Worldwide, the single has sold over 5 million copies.
Its success also spurred interests in other Dutch groups. 3 again in the Netherland, as well as the top 10 in the UK.
Its success in the United States prompted further interest in other markets around the world in the 1970, and it reached No. On 28 January 1970, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales in excess of one million copies in the United States. It is the first song by a Dutch band to reached No. "Venus" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 7 February 1970. Jerry Ross, who was in Europe at the time and heard the song, signed the group to his newly-created Colossus Records, and chose the record for release in the United States later that year. The song initially peaked at number three on the Dutch Top 40 on 12 July 1969, and remained at that position for a total of five weeks. "Venus" was issued in the Netherlands in July 1969 as a single, backed with "Hot Sand", on the Pink Elephant label, a label specially created for Shocking Blue by Dureco. Later recordings by other artists corrected the word. The lyrics, however, contained a typo in the line "A goddess on a mountain top", with "goddess" written as "goddness", which was how Veres sang it on the record and on television. In the Shocking Blue original version, the song's lead vocals were performed by Mariska Veres. The song was recorded on a two-track machine in Soundpush Studio in Blaricum, the Netherlands. Influences from other songs include the opening guitar rift that is similar to The Who's " Pinball Wizard". Van Leeuwen wrote new lyrics set to music based on "The Banjo Song" by Tim Rose and the Big 3, which is in turn lyrically a modification of the 19th century song " Oh! Susanna" by Stephen Foster. The song was written by Robbie van Leeuwen, Shocking Blue's guitarist, sitarist and background vocalist.
The composition has been featured in numerous films, television shows and commercials. In 1986 English girl group Bananarama covered "Venus" for their third studio album, True Confessions, with the single reaching number one in six countries. The song has been covered dozens of times by many artists. In 1981, it was used to open the " Stars on 45" medley. Written by Robbie van Leeuwen, the song topped the charts in nine countries. " Venus" is a song by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, initially released as a single in the Netherlands in the summer of 1969. One of artworks for the original Dutch single
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