Shocking Blue

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Shocking Blue

| image = Popgroep Shocking Blue gaf persconferentie in verband met succes van plaat Ve, Bestanddeelnr 923-1956.jpg

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| alt = 1970 black-and-white photo of the Dutch rock band Shocking Blue.

| caption = Shocking Blue in 1970

| background = group_or_band

| origin = The Hague, Netherlands

| genre = {{hlist|Psychedelic rock|Nederbeat|Garage pop{{cite magazine |first=Tom |last=Breihan |date=December 14, 2018 |title=The Number Ones: Shocking Blue's "Venus" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2026141/the-number-ones-shocking-blues-venus/columns/the-number-ones/amp/ |magazine=Stereogum |access-date=June 19, 2022}}}}

| years_active = {{start date|1967}}–{{end date|1974}}
(reunions: 1979, 1980, 1984)

| label = {{hlist|Pink Elephant|Polydor|Phonogram|Polygram|Universal|Mercury|Penny Farthing|Colossus}}

| associated_acts = {{hlist|The Motions|Galaxy-Lin|Antilope|Livin' Blues}}

| website =

| current_members =

| past_members = * Mariska Veres

}}

Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band formed in The Hague in 1967. They were part of the Nederbeat movement in the Netherlands. The band had a string of hit songs during the counterculture movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, including "Send Me a Postcard" and "Venus", which became their biggest hit and reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and many other countries during 1969 and 1970. The band sold 13 million records by 1973 but disbanded in 1974.{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells| year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/267 267 and 285]|isbn=0-214-20512-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/267}} Together with Golden Earring and the George Baker Selection, they are considered the most successful Nederbeat band, because their best hits charted abroad and especially in the United States.

History

=Original era=

Shocking Blue was founded in 1967 by the Motions guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen. Other members of the group at this time were Fred de Wilde, Klaasje van der Wal (1 February 1949 – 12 February 2018) and Cor van der Beek (9 June 1949 – 2 April 1998). They had a minor hit in 1968 with "Lucy Brown is Back in Town". When De Wilde was the band's lead singer, the band originally had a sound that was described as a cross between the Beatles and Brothers Four.

File:Shocking Blue - Cash Box 1969.jpg; November 22, 1969]]

De Wilde left in 1968 after joining the Dutch army, and van Leeuwen was introduced to Mariska Veres, singing at that time with a club band. He persuaded her to take over the vocals, and the group recorded a worldwide hit with the song "Venus", which entered the Veronica top 40 hit parade at position No.12 the 12 July 1969 and peaked at number three on 26 July 1969 in the Netherlands. The song was released in the United States and the United Kingdom at the end of the year and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970. It subsequently sold 350,000 copies in Germany and topped the U.S. chart for three weeks, the first song from the Netherlands to do so. It sold over one million copies there by January 1970 and received a gold record awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America. Global sales exceeded five million copies. Other hits include "Send Me a Postcard" in late 1968 and "Long and Lonesome Road" (often mistakenly named as "Long Lonesome Road") in 1969.{{cite web|title=Shocking Blue|publisher=Alex Gitlin|url=http://www.alexgitlin.com/shocking.htm|access-date=2010-07-21}}

"Venus" was followed by "Mighty Joe" (flip-side "Wild Wind") in 1969 and "Never Marry a Railroad Man" (flip-side "Roll Engine Roll") in 1970, both of which sold over a million records. The latter became a top-ten hit in several countries around the world.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AgEAAAAMBAJ&q=never+marry+with+a+railroad+man+billboard&pg=PA48|date=1971-01-09|title=Hits of The World|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2017-07-25}} Later songs were successful in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, including "Hello Darkness", "Demon Lover" (1970), "Shocking You", "Blossom Lady" and "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" (1971), "Inkpot", "Rock in the Sea" and "Eve and the Apple" (1972) and "Oh Lord" (1973), but they failed to make the charts in the U.S. or U.K.

Klaasje van der Wal left towards the end of 1971, following their first trip to Japan (which spawned a live album). In 1974, Robbie Van Leeuwen quit, and Mariska Veres left later that year, leading to the band's split. Veres went on to pursue a solo career until 1982.

=Reunions=

Shocking Blue reformed with its most famous line-up in 1979 and recorded "Louise" as their first single since their break-up in 1974. The song was never released. They did, however, perform live in 1980 with earlier songs such as "Venus" and "Never Marry a Railroad Man".

