# Shocking Blue > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shocking_Blue > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shocking_Blue.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shocking_Blue > Source revision: 1344723382 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Dutch rock band}} {{About||the 2010 Dutch film|Shocking Blue (film)}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Shocking Blue | image = Popgroep Shocking Blue gaf persconferentie in verband met succes van plaat Ve, Bestanddeelnr 923-1956.jpg | landscape = yes | alt = 1970 black-and-white photo of the Dutch rock band Shocking Blue. | caption = Shocking Blue in 1970 | background = group_or_band | origin = [The Hague](/source/The_Hague), Netherlands | genre = {{hlist|[Psychedelic rock](/source/Psychedelic_rock)|[Nederbeat](/source/Nederbeat)|[Garage pop](/source/Garage_rock){{cite magazine |first=Tom |last=Breihan |date=December 14, 2018 |title=The Number Ones: Shocking Blue's "Venus" |url=https://stereogum.com/2026141/the-number-ones-shocking-blues-venus/columns/the-number-ones/ |magazine=[Stereogum](/source/Stereogum) |access-date=June 19, 2022}}}} | years_active = {{start date|1967}}–{{end date|1974}}
(reunions: 1979, 1980, 1984) | label = {{hlist|[Pink Elephant](/source/Pink_Elephant_(label))|[Polydor](/source/Polydor)|[Phonogram](/source/Phonogram_Inc.)|[Polygram](/source/PolyGram)|[Universal](/source/Universal_Records)|[Mercury](/source/Mercury_Records)|[Penny Farthing](/source/Penny_Farthing_Records)|[Colossus](/source/Colossus_Records)}} | website = | current_members = | past_members = * [Mariska Veres](/source/Mariska_Veres) * [Robbie van Leeuwen](/source/Robbie_van_Leeuwen) * [Fred de Wilde](/source/Fred_de_Wilde) * Klaasje van der Wal * [Cor van der Beek](/source/Cor_van_der_Beek) * [Leo van de Ketterij](/source/Leo_van_de_Ketterij) * [Martin van Wijk](/source/Martin_van_Wijk) * Henk Smitskamp }} '''Shocking Blue''' was a Dutch rock band formed in [The Hague](/source/The_Hague) in 1967. They were part of the [Nederbeat](/source/Nederbeat) movement in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands). The band had a string of hit songs during the [counterculture movement](/source/Counterculture_of_the_1960s) of the 1960s and early 1970s, including "[Send Me a Postcard](/source/Send_Me_a_Postcard)" and "[Venus](/source/Venus_(Shocking_Blue_song))", which became their biggest hit and reached number one on the U.S. [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) and many other countries during 1969 and 1970. The band sold 13 million records by 1973 but disbanded in 1974.{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells| year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/267 267 and 285]|isbn=0-214-20512-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/267}} Together with [Golden Earring](/source/Golden_Earring) and the [George Baker Selection](/source/George_Baker_Selection), they are considered the most successful Nederbeat band, because their best hits charted abroad and especially in the United States. == History == === Original era === Shocking Blue was founded in 1967 by [the Motions](/source/The_Motions_(band)) guitarist [Robbie van Leeuwen](/source/Robbie_van_Leeuwen). Other members of the group at this time were Fred de Wilde, Klaasje van der Wal (1 February 1949 – 12 February 2018) and Cor van der Beek (9 June 1949 – 2 April 1998). They had a minor hit in 1968 with "Lucy Brown is Back in Town". When De Wilde was the band's lead singer, the band originally had a sound that was described as a cross between [the Beatles](/source/the_Beatles) and [Brothers Four](/source/Brothers_Four). [[File:Shocking Blue - Cash Box 1969.jpg|thumb|Shocking Blue on the cover of ''[Cash Box](/source/Cashbox_(magazine))''; November 22, 1969]] De Wilde left in 1968 after joining the Dutch army, and van Leeuwen was introduced to [Mariska Veres](/source/Mariska_Veres), singing at that time with a club band. He persuaded her to take over the vocals, and the group recorded a worldwide hit with the song "[Venus](/source/Venus_(Shocking_Blue_song))", which entered the [Veronica](/source/Radio_Veronica) top 40 hit parade at position No.12 the 12 July 1969 and peaked at number three on 26 July 1969 in the Netherlands. The song was released in the United States and the United Kingdom at the end of the year and reached number one on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) in February 1970. It subsequently sold 350,000 copies in Germany and topped the U.S. chart for three weeks, the first song from the Netherlands to do so. It sold over one million copies there by January 1970 and received a [gold record](/source/music_recording_sales_certification) awarded by the [Recording Industry Association of America](/source/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America). Global sales exceeded five million copies. Other hits include "[Send Me a Postcard](/source/Send_Me_a_Postcard)" in late 1968 and "Long and Lonesome Road" (often mistakenly named as "Long Lonesome Road") in 1969.