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Vengaboys

Vengaboys   (Netherlands)

EuroPop group
Added : 27/08/2000
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Greatest Hits / The Party Album
Up & Down - The Party Album!
The Remix Album
The Platinum Album
Best Of (Australian Tour Edition)
Xmas Party Album!
Parada De Tettas
To Brazil
Up And Down
We Like To Party (The Vengabus)
Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom
We're Going To Ibiza
Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine)
Megamixes
Shala Lala
Uncle John From Jamaica
Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song)
Forever As One
Rocket To Uranus
Hot Hot Hot
2 Brazil
Where Did My Xmas Tree Go?
Supergeil!
1999 (I Wanna Go Back)
The Sign
Up & Down
Boom Boom Boom Boom !!
Like To Party! (The Badger Bus)
96 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Latest Vengaboys news

13/09/2021 : The Vengaboys released a new single entitled 1999 (I Wanna Go Back), a cover of the song released by Charli XCX & Troye Sivan in 2018

03/06/2021 : The Vengaboys launch the Venga Dance Club, with one new TikTok choreography available every Saturday

02/09/2020 : Vengaboys' hit Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom was covered by LIZOT, Amfree & Ampris

21/08/2020 : Today, Timmy Trumpet and the Vengaboys released a new version of their hit Up & Down

02/07/2019 : The Vengaboys released an EP including unplugged versions of Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! and We're Going to Ibiza!

22/05/2019 : Vengaboys' hit We're Going to Ibiza tops the charts again in Austria, as it became the hymn of anti-far right protesters after a scandal leading to vice-chancelor resign.

09/04/2019 : The Vengaboys' hit Boom Boom Boom Boom was covered by Tronix Dj vs Basslouder

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Vengaboys albums

Greatest Hits / The Party Album Greatest Hits / The Party Album 1998
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Up & Down - The Party Album! Up & Down - The Party Album! 1998
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The Remix Album The Remix Album 1999
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The Platinum Album The Platinum Album 2000
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Best Of (Australian Tour Edition) Best Of (Australian Tour Edition) 2 CDs 10th Dec 2011
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Xmas Party Album! Xmas Party Album! 27th Nov 2014
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Vengaboys singles

Parada De Tettas Parada De Tettas 1997  
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To Brazil To Brazil 1997  
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Up And Down Up And Down Mar 1997  
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We Like To Party (The Vengabus) We Like To Party (The Vengabus) Apr 1998  
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Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom 14th Jun 1999  
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We're Going To Ibiza We're Going To Ibiza 30th Aug 1999  
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Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine) Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine) 24th Nov 1999  
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Megamixes Megamixes 2000  
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Shala Lala Shala Lala 27th Feb 2000  
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Uncle John From Jamaica Uncle John From Jamaica 14th May 2000  
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Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song) Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song) 18th Sep 2000  
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Forever As One Forever As One 12th Feb 2001  
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Rocket To Uranus Rocket To Uranus 4th Jun 2010  
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Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot 22nd Jul 2013  
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2 Brazil 2 Brazil 19th May 2014  
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Where Did My Xmas Tree Go? Where Did My Xmas Tree Go? 24th Nov 2014  
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Supergeil! Supergeil! (with Coen and Sander) 26th Feb 2016  
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1999 (I Wanna Go Back) 1999 (I Wanna Go Back) 10th Sep 2021  
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Vengaboys remixes

We Like To Party (The Vengabus) We Like To Party (The Vengabus) 1998  
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Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom 1999  
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We're Going To Ibiza We're Going To Ibiza 1999  
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Featurings and collaborations

The Sign RIO (2) - The Sign 4th Aug 2017  
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Up & Down Timmy Trumpet - Up & Down 21st Aug 2020  
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Boom Boom Boom Boom !! Willy William - Boom Boom Boom Boom !! 15th Jun 2023  
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Like To Party! (The Badger Bus) Badger - Like To Party! (The Badger Bus) 14th Jul 2023  
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Vengaboys biography

The Vengaboys are more an euro-pop project than a real eurodance project at the litteral sense of the the term. Originally, "The Vengaboys" was a working name of the two Dutch DJ's, known as Danski and Delmundo. Their real names are Dennis van den Driesschen and Wessel van Diepen. Van Diepen was a famous RadioDJ in the Netherlands and he wanted to stay anonymous. He had already scored many dance hits : L.A. style - James Brown is dead in 1991, Lick ft. Kentucky Martha in 1994 and Nakatomi - Children Of The Night from is from Wessel too. van den Driesschen and Wessel did many remixes, for instance for 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor and Twenty 4 Seven. They were also the producers of the E-Motion project and took part to Alice Deejay as well.