The band attempted another comeback in 1984 and released a new single "The Jury and the Judge" with "I Am Hanging on to Love" as the B-side in 1986.

In 1994 the single "Body and Soul" was released.

=Legacy=

Drummer Cor van der Beek died on 2 April 1998 at age 49 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Mariska Veres died of gallbladder cancer on 2 December 2006 at age 59 in The Hague, Netherlands.{{cite web|title=Mariska Veres, 59, Singer for Shocking Blue, Dies |work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/obituaries/08veres.html|date=2006-12-08|access-date=2017-07-25}}{{cite web|title=News: Obituaries Mariska Veres Singer with Shocking Blue|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mariska-veres-427159.html|date=2006-12-05|access-date=2017-08-28}} Bassist Klaasje van der Wal died on 12 February 2018 at age 69.{{cite web|url=https://www.haagmedia.nl/klaasje-wal-haags-popicoon-is-overleden/ |title= Klaasje van der Wal, Haags popicoon, is overleden|language=nl|website=Haag Media|date= 14 February 2018|access-date=January 15, 2019}}

Bananarama covered "Venus" in 1986, hitting number 1 in the United States, Canada, and Australia, and reaching number 8 in the UK.

Members

==Principal members==

Cor van der Beek – drums, percussion (1967–1974; died 2006)
Robbie van Leeuwen – guitars, sitar, mandolin, backing vocals (1967–1973)
Klaasje van der Wal – bass guitar (1967–1971; died 2018){{cite news|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/de-mooie-jongen-van-shocking-blue-die-al-in-1975-zijn-gitaar-in-de-wilgen-hing~b374d385/|newspaper=de Volkskrant|access-date=31 January 2019|date=8 March 2018|first=Peter|last=de Waard|title=De mooie jongen van Shocking Blue, die al in 1975 zijn gitaar in de wilgen hing|language=nl}}
Mariska Veres – lead vocals (1968–1974; died 2006)

==Other members==

Fred de Wilde – lead vocals, guitars (1967–1968)
Leo van de Ketterij – guitars (1970–1971; died 2021)
Martin van Wijk – guitars (1973–1974)
Henk Smitskamp – bass guitar (1972–1974)

=Timeline=

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Discography

=Albums=

==Studio albums==

Shocking Blue (also known as Beat with Us, German version) (1967)
At Home (also known as The Shocking Blue, 1970 American version) (1969)
Scorpio's Dance (also known as Sally Was a Good Old Girl, Japanese title) (1970)
Third Album (also known as Shocking You) (1971)
Inkpot (1972)
Attila (also known as Rock in the Sea, Japanese title, and Eve and the Apple) (1972)
Ham (1973)
Dream on Dreamer (1974)
Good Times (1974)

==Live albums==

Live in Japan (Recorded on July 28 and 30, 1971, at Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan) (1971){{Discogs release|4866642|The Shocking Blue – Live In Japan}}

==Compilation albums==

;Charted or certified compilation albums

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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"\| NED {{cite web\|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=Shocking+Blue&cat=a \|title=Dutch Albums \|publisher=dutchcharts.nl \|accessdate=2022-08-21}}
scope="row" \| The Golden Years of Dutch Pop Music \| Released: 2015 Label: Universal \| 39

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Released: 2015
Label: Universal

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;Other compilation albums

1969 Sensational Shocking Blue (Discofoon)
1970 Shocking Blue (Pink Elephant)
1971 Hello Darkness (Pink Elephant)
1972 The Shocking Blue, Perfect Collection (Polydor)
1972 The Best of Shocking Blue (Pink Elephant)
1973 Shocking Blue's Best (Metronome)
1973 With Love from... Shocking Blue (Capri)
1978 The Shocking Blue Double Deluxe (Polydor)
1980 Venus (Piccadilly)
1981 The Shocking Blue Greatest Hits (CNR)
1986 Best of Shocking Blue (CNR)
1986 Classics (21 Records)
1986 The Best of Shocking Blue (Victor)
1990 The Very Best of Shocking Blue (Red Bullet), (Arcade, 1993)
1990 Shocking Blue 20 Greatest Hits (Repertoire)
1990 Venus (Castle Communications AG)
1994 A Portrait of Shocking Blue (Castle)
1995 The Golden Hits (Red Bullet)
1997 Singles A's and B's (Repertoire)
1997 Shocking Blue Grand Collection (A.R.O.)
1998 Shocking You (Laserlight)
2000 Shocking Blue Golden Collection 2000 (Lighthouse)
2000 All Gold of the World Shocking Blue (Mekkophone & Castle Communications)
2004 Shocking Blue Greatest Hits (Red Bullet)
2011 The Very Best of Shocking Blue (Part One - The A Sides) (Red Bullet)
2011 The Very Best of Shocking Blue (Part Two - The B Sides) (Red Bullet)
2022 At Home (The Singles) (Music on Vinyl; RSD limited edition 10" pink vinyl)

