with entirely different lyrics in Greek and retitled as "Το Κορίτσι Του Μάη" (To koritsi tou Mai - The girl of May). It was later part of the Stars on 45 Medley (which put it at #1 in 1981), and covered by British girl band Bananarama in the 1980s (1986) and Japanese singer Yoko Nagayama (also in 1986). Nirvana covered the song Love Buzz for their debut album Bleach in 1989, and it was released as their first single. The British Group The Prodigy also sampled Love Buzz for their song 'Phoenix' on their 2004 album Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned. Before the breakthrough of "Venus," the group had two minor hits in 1969: "Long Lonesome Road" and "Send me a postcard." The flip-side of "Venus" was also heavily plugged on Dutch radio ("Hot Sand"). In 1970 two more hits followed: "Mighty Joe" and "Never Marry a Railroad Man" (flip-side "roll engine roll") - which almost provoked a strike by workers on the …
