TROJAN HORSE – LUV

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
27-Apr-79	20	New
04-May-79	19	+1
11-May-79	18	+1
18-May-79	20	-2
01-Jun-79	19	RE
08-Jun-79	17	+2	Peak
15-Jun-79	18	-1

Written by: Hans van Hemert and Piet Souer (as Janschen & Janschens)
Produced by: Hans van Hemert
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Philips

Hit number for artist	2
Peak position	17
Weeks	7
Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	0
Biggest faller awards	0
Top 20 points	16
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=2051
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	2
Top 30 Points	86
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=1927
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	2

Annual ranking:

1979

97

Other chart success:

Argentina	9
Australia	50
Austria	2
Belgium	1
Canada	95
Denmark	2
Finland	16
France	22
Germany	3
Israel	20
Netherlands	1
New Zealand	6
Switzerland	2
Zimbabwe	14

The song’s intro was inspired by the fanfare used at the start of 20^th Century Fox films. In 1979 Luv made a cameo appearance in the German film ‘Cola, Candy, Chocolate’ in which they sang the song. It has been widely covered by mostly Dutch, German and Scandinavian artists. The track has seen 3 remixed versions released in 2006, 2015 and 2022.

Video:

Artist link: Luv

LUV (THE NETHERLANDS)

Inspired by the band Silver Convention, Dutch record producers Hans van Hemert and Piet Souer decided to form an all girl group. They recruited José Hoebee, Marga Scheife and Patty Brard and called the group Luv. Their first single, 1977’s ‘My Man’ would be a fair success, going to 11 in both The Netherlands and Belgium. However, their second single, ‘Dream Dream’, failed to chart. But they came back strong with their 3^rd, ‘O.U.Me’ which got to number 3 in The Netherlands and equalled that peak in Belgium. 1978 proved their most successful year with ‘You’re The Greatest Lover’ topping the charts in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland and follow up, ‘Trojan Horse’, giving them another Netherlands and Belgian chart topper, while peaking at 3 in German and 2 in Switzerland. By 1981 they had clocked up 12 hits on the Dutch charts, but at that point Patty Brard left to forge a solo career and the hits dried up with only 3 further chart entries and a number of line up changes.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
22-Dec-1978	You’re The Greatest Lover	15	8
27-Apr-1979	Trojan Horse	17	7
		Total hits	2
		Total weeks	15

Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	0
Biggest fallers	0
Weeks with oldest in the charts	0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	8
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	10
Top 30 points ranking	=762
Top 20 points ranking	=904
Top 30 points	202
Top 20 points	52

Luv were 1 of 24 Dutch acts to chart and they ranked 17^th of those 24.