=Box sets=

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Released: 2017
Label: Red Bullet

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=Singles=

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2"\| Single ! colspan="10"\| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" \| Certifications ! rowspan="2" \| Album
style="text-align: center;" width="35"\| NED {{cite web\|title=Discografie Shocking Blue \|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Shocking+Blue\|website=dutchcharts.nl\|access-date=16 January 2022}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"\| AUS {{cite book\|last=Kent\|first=David\|author-link=David Kent (historian)\|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992\|edition=illustrated\|publisher=Australian Chart Book\|location=St Ives, N.S.W.\|year=1993\|isbn=0-646-11917-6\|page=273}} "Venus '90" (ARIA Charts): {{cite web\|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Shocking+Blue&titel=Venus+%2790&cat=s\|title=Shocking Blue – Venus '90\|website=australian-charts.com\|access-date=8 October 2022}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"\| AUT {{cite web \|url=https://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=shocking%20blue&cat=s\|title=Austrian Charts > Shocking Blue\|website=Austriancharts.at\|access-date=24 August 2022\|language=German}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"\| BEL {{cite web\|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?lang=nl&cat=s&artist=Shocking+Blue&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts \|title=Belgian Singles \|publisher=ultratop.be \|accessdate=2012-10-21}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"\| CAN Canadian Singles: "Long and Lonesome Road" {{cite web\|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3817.pdf\|title=RPM Top 100 Singles - June 27, 1970}} "Venus" {{cite web\|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6103.pdf\| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - January 31, 1970}} "Mighty Joe" {{cite web\|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3796.pdf\| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - April 25, 1970}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"\| GER {{cite web\|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=Shocking+Blue&country=de&x=0&y=0&kategorie=single \|title=German Singles \|publisher=Charts.de GfK Entertainment\|language=German \|accessdate=2022-08-22}} Type Shocking Blue in the search field ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"\| NOR {{cite web\|title=Discography Shocking Blue \|url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Shocking+Blue\|website=norwegiancharts.com\|access-date=16 January 2022}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"\| SWI {{cite web\|url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&from=&to=&search=shocking+blue\|title=Swiss Charts > Shocking Blue\|website=Swisscharts.com\|access-date=26 August 2022}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"\| UK {{cite web\|title=SHOCKING BLUE - full Official Chart History \|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13890/shocking-blue/\|website=Official Charts Company\|access-date=16 January 2022}} ! style="text-align: center;" width="35"\| US {{cite web\|title=Shocking Blue - Awards \|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/shocking-blue-mn0000029604/awards\|website=AllMusic\|access-date=16 January 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201223026/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/shocking-blue-mn0000029604/awards \|archive-date=December 1, 2012}}
1967 \| "Love Is in the Air" b/w "What You Gonna Do" \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| \| Shocking Blue
rowspan="2"\|1968 \| "Lucy Brown Is Back in Town" b/w "Fix Your Hair Darling" \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| \| rowspan="3"\|Non-album single
"Send Me a Postcard" b/w "Harley Davidson" \| style="text-align: center;" \| 10 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 4 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \|
rowspan="3"\|1969 \| "Long and Lonesome Road" b/w "Fireball of Love" \| style="text-align: center;" \| 16 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 72 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 75 \|
"Venus" b/w "Hot Sand" \| style="text-align: center;" \| 2 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 2 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 2 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 2 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 8 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1 \| RIAA: Gold{{cite web\|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Shocking+Blue&ti=Venus&format=Single&type=#search_section\|title=RIAA GOLD & PLATINUM\|publisher=riaa.com\|accessdate=2022-09-27}} \| At Home (international version & reissues)
"Mighty Joe" b/w "Wild Wind" \| style="text-align: center;" \| 2 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 43 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 16 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 3 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 22 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 5 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 6 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 43 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 43 \| \| rowspan="2"\|Non-album single
rowspan="3"\|1970 \| "Never Marry a Railroad Man" b/w "Roll Engine Roll" \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 40 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 15 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 12 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 5 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 6 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 102*{{Cite magazine\|date=January 23, 1971\|title=Bubbling Under The Hot 100\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56\|magazine=Billboard\|pages=56}} \|
"Sally Was a Good Old Girl" b/w "Long and Lonesome Road" \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| \| Scorpio's Dance
"Hello Darkness" b/w "Pickin' Tomatoes" \| style="text-align: center;" \| 4 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 14 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 44 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| \| Non-album single
rowspan="4"\|1971 \| "Shocking You" b/w "Waterloo" \| style="text-align: center;" \| 10 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 29 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 45 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| \| rowspan="2"\| Third Album
"Serenade" b/w "Sleepless at Midnight" \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \|
"Blossom Lady" b/w "Is This a Dream" \| style="text-align: center;" \| 2 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 78 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 4 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 41 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| \| rowspan="2"\| Non-album single
"Out of Sight, Out of Mind" b/w "I Like You" \| style="text-align: center;" \| 6 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 13 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \|
rowspan="3"\|1972 \| "Inkpot" b/w "Give My Love to the Sunrise" \| style="text-align: center;" \| 5 \| style="text-align: center;" \| 97 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 4 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 12 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| \| Inkpot
"Rock in the Sea" b/w "Broken Heart" \| style="text-align: center;" \| 14 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 23 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 31 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| \| Attila
"Eve and the Apple" b/w "When I Was a Girl" \| style="text-align: center;" \| 15 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 19 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| \| Eve and the Apple
rowspan="2"\|1973 \| "Let Me Carry Your Bag" b/w "I Saw You in June" \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| \| Non-album single
"Oh Lord" b/w "In My Time of Dying" \| style="text-align: center;" \| 14 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 15 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| \| Ham
rowspan="3"\|1974 \| "This America" b/w "I Won't Be Lonely Long" \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 23 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| \| rowspan="2"\|Non-album single
"Dream on Dreamer" b/w "Where the Pick-Nick Was" \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \|
"Good Times" b/w "Come My Way" \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| \| Good Times
1975 \| "Gonna Sing My Song" b/w "Get It On" \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| \| rowspan="4"\|Non-album single
1986 \| "The Jury and the Judge" b/w "I Am Hanging on to Love" \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \|
1990 \| "Venus '90" \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 49 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| 78 \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \|
1994 \| "Body and Soul" b/w "Angel" \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \| style="text-align: center;" \| — \|
colspan="14" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"\| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

