Trojan Horse (Luv' song)

Infobox Single
Name = Trojan Horse


Artist = Luv'
from Album = With Luv' (German Version)
B-side = Life Is On My Side
Released = November 1978
Format = 7" Vinyl Single
Recorded = 1978
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:24
Label = Philips Records/Phonogram Records
Writer = Hans van Hemert and Piet Souer (a.k.a Janschen & Janschens)
Producer = Hans van Hemert
Arranger= Piet Souer
Last single = "You're the Greatest Lover"
(1978)
This single = "Trojan Horse"
(1978)
Next single = " Casanova"
(1979)

"Trojan Horse" is the fifth single by the Dutch girl group Luv', released in the autumn of 1978 by Philips Records. This million seller appears on the German version of the 1978 debut album, With Luv' and was a successful chart topper in a large part of Continental Europe and South Africa.

ong History

This song is a follow-up single of You're the Greatest Lover and uses a bagpipe theme. The intro of this track is inspired by the famous "20th-Century Fox Fanfare" by Alfred Newman which accompanies the 20th Century Fox studio logo at the beginning of its productions. Thanks to this hit record, Luv' established itself as one of the most popular Dutch pop acts of the late 1970s.
Trojan Horse was included in the German version of the With Luv' album and on CD in compilations (such as Luv' Gold and 25 Jaar Na Waldolala). In 2006, this smash hit also appears as a bonus track in the Box set Completely In Luv'.

Cover versions

* In 1979, the Swedish female singer Siw Inger sang a German version of the song as Komm spiel mit mir.
* An East German sister duet, Die Molly Sisters, sang a Schlager version of this composition entitled Im grünen Wald .
* A short-lived German girl group Luv' Connection covered the track in 2003 [ [http://luv-connection.com/ Luv' Connection Official site] ] .
* Jump With Me [ [http://www.sheffieldjumpers.com/ Sheffield Jumpers Official Site] ] [ [http://www.myspace.com/sheffieldjumpers Sheffield Jumpers MySpace page] ] , the debut single of Sheffield Jumpers released on August 29th 2008, features a sample and a re-sung chorus from Trojan Horse. This song stayed in the lower regions of the German Media Control Charts, peaking at #69. Sheffield Jumpers are a Dutch Jumpstyle Boy Group produced by German Techno veteran Scooter.

Charts & Certifications

Trojan Horse was a #1 hit single in the Netherlands, in Flanders (Belgium), in Denmark and Poland. It peaked at #2 in Austria and Switzerland, #3 in Germany, #17 in South Africa and #36 in France.

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