{{cite web|title=Shocking Blue|publisher=Alex Gitlin|url=http://www.alexgitlin.com/shocking.htm|access-date=2010-07-21}} "Venus" was followed by "Mighty Joe" (flip-side "Wild Wind") in 1969 and "Never Marry a Railroad Man" (flip-side "Roll Engine Roll") in 1970, both of which sold over a million records. The latter became a top-ten hit in several countries around the world.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AgEAAAAMBAJ&q=never+marry+with+a+railroad+man+billboard&pg=PA48|date=1971-01-09|title=Hits of The World|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|access-date=2017-07-25}} Later songs were successful in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, including "Hello Darkness", "Demon Lover" (1970), "Shocking You", "Blossom Lady" and "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" (1971), "Inkpot", "Rock in the Sea" and "Eve and the Apple" (1972) and "Oh Lord" (1973), but they failed to make the charts in the U.S. or U.K. Klaasje van der Wal left towards the end of 1971, following their first trip to Japan (which spawned a live album). In 1974, Robbie Van Leeuwen quit, and Mariska Veres left later that year, leading to the band's split. Veres went on to pursue a solo career until 1982. === Reunions === Shocking Blue reformed with its most famous line-up in 1979 and recorded "Louise" as their first single since their break-up in 1974. The song was never released. They did, however, perform live in 1980 with earlier songs such as "Venus" and "Never Marry a Railroad Man". The band attempted another comeback in 1984 and released a new single "The Jury and the Judge" with "I Am Hanging on to Love" as the B-side in 1986. In 1994, the single "Body and Soul" was released. === Legacy === Drummer Cor van der Beek died on 2 April 1998 at age 49 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. [Mariska Veres](/source/Mariska_Veres) died of gallbladder cancer on 2 December 2006 at age 59 in The Hague, Netherlands.{{cite web|title=Mariska Veres, 59, Singer for Shocking Blue, Dies |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/obituaries/08veres.html|date=2006-12-08|access-date=2017-07-25}}{{cite web|title=News: Obituaries Mariska Veres Singer with Shocking Blue|work=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mariska-veres-427159.html|date=2006-12-05|access-date=2017-08-28}} Bassist Klaasje van der Wal died on 12 February 2018 at age 69.{{cite web|url=https://www.haagmedia.nl/klaasje-wal-haags-popicoon-is-overleden/ |title= Klaasje van der Wal, Haags popicoon, is overleden|language=nl|website=Haag Media|date= 14 February 2018|access-date=January 15, 2019}} [Bananarama](/source/Bananarama) [covered](/source/cover_version) "Venus" in 1986, hitting number 1 in the United States, Canada, and Australia, and reaching number 8 in the UK. [Nirvana](/source/Nirvana_(band)) covered "Love Buzz" as their debut single in 1988 and later included it on their first album ''[Bleach](/source/Bleach_(Nirvana_album))'' in 1989. == Members == === Principal members === * Cor van der Beek – drums, percussion (1967–1974; died 1998) * [Robbie van Leeuwen](/source/Robbie_van_Leeuwen) – guitars, sitar, mandolin, backing vocals (1967–1973) * Klaasje van der Wal – bass guitar (1967–1971; died 2018){{cite news|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/de-mooie-jongen-van-shocking-blue-die-al-in-1975-zijn-gitaar-in-de-wilgen-hing~b374d385/|newspaper=[de Volkskrant](/source/de_Volkskrant)|access-date=31 January 2019|date=8 March 2018|first=Peter|last=de Waard|title=De mooie jongen van Shocking Blue, die al in 1975 zijn gitaar in de wilgen hing|language=nl}} * [Mariska Veres](/source/Mariska_Veres) – lead vocals (1968–1974; died 2006) === Other members === * Fred de Wilde – lead vocals, guitars (1967–1968) * [Leo van de Ketterij](/source/Leo_van_de_Ketterij) – guitars (1970–1971; died 2021) * Martin van Wijk – guitars (1973–1974) * Henk Smitskamp – bass guitar (1972–1974) === Timeline ===
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== Discography == === Albums === ==== Studio albums ==== * ''[Shocking Blue](/source/Shocking_Blue_(album))'' (also known as ''Beat with Us'', German version) (1967) * ''[At Home](/source/At_Home_(Shocking_Blue_album))'' (also known as ''The Shocking Blue'', 1970 American version) (1969) * ''[Scorpio's Dance](/source/Scorpio's_Dance)'' (also known as ''Sally Was a Good Old Girl'', Japanese title) (1970) * ''[Third Album](/source/Third_Album_(Shocking_Blue_album))'' (also known as ''Shocking You'') (1971) * ''[Inkpot](/source/Inkpot_(album))'' (1972) * ''[Attila](/source/Attila_(Shocking_Blue_album))'' (also known as ''Rock in the Sea'', Japanese title, and ''Eve and the Apple'') (1972) * ''[Ham](/source/Ham_(album))'' (1973) * ''[Dream on Dreamer](/source/Dream_on_Dreamer_(album))'' (1974) * ''[Good Times](/source/Good_Times_(Shocking_Blue_album))'' (1974) ==== Live albums ==== * ''[Live in Japan](/source/Live_in_Japan_(Shocking_Blue_album))'' (Recorded on July 28 and 30, 1971, at [Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan](/source/Tokyo_K%C5%8Dsei_Nenkin_Kaikan)) (1971){{Discogs release|4866642|The Shocking Blue – Live In Japan}} ==== Compilation albums ==== ;Charted or certified compilation albums {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [NED](/source/MegaCharts)
