“Trojan Horse” – Single by Luv’ from the album With Luv’
B-side: “Life Is on My Side”
Released: November 1978
Label: Philips/Phonogram Records(Benelux, France, Spain, Scandinavia, UK, Israel, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand), Carrere Records(Germany), Polydor Records(USA), Mercury Records (Canada)
Songwriters:Hans van Hemert and Piet Souer (as Janschen & Janschens)
Producer: Hans van Hemert
Charted No.1 in Netherlands, No.3 in Germany, No. 95 in Canada, No.2 in Denmark, No.22 in France
This song is the follow-up single to “You’re the Greatest Lover” and uses a bagpipe theme. The intro of this track was inspired by the famous “20th-Century Fox Fanfare” by Alfred Newman that 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.
According to a special issue of Billboard magazine about the German recording industry published on December 8, 1979, the single sold 480.000 copies in the Federal Republic of Germany. It also sold 80.000 copies in France,[2] 50.000 copies in Austria (where it turned gold), 100.000 copies in Belgium (gold certification) and 200.000 copies in the Netherlands (platinum certification). In total, more than one million units of the record were sold worldwide.
Luv’ is a Dutch all girl singing group that scored a string of hits in the 1970’s and 1980’s in the Netherlands. The group consisted of Marga Scheide, José Hoebee and Patty Brard.
This was one of their greatest hits, reaching #1 in the Dutch Top 40 in the summer of 1978
This TopPop recording was made on 11 November 1978
