Stars on 45 (song)

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"Stars on 45" is a song medley issued in January 1981 by Dutch studio group Stars on 45. In some countries, including the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand, the band was credited as 'Starsound' and only the medley itself was named "Stars on 45". The song's origin comes from an underground 12" that was big in clubs in the late 1970s. It used the actual songs, rather than the re-recorded cover versions, with a drum backing. At the end of the underground 12" was the track "Doing It to Death" by the J.B.'s featuring James Brown. Its official title in the US and Canada (as on the record and in Billboard and RPM) is Medley: Intro 'Venus'/Sugar, Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want to Know a Secret/We Can Work It Out/I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You're Going to Lose That Girl/Stars on 45 and was credited to Stars on 45. It is to date the longest titled song to ever chart on Billboard and was conveniently shortened to "Stars on 45 Medley", or "'Medley' by Stars on 45". The...

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