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{{Infobox song
{{other uses|Casanova (disambiguation)}}
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| name = '''Casanova'''
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{{Infobox single
| Name = '''Casanova'''
| cover = Casanova cover.jpg
| alt =
| Cover = Casanova cover.jpg
| Artist = [[Luv']]
| type = single
| from Album = [[Lots Of Luv']]
| artist = [[Luv']]
| album = [[Lots Of Luv']]
| B-side = '''D.J'''
| B-side = ''D.J''
| Released = April 1979
| released = April 1979
| Format = [[Gramophone record|7" Vinyl Single]]
| Recorded = 1979
| recorded = 1979
| studio =
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| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| Length = 3:48
| venue =
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| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
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| Label = [[Philips Records]]/[[Phonogram Records]] <small>(Western countries)</small> <br /> Tonpress <small>(Poland)</small>
| length = 3:48
| Writer = [[Hans van Hemert]] and [[Piet Souer]] (a.k.a. '''Janschen & Janschens''')
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| label = [[Philips Records]]/[[Phonogram Records]] <small>(Western countries)</small> <br /> Tonpress <small>(Poland)</small>
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| Producer = [[Hans van Hemert]]
| Arranger= [[Piet Souer]]
| writer = [[Hans van Hemert]] and [[Piet Souer]] (a.k.a. '''Janschen & Janschens''')
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| producer = [[Hans van Hemert]]
| Last single = "[[Trojan Horse (Luv' song)|Trojan Horse]]"<br>(1978)
| prev_title = [[Trojan Horse (Luv' song)|Trojan Horse]]
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| This single = "'''Casanova'''"<br>(1978)
| prev_year = 1978
| Next single = "[[Eeny Meeny Miny Moe (Luv' song)|Eeny Meeny Miny Moe]]"<br>(1979)
| next_title = [[Eeny Meeny Miny Moe (Luv' song)|Eeny Meeny Miny Moe]]
| next_year = 1979
}}
}}


"'''Casanova'''" is the sixth single by Dutch girl group [[Luv']], released in the spring of 1979 by [[Philips Records]]. This song appears on the formation's second album, ''[[Lots Of Luv']]'', and was a Top 10 single in a large part of [[Continental Europe]], maintaining Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of 1979.<ref>[http://www.bumacultuur.nl/nl/page/activiteiten/prijzen List of the Conamus Export Prize winners]; Conamus (currently: Buma Cultuur) is an organisation which promotes Dutch music artists abroad. Every year, since 1972, this foundation has presented an '''Export Prize''' to reward the best selling Export acts from the [[Netherlands]].</ref><ref>[http://www.bumaharpengala.nl/archief/details/jaar/1979 List of the winners of Dutch pop music awards presented by Buma Cultuur in 1979]</ref>
"'''Casanova'''" is the sixth single by the Dutch girl group [[Luv']], released in the spring of 1979 by [[Philips Records]]. This song appears on the formation's second album, [[Lots Of Luv']], and was a Top 10 single in a large part of [[Continental Europe]], maintaining Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of 1979.<ref>[http://www.bumacultuur.nl/nl/page/activiteiten/prijzen List of the Conamus Export Prize winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614064159/http://www.bumacultuur.nl/nl/page/activiteiten/prijzen |date=2009-06-14 }}; Conamus (currently: Buma Cultuur) is an organisation which promotes Dutch music artists abroad. Every year, since 1972, this foundation has presented an '''Export Prize''' to reward the best selling Export acts from the [[Netherlands]].</ref><ref>[http://www.bumaharpengala.nl/archief/details/jaar/1979 List of the winners of Dutch pop music awards presented by Buma Cultuur in 1979]</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
After the success of the hit singles "[[U.O.Me (Theme from Waldolala)|U.O.Me]]", "[[You're the Greatest Lover]]" and "[[Trojan Horse (Luv' song)|Trojan Horse]]" as well as the album ''[[With Luv']]'' in 1978, [[Philips Records|Philips]]/[[Phonogram Records]] released the new single, "Casanova", and a new LP ''[[Lots Of Luv']]'' in April 1979. Casanova's lyrics deal with an unfaithful man who can't help seducing women. The song's arrangements were inspired by Flamenco, Latin American music and 1970s Europop, making it a smash hit in [[Benelux]], the German speaking countries and [[Denmark]]. A Spanish version was recorded but it failed to enter the music charts in the Spanish speaking territories.
After the success of the hit singles [[U.O.Me (Theme from Waldolala)|U.O.Me]], [[You're the Greatest Lover]] and [[Trojan Horse (Luv' song)|Trojan Horse]] as well as the album [[With Luv']] in 1978, [[Philips Records|Philips]]/[[Phonogram Records]] released in April 1979 the new single, "Casanova", as a foretaste of the [[Lots Of Luv']] LP. Casanova's lyrics deal with an unfaithful man who can't help seducing women. The song's arrangements were inspired by Flamenco, Latin American music and 1970s Europop, making it a smash hit in [[Benelux]], the German-speaking countries and [[Denmark]]. A Spanish version was recorded.