class="wikitable"

rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" | Certifications

! rowspan="2" | Album

style="text-align: center;" width="35"| NED
{{cite web|title=Discografie Shocking Blue |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Shocking+Blue|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=16 January 2022}}

! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| AUS
{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=273}}

"Venus '90" (ARIA Charts): {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Shocking+Blue&titel=Venus+%2790&cat=s|title=Shocking Blue – Venus '90|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=8 October 2022}}

! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| AUT
{{cite web |url=https://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=shocking%20blue&cat=s|title=Austrian Charts > Shocking Blue|website=Austriancharts.at|access-date=24 August 2022|language=German}}

! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| BEL
{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?lang=nl&cat=s&artist=Shocking+Blue&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=Belgian Singles |publisher=ultratop.be |accessdate=2012-10-21}}

! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| CAN
Canadian Singles:

"Long and Lonesome Road" {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3817.pdf|title=RPM Top 100 Singles - June 27, 1970}}
"Venus" {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6103.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - January 31, 1970}}
"Mighty Joe" {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3796.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - April 25, 1970}}

! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| GER
{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=Shocking+Blue&country=de&x=0&y=0&kategorie=single |title=German Singles |publisher=Charts.de GfK Entertainment|language=German |accessdate=2022-08-22}} Type Shocking Blue in the search field

! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| NOR
{{cite web|title=Discography Shocking Blue |url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Shocking+Blue|website=norwegiancharts.com|access-date=16 January 2022}}

! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| SWI
{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&from=&to=&search=shocking+blue|title=Swiss Charts > Shocking Blue|website=Swisscharts.com|access-date=26 August 2022}}

! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| UK
{{cite web|title=SHOCKING BLUE - full Official Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13890/shocking-blue/|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=16 January 2022}}