{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=Shocking+Blue&cat=a |title=Dutch Albums |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=2022-08-21}} |- ! scope="row" | ''The Golden Years of Dutch Pop Music'' | * Released: 2015 * Label: Universal | 39 |- |} ; Other compilation albums * 1969 ''Sensational Shocking Blue'' (Discofoon) * 1970 ''Shocking Blue'' (Pink Elephant) * 1971 ''Hello Darkness'' (Pink Elephant) * 1972 ''The Shocking Blue, Perfect Collection'' (Polydor) * 1972 ''The Best of Shocking Blue'' (Pink Elephant) * 1973 ''Shocking Blue's Best'' (Metronome) * 1973 ''With Love from... Shocking Blue'' (Capri) * 1978 ''The Shocking Blue Double Deluxe'' (Polydor) * 1980 ''Venus'' (Piccadilly) * 1981 ''The Shocking Blue Greatest Hits'' (CNR) * 1986 ''Best of Shocking Blue'' (CNR) * 1986 ''Classics'' (21 Records) * 1986 ''The Best of Shocking Blue'' (Victor) * 1990 ''The Very Best of Shocking Blue'' (Red Bullet), (Arcade, 1993) * 1990 ''Shocking Blue 20 Greatest Hits'' (Repertoire) * 1990 ''Venus'' (Castle Communications AG) * 1994 ''A Portrait of Shocking Blue'' (Castle) * 1995 ''The Golden Hits'' (Red Bullet) * 1997 ''Singles A's and B's'' (Repertoire) * 1997 ''Shocking Blue Grand Collection'' (A.R.O.) * 1998 ''Shocking You'' (Laserlight) * 2000 ''Shocking Blue Golden Collection 2000'' (Lighthouse) * 2000 ''All Gold of the World Shocking Blue'' (Mekkophone & Castle Communications) * 2004 ''Shocking Blue Greatest Hits'' (Red Bullet) * 2011 ''The Very Best of Shocking Blue (Part One - The A Sides)'' (Red Bullet) * 2011 ''The Very Best of Shocking Blue (Part Two - The B Sides)'' (Red Bullet) * 2022 ''At Home (The Singles)'' (Music on Vinyl; RSD limited edition 10" pink vinyl) === Box sets === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [NED](/source/MegaCharts)
|- ! scope="row" | ''The Blue Box'' | * Released: 2017 * Label: Red Bullet | 83 |- |} === Singles === {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="11" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" | Certifications ! rowspan="2" | Album |- ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| [NED](/source/Dutch_Top_40)
{{cite web|title=Discografie Shocking Blue |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Shocking+Blue|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=16 January 2022}} ![NED](/source/Dutch_Top_40)
{{Cite web |title=Top 40 |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/shocking-blue}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35" | [AUS](/source/Kent_Music_Report)
{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=273}} * "Venus '90" ([ARIA Charts](/source/ARIA_Charts)): {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Shocking+Blue&titel=Venus+%2790&cat=s|title=Shocking Blue – Venus '90|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=8 October 2022}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| [AUT](/source/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40)
{{cite web |url=https://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=shocking%20blue&cat=s|title=Austrian Charts > Shocking Blue|website=Austriancharts.at|access-date=24 August 2022|language=German}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| [BEL](/source/Ultratop)
{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?lang=nl&cat=s&artist=Shocking+Blue&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=Belgian Singles |publisher=ultratop.be |accessdate=2012-10-21}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| [CAN](/source/RPM_(magazine))
Canadian Singles: * "Long and Lonesome Road" {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3817.pdf|title=RPM Top 100 Singles - June 27, 1970}} * "Venus" {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6103.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - January 31, 1970}} * "Mighty Joe" {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3796.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - April 25, 1970}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| [GER](/source/GfK_Entertainment_charts)
{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=Shocking+Blue&country=de&x=0&y=0&kategorie=single |title=German Singles |publisher=Charts.de [GfK Entertainment](/source/GfK_Entertainment)|language=German |accessdate=2022-08-22}} Type Shocking Blue in the search field ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| [NOR](/source/VG-lista)