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==Commercial performance==
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"Casanova" was a Top 5 hit in [[Austria]], [[Denmark]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Flanders]] ([[Belgium]]), a Top 10 single in the [[Netherlands]] and [[Germany]] as well as a Top 20 song in Spain.

According to a special issue of [[Billboard magazine]] about the German recording industry published on December 8, 1979, the single sold 300.000 copies in the [[Federal Republic of Germany]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1979/Billboard%201979-12-08.pdf|title=West Germany: The Year In Review|publisher=Billboard Magazine|access-date=2021-04-11}} </ref>


==Track listing and release==
==Track listing and release==
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==Cover versions==
==Cover versions==
* In 1979, the German female singer, Kirstin Lill, recorded a [[Schlager]] version in German entitled "Du bist ein Casanova".<ref>[http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Kirstin+Lill&titel=Du+bist+ein+Casanova&cat=s Kirstin Lill on discogs.com] Accessed: October 14, 2010</ref>
* In 1979, the German female singer, Kirstin Lill, recorded a [[Schlager]] version in German entitled "Du bist ein Casanova".<ref>[http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Kirstin+Lill&titel=Du+bist+ein+Casanova&cat=s Kirstin Lill on discogs.com] Accessed: October 14, 2010</ref>
* Orchester Kai Werner from Germany covered it in 1979.
* German singer Max Greger recorded his version of in 1979.
* Ady Zehnpfennig from Germany rendered it in 1979.
* French formation Guy Denys His Organ And His Orchestra performed a cover version in 1979.
* Belgian singer Frank Vlietinck covered the song in 1979.
* Pop/Disco artist, Mona Carita, sang the track (entitled "Voi Mikä Casanova!") in Finnish<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Mona-Carita-Mona-Carita/release/1382361 Mona Carita 1979 album] Accessed: August 30, 2010</ref> which was included on her 1979 eponymous album.
* Pop/Disco artist, Mona Carita, sang the track (entitled "Voi Mikä Casanova!") in Finnish<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Mona-Carita-Mona-Carita/release/1382361 Mona Carita 1979 album] Accessed: August 30, 2010</ref> which was included on her 1979 eponymous album.
* Swiss cover band Claudius Alzner Und Seine Solisten covered the track for their compilation ''Cocktail International Vol. 17'' in 1980.<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Mona-Carita-Mona-Carita/release/1382361 Claudius Alzner Und Seine Solisten/Cocktail International Vol. 17] Accessed: August 30, 2010</ref>
* Swiss band Claudius Alzner Und Seine Solisten covered the track for their compilation ''Cocktail International Vol. 17'' in 1980.<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Mona-Carita-Mona-Carita/release/1382361 Claudius Alzner Und Seine Solisten/Cocktail International Vol. 17] Accessed: August 30, 2010</ref>
* In 1980, Michael Schau Und Seine Wersi-Orgel from Germany recorded their version of the track.
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* In 2009, Flemish singer, Lindsay, performed the song in Dutch for her album ''De Mooiste Dag''.<ref>[http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Lindsay+%5BBE%5D&titel=Casanova&cat=s Informations about Lindsay's cover of "Casanova" on Flemish Charts Website]</ref>
* In 2006, Klaus Beyer recorded a German version of the song.

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* In 2009, Flemish singer, Lindsay, performed the song in Dutch for her album ''De Mooiste Dag''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121025151652/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Lindsay+%5BBE%5D&titel=Casanova&cat=s Information about Lindsay's cover of "Casanova" on Flemish Charts Website]</ref>
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==Chart performance==
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"Casanova" was a Top 5 hit in [[Austria]], [[Denmark]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Flanders]] ([[Belgium]]) and a Top 10 single in the [[Netherlands]] and [[Germany]].


