{{Infobox album | name = Cha Cha | type = live | artist = [[Herman Brood|Herman Brood & His Wild Romance]] | cover = Brood cha cha.jpg | alt = | released = {{start-date|1978}} | recorded = Relight Cafe, the Pinge à Linge, the Pedo Ville & the Too Far Gone Discotheque | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Rock and roll]], [[blues]] | length = | label = [[Ariola Records|Ariola]] | producer = Herman Brood & His Wild Romance | prev_title = [[Shpritsz]] | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = [[Herman Brood & His Wild Romance (album)|Herman Brood & His Wild Romance]] | next_year = 1979 | misc = {{Singles | name = Cha Cha | type = live | single1 = Still Believe | single1date = 1978 }} }}
'''''Cha Cha''''' is the first live album by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[rock and roll]] and [[blues]] group [[Herman Brood|Herman Brood & His Wild Romance]]. The album produced one single, "Still Believe." On the Dutch album chart, the album reached #2 on 13 January 1979, and stayed on the chart for 18 weeks.<ref name="discografie">{{cite web |last = |first = |authorlink = |vauthors = |title = Herman Brood & His Wild Romance: Discografie |work = |publisher = Muziek Centrum Nederland |date = |url = http://www.popinstituut.nl/Encyclopedia/Discography.aspx?id=806&name=Herman+Brood+%26+His+Wild+Romance |format = |doi = |accessdate = 2009-04-08 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The album was certified gold in 1979.<ref>{{cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| vauthors =| title =Herman Brood & his wild romance - Cha cha| work =| publisher =NVPI| date =| url =http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=61112&documentid=1237218&zoekform=60463&formposted=yes| format =| doi =| accessdate =2009-04-09}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
''[[Cha Cha (film)|Cha Cha]]'' is also the name of a movie filmed in 1979 with Herman Brood, [[Nina Hagen]], and [[Lene Lovich]], whose soundtrack was released separately on LP, also called ''[[Cha Cha (soundtrack)|Cha Cha]]''. In the movie, he marries Nina Hagen; in reality they had a brief affair.
''Cha Cha'' was re-released on CD in 1991 by [[Sony BMG]]/[[Ariola Records|Ariola]].
==Track listing== All tracks composed by Herman Brood; except where noted. {{tracklist | writing_credits = | lyrics_credits = | music_credits = | title1 = Hit | writer1 = Brood, Pé Hawinkels, [[Dany Lademacher]] | length1 = 1:34 | title2 = Too Slow | writer2 = Brood, Dany Lademacher | length2 = 2:27 | title3 = Street | note3 = | length3 = 2:10 | title4 = Still Believe | writer4 = Bertus Borgers, Paul Smeenk | length4 = 3:10 | title5 = True Fine Mama | writer5 = [[Richard Penniman]] | length5 = 1:50 | title6 = Rock & Roll Junkie | note6 = | length6 = 2:30 | title7 = One More Dose | writer7 = Brood, Hugo Sinzheimer | length7 = 3:40 | title8 = [[Speedoo|Speedo]] | writer8 = [[The Cadillacs]] | length8 = 0:30 | title9 = Dope Sucks | writer9 = Brood, Dany Lademacher | length9 = 2:40 | title10 = City | writer10 = [[Mose Allison]] | length10 = 3:40 | title11 = Blue | note11 = | length11 = 3:22 | title12 = Can't Stand It | writer12 = [[Lou Reed]] | length12 = 2:08 | title13 = Phony | note13 = | length13 = 3:20 | title14 = Pop | note14 = | length14 = 3:40 }}
==Singles== The single "Still Believe" (with "Jilted" on the B-side) reached #15 in the Dutch Top 50 on 30 December 1978, and stayed on the chart for ten weeks.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | vauthors = | title = Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - Saturday Night | work = | publisher = GfK - Dutchcharts.nl | date = | url = http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?key=142199&cat=s | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2009-04-09}}</ref> The single draws interest in Germany and France also.<ref name="discografie"/>
==Personnel== *Herman Brood - [[piano]], [[Musical keyboard|keyboard]], [[vocals]] *Monica Tjen Akwoei - vocals *Bertus Borgers - [[saxophone]] *Freddy Cavalli - [[bass guitar|bass]] *Josee van Iersel - vocals *[[Danny Lademacher]] - [[guitar]] *Cees Meerman - [[drums]] *Robin Freeman - sound engineer *[[Anton Corbijn]] - photography
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