{{cite web|title=Discography Shocking Blue |url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Shocking+Blue|website=norwegiancharts.com|access-date=16 January 2022}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| [SWI](/source/Swiss_Hitparade)
{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&from=&to=&search=shocking+blue|title=Swiss Charts > Shocking Blue|website=Swisscharts.com|access-date=26 August 2022}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| [UK](/source/UK_Singles_Chart)
{{cite web|title=SHOCKING BLUE - full Official Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13890/shocking-blue/|website=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)|access-date=16 January 2022}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| [US](/source/Billboard_Hot_100)
{{cite web|title=Shocking Blue - Awards |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/shocking-blue-mn0000029604/awards|website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201223026/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/shocking-blue-mn0000029604/awards |archive-date=December 1, 2012}} |- | 1967 | "Love Is in the Air" | style="text-align: center;" | — |— | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | | ''[Shocking Blue](/source/Shocking_Blue_(album))'' |- | rowspan="2"|1968 | "Lucy Brown Is Back in Town" | style="text-align: center;" | — |21 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | | rowspan="3"|Non-album single |- | "[Send Me a Postcard](/source/Send_Me_a_Postcard)" | style="text-align: center;" | 10 |11 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 4 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | |- | rowspan="3"|1969 | "Long and Lonesome Road" | style="text-align: center;" | 16 |17 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 72 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 75 | |- | "[Venus](/source/Venus_(Shocking_Blue_song))" | style="text-align: center;" | 2{{Efn|"Venus" originally peaked at No. 3 during the first chart run in 1969.The song re-entered the charts the following year, peaking at No. 2. The 1980 reissue did not appear in the Dutch Top 50 charts but spent 3 weeks in the unnumbered Single Tip charts.}} |3 | style="text-align: center;" | 1 | style="text-align: center;" | 2 | style="text-align: center;" | 1 | style="text-align: center;" | 1 | style="text-align: center;" | 2 | style="text-align: center;" | 2 | style="text-align: center;" | 1 | style="text-align: center;" | 8 | style="text-align: center;" | 1 | *[RIAA](/source/RIAA): Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Shocking+Blue&ti=Venus&format=Single&type=#search_section|title=RIAA GOLD & PLATINUM|publisher=riaa.com|accessdate=2022-09-27}} | ''[At Home](/source/At_Home_(Shocking_Blue_album))''
(international version & reissues) |- | "Mighty Joe" | style="text-align: center;" | 2 |1 | style="text-align: center;" | 43 | style="text-align: center;" | 16 | style="text-align: center;" | 3 | style="text-align: center;" | 22 | style="text-align: center;" | 5 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 6 | style="text-align: center;" | 43 | style="text-align: center;" | 43 | | rowspan="2"|Non-album single |- | rowspan="5" |1970 | "Never Marry a Railroad Man" | style="text-align: center;" | 1 |1 | style="text-align: center;" | 40 | style="text-align: center;" | 15 | style="text-align: center;" | 1 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 12 | style="text-align: center;" | 5 | style="text-align: center;" | 6 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 102*{{Cite magazine|date=January 23, 1971|title=Bubbling Under The Hot 100|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56|magazine=Billboard|pages=56}} | |- | "Sally Was a Good Old Girl" | style="text-align: center;" | — |— | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | | ''[Scorpio's Dance](/source/Scorpio's_Dance)'' |- | "Hello Darkness" | style="text-align: center;" | 4 |6 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 14 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 44 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | | Non-album single |- |"Love Buzz" |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | | |- |"Harley Davidson" |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | | |- | rowspan="6" |1971 | "Shocking You" | style="text-align: center;" | 10 |12 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 29 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 45 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | | rowspan="2" | ''[Third Album](/source/Third_Album_(Shocking_Blue_album))'' |- | "Serenade" | style="text-align: center;" | — |— | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | |- | "Blossom Lady" | style="text-align: center;" | 2 |2 | style="text-align: center;" | 78 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 