==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1979)
!Chart (1979)
!Peak<br>position
!Peak<br>position
|-
|-
|Austria ([http://austriancharts.com/ Austriancharts.com])
|Austria ([[Ö3 Austria Top 40]])
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|-
|-
|Belgium/Flanders ([http://radio2.be/top30overzichtarchief.cfm BRT Top 30/Radio 2 Top 30])
|Belgium/Flanders ([[Top 30 (Belgium)|BRT Top 30]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muziekbank.be/top30/70/brt0475.html|title=BRT Top 30 > Luv'|publisher=BRT Top 30|access-date=2021-04-01}} </ref>
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|5
|-
|Belgium/Flanders ([[Ultratop]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/23e/Luv'-Casanova|title=Ultratop > Luv'|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=2021-04-10}} </ref>
|align="center"|4
|-
|-
|Denmark (BT Hitlisten)
|Denmark (BT Hitlisten)
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|2
|-
|-
|Europarade (currently [[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles]])
|Europarade (currently [[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles]])
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|-
|-
|Germany ([[GfK Entertainment charts|Media Control Charts/Musikmarkt]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-574|title=Media Control Charts/Musikmarkt > Luv'|publisher=Offizielle Charts|access-date=2021-04-11}} </ref>
|Germany ([http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php Musikmarkt/Media Control])
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|6
|-
|-
|Netherlands ([[Dutch Top 40]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/luv/luv-casanova-5135|title=Dutch Top 40 > Luv'|publisher=Stichting Nederlandse Top 40|access-date=2021-04-11}} </ref>
|Netherlands ([[Dutch Top 40]])
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|6
|-
|-
|Netherlands (Nationale Hitparade (currently [[Mega Single Top 100|Single Top 100]])
|Netherlands (Nationale Hitparade (currently [[Single Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Luv%27&titel=Casanova&cat=s|title=Nationale Hitparade > Luv'|publisher=Dutchcharts.nl|access-date=2021-04-10}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|-
|-
|Spain (Los Domingos de ABC - Musica Joven)
|Switzerland ([http://swisscharts.com/ Swisscharts.com])
|align="center"|18
|-
|Switzerland ([[Swiss Hitparade|Schweizer Hitparade]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Luv'/Casanova-574|title=Nationale Hitparade > Luv'|publisher=Dutchcharts.nl|access-date=2021-04-11}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|4
|-
|-
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Chart (1979)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Nationale Hitparade) 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1979&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzicht 1979|publisher=Dutchcharts.nl|access-date=April 11, 2021|language=nl}}</ref>
|16
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1979|title=Jaaroverzicht 1979|publisher=Top40.nl|access-date=April 11, 2021|language=nl}}</ref>
|55
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium/Flanders (Ultratop) 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1979|title=Jaaroverzicht 1979|publisher=Ultratop.nl|access-date=April 9, 2021|language=nl}}</ref>
|24
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Media Control Charts/Musikmarkt) 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chartsurfer.de/musik/single-charts-deutschland/jahrescharts/hits-1979/top-100|title=Jahrecharts Deutschland 1979|publisher=Chartsurfer.de|access-date=April 10, 2021|language=de}}</ref>
|46
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chartsurfer.de/musik/single-charts-schweiz/jahrescharts/hits-1979/top-100|title=Jahrescharts Schweiz 1979|publisher=Hitparade.ch|access-date=April 10, 2021|language=de}}</ref>
|31
|-
!scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chartsurfer.de/musik/single-charts-oesterreich/jahrescharts/hits-1979/top-75|title=Jahrescharts Österreich 1979|publisher=Ö3 Austria Top 40|access-date=April 11, 2021|language=de}}</ref>
|36
|}
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Latest revision as of 04:48, 9 December 2023

"Casanova"
Single by Luv'
from the album Lots Of Luv'
B-side"D.J"
ReleasedApril 1979
Recorded1979
GenrePop
Length3:48
LabelPhilips Records/Phonogram Records (Western countries)
Tonpress (Poland)
Songwriter(s)Hans van Hemert and Piet Souer (a.k.a. Janschen & Janschens)
Producer(s)Hans van Hemert
Luv' singles chronology
"Trojan Horse"
(1978) 		"'Casanova'"
(1979) 		"Eeny Meeny Miny Moe"
(1979)

"Casanova" is the sixth single by the Dutch girl group Luv', released in the spring of 1979 by Philips Records. This song appears on the formation's second album, Lots Of Luv', and was a Top 10 single in a large part of Continental Europe, maintaining Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of 1979.[1][2]

Background

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After the success of the hit singles U.O.Me, You're the Greatest Lover and Trojan Horse as well as the album With Luv' in 1978, Philips/Phonogram Records released in April 1979 the new single, "Casanova", as a foretaste of the Lots Of Luv' LP. Casanova's lyrics deal with an unfaithful man who can't help seducing women. The song's arrangements were inspired by Flamenco, Latin American music and 1970s Europop, making it a smash hit in Benelux, the German-speaking countries and Denmark. A Spanish version was recorded.