The origin of the Vengaboys, according to the legend told by van Diepen, comes from the time when they were touring with their school bus across Spain from 1992 till 1997. In the summer they placed their equipment on various Spanish beaches to organize illegal beach parties. The parties usually ended when the Guardia Civil showed up. Being both party-animals and producers, Danski and Delmundo were said to have some underground club hits in 1996 and in 1997, which have been pressed in limited editions. Still according to the legend, during one of the hottest Spanish summers (1996), the Vengaboys met up with Kim Sasabone and the other band members (Roy, Denice and Robin) at one of their beach parties. During the autumn of 1996 the idea grew that it was time to expand the over successful parties throughout the world. They would be performing under the name “The Vengaboys” ("Venga" means "come on" in Spanish). The new project gave their first official gig in October 1997. At that time, they were wearing flag fabrics outfits because they were sponsored by a flag fabric factory. But actually, the bus and the parties in Spain never happened and were only a marketing story. The members did not came from exotic places in the world but from the Netherlands, as it was revealed in December 2000 in an interview the the newspaper Vrij Nederland.

At the beginning (1996-1997), the band only consisted of Kim, plus background singers Olivia Ovington and Rachael Carpenter. Then the lineup changed a bit. One of the band's particularity became that the member were always wearing each a special outfit. The frontlady Kim Sasabone (born April 1st 1974 in Salvador) always appeared wearing a sexy camouflage outfit. Roy Olivero-Den Burger (aka Roy Darman, born 31 July 1975, coming from Trinidad), then later his replacer Donny Latupeirissa, were dressed as a cowboy. Denise Van Rijswijk (born October 20th 1978, dancer from the Netherlands) wore a disco outfit. Robin Pors (born January 1st 1978) then Yorick Bakker (born July 10th 1976) played the role of a sailor.

Danski and Delmundo based themselves in a well-equipped studio in Hilversum, while the band members continued their oversuccesful European tour under the name “The Vengaboys”. The first two singles only had a local success. Parada De Tettas, only featuring Kim (credited as Sonia), and only released in the Netherlands, reached number 14 in the charts. To Brazil was a Dutch summer hit, reaching the #22 position. Everything began with the single Up and Down, which was released in March 1997. It went Top 5 in the Netherlands, Denmark, France, Spain... in fact, it was a big hit across Europe, reaching number 4 in the UK. The UK really caught the Venga-flu, where the band have since had two numbers ones with Boom Boom Boom Boom (including remixes by Brooklyn Bounce and the Klubbheads) and We're Going To Ibiza. Along with We Like To Party, these four singles have given the band a combined sales total of almost 2 million singles in the UK alone.

The first Vengaboys-album, first called The Party Album, then strangely renamed Greatest Hits, turned out to be a worldwide bestseller. It went platinum in the U.K., Germany, Scandinavia, Belgium, South America and India. The release in America and South Africa meant gold, while sales in Holland and Canada resulted in triple platinum. So far, the Vengaboys have sold over 10 million singles and 4 and a half million copies of their albums, proofing to be the most successful Dutch pop group ever. .

In March 2000, the Vengaboys released their second album, called The Platinum Album, which includes the chart-topping hit singles Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine) and Shalala lala. The expectations were that this album, which already went gold in the Netherlands, would exceed all previous sales. This album also introduced a new member : Yorick, who replaced Robin who wanted to pursue a solo-career. He came from the same boys-band, Velvet and most fans did not even notice the change.

Besides their musical talents, the Vengaboys always found a way to draw the attention of the press. They once threw a 10000 $ amount cash into the audience during a concert in Barcelona ('Music for the people, money for the people'), promoted their single Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine) by setting up the world record for the Longest Kiss ever and have been arrested by the police at an airport because of the dangerous looking 'bullet-belt' singer Kim usually wears. Also, an autograph-session in a warehouse in Tokyo had to be stopped when an immense amount of fans literally tore down the store, the band nearly survived a plane accident in Bombay and they made front-page headlines by refusing the Dutch Export Prize (they told they only accepted prizes awarded from the public). They also invented stories to bring attention on them : the vengabus' tyres or the first CD's master being stolen, for instance. With more sunny music on the way and a fully booked tour schedule - they performed over 190 times in 32 different countries in the previous year.

