Here’s the tune that started me down the path of songs that have reached #1 by more than one artist. When recently writing about “songs I didn’t know were covers,” I featured the original recording of ‘Venus’ by psychedelic rock band Shocking Blue in 1969.

I am very familiar with the 1986 Bananarama hit and was surprised to learn that not only was the recording a cover, but that the original was a big hit in its own right.

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