Commercial performance

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"Casanova" was a Top 5 hit in Austria, Denmark, Switzerland and Flanders (Belgium), a Top 10 single in the Netherlands and Germany as well as a Top 20 song in Spain.

According to a special issue of Billboard magazine about the German recording industry published on December 8, 1979, the single sold 300.000 copies in the Federal Republic of Germany.[3]

Track listing and release

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7" Vinyl [4]

  • a. "Casanova"
  • b. "DJ"
Countries Year Label Catalog
West Europe 1978 Philips/Phonogram Records 6012897
Poland 1978 Tonpress 772
Japan 1978 Philips/Phonogram Records SFL 2426

Cover versions

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  • In 1979, the German female singer, Kirstin Lill, recorded a Schlager version in German entitled "Du bist ein Casanova".[5]
  • Orchester Kai Werner from Germany covered it in 1979.
  • German singer Max Greger recorded his version of in 1979.
  • Ady Zehnpfennig from Germany rendered it in 1979.
  • French formation Guy Denys His Organ And His Orchestra performed a cover version in 1979.
  • Belgian singer Frank Vlietinck covered the song in 1979.
  • Pop/Disco artist, Mona Carita, sang the track (entitled "Voi Mikä Casanova!") in Finnish[6] which was included on her 1979 eponymous album.
  • Swiss band Claudius Alzner Und Seine Solisten covered the track for their compilation Cocktail International Vol. 17 in 1980.[7]
  • In 1980, Michael Schau Und Seine Wersi-Orgel from Germany recorded their version of the track.
  • In 2006, Klaus Beyer recorded a German version of the song.
  • In 2009, Flemish singer, Lindsay, performed the song in Dutch for her album De Mooiste Dag.[8]

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1979) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 2
Belgium/Flanders (BRT Top 30)[9] 5
Belgium/Flanders (Ultratop)[10] 4
Denmark (BT Hitlisten) 2
Europarade (currently Eurochart Hot 100 Singles) 2
Germany (Media Control Charts/Musikmarkt)[11] 6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 6
Netherlands (Nationale Hitparade (currently Single Top 100)[13] 2
Spain (Los Domingos de ABC - Musica Joven) 18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 4

Year-end charts

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Chart (1979) Position
Netherlands (Nationale Hitparade) 1979[15] 16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 1979[16] 55
Belgium/Flanders (Ultratop) 1979[17] 24
Germany (Media Control Charts/Musikmarkt) 1979[18] 46
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 1979[19] 31
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 1979[20] 36

References

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  1. ^ List of the Conamus Export Prize winners Archived 2009-06-14 at the Wayback Machine; Conamus (currently: Buma Cultuur) is an organisation which promotes Dutch music artists abroad. Every year, since 1972, this foundation has presented an Export Prize to reward the best selling Export acts from the Netherlands.
  2. ^ List of the winners of Dutch pop music awards presented by Buma Cultuur in 1979
  3. ^ "West Germany: The Year In Review" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  4. ^ Release details on Discogs.com Accessed: February 12, 2011
  5. ^ Kirstin Lill on discogs.com Accessed: October 14, 2010
  6. ^ Mona Carita 1979 album Accessed: August 30, 2010
  7. ^ Claudius Alzner Und Seine Solisten/Cocktail International Vol. 17 Accessed: August 30, 2010
  8. ^ Information about Lindsay's cover of "Casanova" on Flemish Charts Website
  9. ^ "BRT Top 30 > Luv'". BRT Top 30. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  10. ^ "Ultratop > Luv'". Ultratop. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  11. ^ "Media Control Charts/Musikmarkt > Luv'". Offizielle Charts. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  12. ^ "Dutch Top 40 > Luv'". Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  13. ^ "Nationale Hitparade > Luv'". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  14. ^ "Nationale Hitparade > Luv'". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  15. ^ "Jaaroverzicht 1979" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  16. ^ "Jaaroverzicht 1979" (in Dutch). Top40.nl. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  17. ^ "Jaaroverzicht 1979" (in Dutch). Ultratop.nl. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  18. ^ "Jahrecharts Deutschland 1979" (in German). Chartsurfer.de. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  19. ^ "Jahrescharts Schweiz 1979" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  20. ^ "Jahrescharts Österreich 1979" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
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