4 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 41 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | | rowspan="2" | Non-album single |- | "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" | style="text-align: center;" | 6 |6 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 13 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | |- |"Daemon Lover" |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | | |- |"Bool Weevil" |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | | |- | rowspan="5" |1972 | "Inkpot" | style="text-align: center;" | 5 |5 | style="text-align: center;" | 97 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 4 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 12 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | | ''[Inkpot](/source/Inkpot_(album))'' |- | "Rock in the Sea" | style="text-align: center;" | 14 |12 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 23 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 31 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | | ''Attila'' |- | "Eve and the Apple" | style="text-align: center;" | 15 |13 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 19 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | | ''Eve and the Apple'' |- |"I’ll Follow The Sun" |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | | |- |"Jambalaya" |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | | |- | rowspan="2" |1973 | "Let Me Carry Your Bag" | style="text-align: center;" | — |—{{Efn|"Let Me Carry Your Bag" did not appear in the Dutch Top 40 charts but peaked at No. 10 in the Tipparade charts.}} | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | | Non-album single |- | "Oh Lord" | style="text-align: center;" | 14 |14 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 15 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | | ''Ham'' |- | rowspan="4" |1974 | "This America" | style="text-align: center;" | — |—{{Efn|"This is America" did not appear in the Dutch Top 40 charts but peaked at No. 4 in the Tipparade charts.}} | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 23 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | | rowspan="2" |Non-album single |- | "Dream on Dreamer" | style="text-align: center;" | — |— | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | |- | "[Good Times](/source/Good_Times_(The_Easybeats_song))" | style="text-align: center;" | — |— | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | | ''[Good Times](/source/Good_Times_(Shocking_Blue_album))'' |- |"Beggin’" |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | | |- | 1975 | "Gonna Sing My Song" | style="text-align: center;" | —{{Efn|"Gonna Sing My Song" did not appear in the Dutch Top 30 charts but peaked at No. 20 in the Single Tip charts.}} |—{{Efn|"Gonna Sing My Song" did not appear in the Dutch Top 40 charts but peaked at No. 14 in the Tipparade charts.}} | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | | rowspan="4" |Non-album single |- | 1986 | "The Jury and the Judge" | style="text-align: center;" | — |— | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | |- | 1990 | "Venus '90" | style="text-align: center;" | — |— | style="text-align: center;" | 49 | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | 78 | style="text-align: center;" | — | |- | 1994 | "Body and Soul" | style="text-align: center;" | — |— | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | style="text-align: center;" | — | |- | colspan="15" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |} === Videos === * 2004 ''Greatest Hits Around the World'' (Red Bullet) == See also == * [List of one-hit wonders in the United States](/source/List_of_one-hit_wonders_in_the_United_States) == Notes == {{notelist}} == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commons category}} * {{discogs artist}} * {{IMDb name|id=2783784}} * [http://www.alexgitlin.com/shocking.htm Shocking Blue biography] * [https://www.angelfire.com/nv/Badfinger/BANDshockingblue.html Shocking Blue discography] * {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028070251/http://www.geocities.com/ofmang/greg/shockblu.html|date=October 28, 2009|title=Shocking Blue (unofficial)}} {{Shocking Blue}} {{Authority control}} Category:Dutch psychedelic rock music groups Category:Nederpop Category:Musical groups established in 1967 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1974 Category:English-language Dutch musical groups Category:1967 establishments in the Netherlands Category:1974 disestablishments in the Netherlands Category:Female-fronted musical groups Category:Mixed-gender bands Category:Colossus Records artists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Shocking Blue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shocking_Blue) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shocking_Blue?action=history)). 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