History Music / Bananarama

Bananarama are an all-female UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish pop vocal group from TheEighties. They were among the progenitors of the modern GirlGroup concept on both sides of the pond and led the way for groups like the Music/SpiceGirls, the Music/PussycatDolls and Music/{{Sugababes}}. Their best known hits include "Cruel Summer", forever associated with ''Film/TheKarateKid'', and their CoverVersion of the Shocking Blue's "Venus". The group started as a trio of friends Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward and Sarah Dallin. Siobhan left in 1988 to form Shakespear's Sister with Marcella Detroit, and was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan until 1991. Fahey returned in April 2017 and left in August 2018. Many of their biggest hits were produced by Music/StockAitkenWaterman.

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%%* DrugsAreBad: "Hot Line to Heaven"
%%* TheEighties
%%* GirlGroup

%%* NewWaveMusic:

* BoyishShortHair: Siobhan sported a short haircut during the mid eighties.

** TheCoverChangesTheGender: Averted, as they recorded "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" without changing a single word.

* {{Tomboy}}s: This was their early image, and why they turned down Malcolm [=McLaren=]'s offer to manage them and take them in a HotterAndSexier direction.
** Indeed in their earlier music videos the trio often wore checkered shirts, braces or dungarees.

* ''[[ExcitedShowTitle Wow!]]'' (1987)

* DrugsAreBad: "Hot Line to Heaven"
* TheEighties
* ExcitedShowTitle: ''Wow!''
* GirlGroup

* [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]]

* SelfBackingVocalist: Averted, as they regularly sang in unison.

Bananarama are an all-female UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish pop vocal group from TheEighties. They were among the progenitors of the modern GirlGroup concept on both sides of the pond and led the way for groups like the Music/SpiceGirls, the Music/PussycatDolls and Music/{{Sugababes}}. Their best known hits include "Cruel Summer", forever associated with ''Film/TheKarateKid'', and their CoverVersion of the Shocking Blue's "Venus". The group started as a trio of friends Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward and Sarah Dallin. Siobhan left in 1988 to form Shakespear's Sister with Marcella Detroit, and was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan until 1991. Many of their biggest hits were produced by Music/StockAitkenWaterman.

Bananarama are an all-female UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish pop vocal group from TheEighties. They were among the progenitors of the modern GirlGroup concept on both sides of the pond and led the way for groups like the Music/SpiceGirls, the Music/PussycatDolls and Music/{{Sugababes}}. Their best known hits include "Cruel Summer," forever associated with ''Film/TheKarateKid'', and their CoverVersion of the Shocking Blue's "Venus." The group started as a trio of friends Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward and Sarah Dallin. Siobhan left in 1988 to form Shakespear's Sister with Marcella Detroit, and was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan until 1991. Many of their biggest hits were produced by Music/StockAitkenWaterman.

* TheBurlesqueOfVenus: The music video of the cover of "Venus", alongside the sequences of a she-devil, a French woman, a vampire, and several goddesses, comes an homage of Botticelli's ''[[Art/TheBirthOfVenusBotticelli The Birth of Venus]]'' surrounded by dancers.

Their albums include:

* ''Deep Sea Skiving''
* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum [=Bananarama=]]]''
* ''True Confessions''
* ''Wow !''

Bananarama are an all-female UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish pop vocal group from TheEighties. They were among the progenitors of the modern GirlGroup concept on both sides of the pond and led the way for groups like the Music/SpiceGirls, the Music/PussycatDolls and Music/{{Sugababes}}. Their best known hits include "Cruel Summer," forever associated with ''Film/TheKarateKid'', and their CoverVersion of the Shocking Blue's "Venus." The group started as a trio of friends Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward and Sarah Dallin. Many of their biggest hits were produced by Music/StockAitkenWaterman.

Bananarama are an all-female UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish pop vocal group from TheEighties. They were the progenitors of the modern GirlGroup concept on both sides of the pond and led the way for groups like the Music/SpiceGirls, the Music/PussycatDolls and Music/{{Sugababes}}. Their best known hits include "Cruel Summer," forever associated with ''Film/TheKarateKid'', and their CoverVersion of the Shocking Blue's "Venus." The group started as a trio of friends Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward and Sarah Dallin. Many of their biggest hits were produced by Music/StockAitkenWaterman.

Bananarama are an all-female UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish pop vocal group from TheEighties. Their best known hits include "Cruel Summer," forever associated with ''Film/TheKarateKid'', and their CoverVersion of the Shocking Blue's "Venus." The group started as a trio of friends Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward and Sarah Dallin. Many of their biggest hits were produced by Music/StockAitkenWaterman.

As usual, you can find the basics about their career at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananarama The Other Wiki]].

%% * ICantDance: Frequently lampshaded in their earlier clip shoots (particularly "Cruel Summer").

!!! "It's a trope, trope summer, indexing me here on my own":

** Both Karen and Sara had their hair short during the late eighties and early nineties.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Siobhan left in 1988, following her marriage to the Music/{{Eurythmics}}' Dave Stewart, disillusionment with the band's musical direction, and feeling alienated from Keren and Sarah, since they had been friends longer than they had been with her.

* SillyLoveSongs: "I Heard A Rumor," "Love in the First Degree," etc.

* TheBurlesqueOfVenus: The music video of the cover of "Venus", alongside the sequences of a she-devil, a French woman, a vampire, and several goddesses, comes an homage of Botticelli's ''Art/TheBirthOfVenus'' surrounded by dancers.

* ShoutOut: "Creator/RobertDeNiro's Waiting"

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The video for "Cruel Summer" is clearly set in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, but there is a ''[[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard Dukes of Hazzard]]''-style sheriff character.

* TheBurlesqueOfVenus: The music video of the {{cover|edUp}} of "Venus", alongside the sequences of a she-devil, a French woman, a vampire, and several goddesses, comes an homage of Botticelli's ''Art/TheBirthOfVenus'' surrounded by dancers.

->'''Butt-Head:''' ''[while watching the video to "Venus"]'' These chicks should marry Music/{{GWAR}}.\\
'''Beavis:''' Yeah, yeah, that would be cool!\\
'''Butt-Head:''' They would have offspring that would be the coolest people ever lived.\\
'''Beavis:''' Yeah! And they would rule UsefulNotes/{{Antarctica}}.\\
'''Butt-Head:''' They would rule the entire world.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'', "Beavis and Butt-Head Meet God, Part II"