This is the record by the Dutch studio group formed by Jaap Eggermont that started the worldwide medley craze of the early 1980s, where portions of popular songs would be presented one after another and often overlaid with a dance/clapping track. The medley included 11 songs--one guitar riff originally done by Shocking Blue, one song originally by The Archies, and 8 songs originally by The Beatles, plus one original chorus. A copyright requirement for the use of The Beatles' songs meant that each song had to be listed, resulting in the longest ever titled song to appear on the Billboard charts; the full title was "Medley: Intro 'Venus'/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want to Know a Secret/We Can Work It Out/I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You're Going to Lose That Girl/Stars on 45."

Stars on 45 Medley went to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1981 and also became #1 in many other countries like Canada, Germany, Australia, and the Netherlands. In the UK, where the group was known as Starsound, it peaked at #2, and it also charted at #18 on the USA Dance charts. The single version released in the USA starts out with the "Venus" intro riff, while most worldwide versions had a longer Stars on 45 chorus just before the Venus intro begins. Loved this when it came out, and until now whenever I hear a Beatles song, my mind would segue into the next song from the medley, heh.

original version on the album Stars on Long Play
written by Robbie van Leeuwen, Andy Kim, Jeff Barry, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Jaap Eggermont
© copyright 1981 Radio Records Inc. All rights reserved.

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