SHOCKING BLUE - Venus

Iin 1969, Robbie Van Leeuwen, guitarist of the Netherlands rock group Shocking Blue, borrowed the guitar riff from The Who's Pinball Wizard and wrote the classic rock hit Venus. When the group recorded the song in English, they were a bit confused on the translation of the lyrics. Despite the first line of the song being misspoken by lead singer Mariska Veres, the song was a number one hit. The first line should have been "A goddess on the mountain top", but it erroneously went "A goodness on the mountain top". Although many didn't notice, some cover versions went with the misspoken line. In 1986, British girl group Bananarama had a international number one hit with their cover of Venus. Bananarama released the song on their third album, but it was one of the first songs that the group performed when they formed in 1979.