After Kiss they released Shala Lala, which became a world wide hit, but surprised the fans. It included a remix by Alice Deejay and an uncensored version of the video of Shalala Lala.

On the 15th of April at the TMF awards, the Vengaboys won an award for the best dance act Holland. Roy gave this award away to an fan, he said :" This award is for you, the fans !". The next single was Uncle John From Jamaica, although it had great expectations the chart positions were disappointing.

The following single to be released was Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song), and it was not featuring Kim's voice but a computerized voice. This was the last single before the producers revealed that the Spanish sotry of the project was actually a lie.

The management of Irish boy band Westlife ordered the Vengaboys to edit the video for their most recent single, Forever As One. The clip's original version featured a short scene in which the members of both bands greeted each other. The next song was entitled Take Me To The City and it appeared on the Charlie's Angels movie's soundtrack.

In 2002 Denice and Yorick left the band. They were replaced by Mark and Lilly.

2004 : the Vengaboys more or less broke up. Roy went on to become a flight attendant for KLM Dutch airlines after the band's breakup. Denise joined the Divas of Dance. She married Winston Post. Her full name changed to Denise Post Van Rijswijk.

2005 : Denise gave birth to a baby called Jayden Winston Johannes.

2006 : the Vengaboys appeared at G-A-Y on Saturday 15th July 2006, and performed eight of their singles. Roy was replaced by Donny. The song We Like to Party was played in Busch Stadium in the US after the final out of the 2006 World Series, which was broadcasted on Fox.

2008 : Denice released a cover of Paula Abdul's hit Straight Up. The Vengaboys did a UK tour in March and there are unconfirmed rumors about a new single entitled Partylife.

2010 : after 10 years of silence, the Vengaboys were back with a brand new single entitled Rocket to Uranus. The videoclip featured blogger Perez Hilton (rumors had first announced cameos of Lady Gaga or Alice Deejay).

2011 : According to rumors, the Vengaboys's next single could be All We Wanna Do. They performed it at several events last year, but no official confirmation was given.

2012 : the Vengaboys released a double CD Best Of (Australian Tour Edition). Chorus of Boom Boom Boom Boom was borrowed by Rye Rye. On their Twitter account, the Vengaboys accuse RIO of having stolen their We Like To Party synths for their latest single Party Shaker.

2013 : As of January, Vengaboys performed a new single called Nightlife Of Ibiza, which is scheduled for a Spring 2013 release. They are also rumored to be working on a brand new album in the studio. The new single was confirmed by their official tour page in early 2013. The new single was finally entitled Hot Hot Hot and released in July

2014 : For Soccer World Cup, the Vengaboys remixed their song To Brazil.

2016 : The Vengaboys released a collaboration with Coen and Sander called Supergeil!

2017 : they teamed with German project R.I.O. on single The Sign

2019 : We're Going to Ibiza topped the Austria charts, as it became the hymn of anti-far right protesters after a scandal leading to vice-chancelor resign

2020 : they released a new version of their hit Up & Down with Timmy Trumpet

2021 : they launched the Venga Dance Club, with one new TikTok choreography available every Saturday

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Thanks to Harry, Tavi Meran and Tyler

Vengaboys biography was last updated Tue, April 18th 2023

Charts (singles)

Australia Austria Belgium Finland France Netherlands New Zealand Norway Sweden Switzerland
Parada De Tettas #29
To Brazil #23
Up And Down #24 #11 #72 #5 #27 #32
We Like To Party (The Vengabus) #2 #6 #1 #18 #2 #9 #56 #4
Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom #2 #8 #1 #4 #1 #1 #1 #1 #13
We're Going To Ibiza #26 #12 #2 #9 #25 #1 #6 #3 #2 #7
Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine) #17 #14 #5 #53 #3 #1 #20 #3 #14
Shala Lala #4 #2 #2 #61 #2 #1 #5 #5 #3
Uncle John From Jamaica #45 #10 #14 #86 #7 #5 #12 #18
Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song) #30 #30 #29 #33 #49
Forever As One #77


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