This page is for the Bananarama song titled Venus. For the GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3 song of the same title by Tatsh+RayZY, please see Venus.

Not to be confused with the musical unit known as VENUS; for more information on that see the individual pages on its members Sota Fujimori and Yoshitaka Nishimura.

VENUS

Song Information

Cover Version

Composition/Lyrics: Robert Van Leeuwen
Arrangement/Guitars/Bass/Keyboards & Drum Programming: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Vocals: Jeni Freeman
Recording Engineer: Masami Kenmoku, Miho Toyoda
Original Artist: Shocking Blue
Album: Venus (1969)
BPM: 128
Length: 1:39
Movie: Unknown
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

UBeat

Bananarama Version

Venus' jacket.

Artist: Bananarama
Composition/Lyrics: Robert Van Leeuwen
Arrangement: Stock Aitken Waterman
Vocals: Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward
Album: Venus (1986)
BPM: 126
Length: 1:42 (DanceDanceRevolution), 2:03 (jukebeat), 1:45 (pop'n music)
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music (Wii)
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

The lines marked with an asterisk (*) are only present on the Bananarama version of VENUS.

A goddess on a mountain top
Was burning like a silver flame
The summit of beauty and love
And Venus was her name

She's got it
Yeah baby, she's got it
Well, I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire
Well, I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire

* Her weapons were her crystal eyes
  Making every man mad
  Black as the dark night she was
  Got what no one else had

She's got it
Yeah baby, she's got it
Well, I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire
Well, I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire

Song Connections / Remixes

The GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series and UBeat use a cover version of Venus by Shocking Blue, while the DanceDanceRevolution and pop'n music series, as well as jukebeat use a licensed cover by Bananarama.
A dance pop cover of Venus by NRG Factory appears on the HOUSE FLAVOR DANCE CLASSICS album.

Trivia

Venus was later included on Bananarama's True Confessions album.
VENUS' Bass charts were removed in GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX.
VENUS has never been on a CS release of GuitarFreaks & DrumMania.
In the DanceDanceRevolution, jubeat and pop'n music series, VENUS' title is capitalized as Venus.
Venus' jacket on UBeat is based on the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania video of the song.
Venus received a unique overlay in DanceDanceRevolution (PS3).

Song Production Information

None.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
No difficulty ratings are shown for ポップンミュージック and its American/European counterparts. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
Game	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	84 / 6	108 / 10	194 / 10	237 / 17	- / - / -	- / -	- / -	- / -	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution (2010) / hottest party4	2	3	5	6	-	-	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution (PS3) / New Moves	2	3	5	6	-	-	-	-	-

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
Game	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	217	398	563	362	362	-	348	348	-	-	-	-
GF5/dm4	15	25	53	46	63	-	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-
GF6/dm5	15	25	53	46	63	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

jubeat

Cover Version

Game	Level
Game	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	?	?	?
UBeat	2	6	8

Original Version

Game	Level
Game	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	182	315	759
jukebeat	3	5	8

pop'n music

Game	Game Type
	1 Player		2 Player
	Standard	Challenge	1P	2P
Notecounts	134	224	154	154
pop'n music (Wii) / pop'n rhythm	N/A	N/A	N/A