! style="text-align: center;" width="35"| US
{{cite web|title=Shocking Blue - Awards |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/shocking-blue-mn0000029604/awards|website=AllMusic|access-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201223026/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/shocking-blue-mn0000029604/awards |archive-date=December 1, 2012}}

1967

| "Love Is in the Air" b/w "What You Gonna Do"

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

| Shocking Blue

rowspan="2"|1968

| "Lucy Brown Is Back in Town" b/w "Fix Your Hair Darling"

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

| rowspan="3"|Non-album single

"Send Me a Postcard" b/w "Harley Davidson"

| style="text-align: center;" | 10

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 4

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

rowspan="3"|1969

| "Long and Lonesome Road" b/w "Fireball of Love"

| style="text-align: center;" | 16

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 72

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 75

|

"Venus" b/w "Hot Sand"

| style="text-align: center;" | 2

| style="text-align: center;" | 1

| style="text-align: center;" | 2

| style="text-align: center;" | 1

| style="text-align: center;" | 2

| style="text-align: center;" | 1

| style="text-align: center;" | 8

| style="text-align: center;" | 1

|

RIAA: Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Shocking+Blue&ti=Venus&format=Single&type=#search_section|title=RIAA GOLD & PLATINUM|publisher=riaa.com|accessdate=2022-09-27}}

| At Home
(international version & reissues)

"Mighty Joe" b/w "Wild Wind"

| style="text-align: center;" | 2

| style="text-align: center;" | 43

| style="text-align: center;" | 16

| style="text-align: center;" | 3

| style="text-align: center;" | 22

| style="text-align: center;" | 5

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 6

| style="text-align: center;" | 43

|

| rowspan="2"|Non-album single

rowspan="3"|1970

| "Never Marry a Railroad Man" b/w "Roll Engine Roll"

| style="text-align: center;" | 1

| style="text-align: center;" | 40

| style="text-align: center;" | 15

| style="text-align: center;" | 1

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 12

| style="text-align: center;" | 5

| style="text-align: center;" | 6

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 102*{{Cite magazine|date=January 23, 1971|title=Bubbling Under The Hot 100|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56|magazine=Billboard|pages=56}}

|

"Sally Was a Good Old Girl" b/w "Long and Lonesome Road"

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

| Scorpio's Dance

"Hello Darkness" b/w "Pickin' Tomatoes"

| style="text-align: center;" | 4

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 14

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 44

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

| Non-album single

rowspan="4"|1971

| "Shocking You" b/w "Waterloo"

| style="text-align: center;" | 10

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 29

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 45

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

| rowspan="2"| Third Album

"Serenade" b/w "Sleepless at Midnight"

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

"Blossom Lady" b/w "Is This a Dream"

| style="text-align: center;" | 2

| style="text-align: center;" | 78

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 4

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 41

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

| rowspan="2"| Non-album single

"Out of Sight, Out of Mind" b/w "I Like You"

| style="text-align: center;" | 6

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 13

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

rowspan="3"|1972

| "Inkpot" b/w "Give My Love to the Sunrise"

| style="text-align: center;" | 5

| style="text-align: center;" | 97

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 4

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 12

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

| Inkpot

"Rock in the Sea" b/w "Broken Heart"

| style="text-align: center;" | 14

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 23

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 31

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

| Attila

"Eve and the Apple" b/w "When I Was a Girl"

| style="text-align: center;" | 15

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 19

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

| Eve and the Apple

rowspan="2"|1973

| "Let Me Carry Your Bag" b/w "I Saw You in June"

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

| Non-album single

"Oh Lord" b/w "In My Time of Dying"

| style="text-align: center;" | 14

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 15

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

| Ham

rowspan="3"|1974

| "This America" b/w "I Won't Be Lonely Long"

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 23

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

| rowspan="2"|Non-album single

"Dream on Dreamer" b/w "Where the Pick-Nick Was"

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

"Good Times" b/w "Come My Way"

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

| Good Times

1975

| "Gonna Sing My Song" b/w "Get It On"

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

| rowspan="4"|Non-album single

1986

| "The Jury and the Judge" b/w "I Am Hanging on to Love"

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

1990

| "Venus '90"

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 49

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | 78

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

1994

| "Body and Soul" b/w "Angel"

| style="text-align: center;" | —

|

colspan="14" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

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[http://www.alexgitlin.com/shocking.htm Shocking Blue biography]
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