Ann-Maria

Infobox Single
Name = Ann-Maria


Artist = Luv'
from Album = True Luv'
B-side = Flash
Released = February 1980
Format = 7" Vinyl Single
Recorded = 1979
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:38
Label = CNR/Carrere Records
Writer = Piet Souer
Producer = Hans van Hemert
Last single = "Ooh, Yes I Do"
(1979)
This single = "Ann-Maria"
(1980)
Next single = "One More Little Kissie"
(1980)

Ann-Maria is the tenth single by the Dutch girl group Luv', released in early 1980 by Carrere Records. This song appears on the formation's third studio album True Luv'. This down tempo composition was a Top 3 hit in Mexico and also topped the music charts in Benelux, Denmark and Germany.

ong History

When Luv' left Philips Records/Phonogram Records for CNR/Carrere in 1979, the trio hoped that its success story would go on. The single Ooh, Yes I Do became a successful chart topper (even it didn't reached the results of million sellers like You're the Greatest Lover or Trojan Horse). The ballad Ann Maria was chosen as a follow-up single and used a Latin American orchestration inspired by ABBA's Chiquitita and Boney M.s El Lute. A children's choir was integrated into this song (like ABBA's hit record, I Have a Dream).

Chart performance

Ann-Maria was a Top 10 hit in Flanders, a Top 20 hit in the Netherlands and Denmark and a Top 40 hit in Germany. The Spanish version of this single reached the third position in the Mexican charts.

External links

* [http://www.lyric.su/song_ann_maria_luv.html Lyrics to Ann-Maria]