Luv' Hitpack is the seventeenth single by the Dutch girl group

Luv' Luv' were a Dutch girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe (Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway and Finland) as well as Israel, South Africa, Rhodesia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada ...

released in 1989 by

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Phonogram Records Phonogram Incorporated was started in 1970 as a successor to Philips Phonographic Industries, a unit of the Grammophon-Philips Group (GPG), a joint venture of Philips N.V. of the Netherlands and Siemens A.G. of Germany. Phonogram was the name ...

and is a

Megamix A megamix is a remix containing multiple songs in rapid succession. It often features various artists. There may be only one verse or even just a brief chorus of each song used, sometimes in addition to samples of the same or other songs. It is ...

conceived by

Peter Slaghuis Peter Slaghuis (; 21 August 1961 – 5 September 1991) was a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer, whose work was mostly released under the name Hithouse (a literal translation of his last name — ''slag'', a hit, a beat; and ''huis'', house). ...

. It appears on the compilation

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. The long version of this medley is included as a bonus track on the Box set

Completely In Luv' ''Completely in Luv is a four-CD boxed set of four studio albums, ''With Luv (1978), ''Lots of Luv (1979), '' True Luv (1979) and '' Forever Yours'' (1980) recorded by Dutch girl group Luv' during their heyday in the late 1970s and earl ...

Song history

Marga Scheide Margareth "Marga" Scheide (born 15 February 1954 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch singer and former Model (person), model. She was a member of the girl group Luv'. Alongside Patty Brard and José Hoebee, she scored a string of international ...

accompanied by two vocalists

Diana van Berlo Diana van Berlo (born 6 January 1966 in Helmond, Netherlands) is a Dutch pop female singer. She was a member of the girl group Luv' from 1989 to 1992. She scored with the female formation a Dutch and Flemish Top 30 hit with the single " Wel ...

and Michelle Gold reformed

in 1989 and promoted new material released by the Dutch label

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/High Fahion Music. Meanwhile, the group's first record company

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and its sister label (

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) decided to repackage

s old repertoire. That's why a "Greatest Hits" album came out, including successful hit singles, album songs and a bonus track: Luv' Hitpack, a megamix conceived by the Dutch DJ-remixer-producer

. Slaghuis is known for the 1985 hit Woodpeckers from Space by Video Kids, the 1988 hit Jack To the Sound of the Underground by Hithouse and the numerous remixes he did for world-famous acts:

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...
The strategy of

to release this medley was inspired by the example of

Boney M. Boney M. was a German-Caribbean vocal group that specialized in disco and funk created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group's primary songwriter. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group's o ...

whose megamix and remixes entered the European charts.

Commercial performance

Luv' Hitpack didn't enter any record chart due to a lack of promotion by

Track listings and formats

Luv' Hitpack came out in three formats. * 7" Vinyl Single #"Luv' Hitpack" (Single Version) — 4:32 #:Casanova/Life Is On My Side/U.O.Me/Casanova/You're The Greatest Lover/Life Is On My Side/Trojan Horse/Everybody's Shakin' Hands On Broadway/Casanova #"Luv' Stuff" — 3:18 *12" Vinyl Single #"Luv' Hitpack" (Long version) - 5:28 #"Luv' Stuff" - 4:50 *CD Single #"Luv' Hitpack" (Single Version) — 4:32 #:Casanova/Life Is On My Side/U.O.Me/Casanova/You're The Greatest Lover/Life Is On My Side/Trojan Horse/Everybody's Shakin' Hands On Broadway/Casanova #"Luv' Hitpack" (Long Version) — 5:29 #:Casanova/Life Is On My Side/U.O.Me/Casanova/You're The Greatest Lover/Life Is On My Side/Trojan Horse/Everybody's Shakin' Hands On Broadway/Casanova #"Luv' Stuff" — 3:18

References

{{authority control 1989 singles Luv' songs Songs written by Hans van Hemert Songs written by Piet Souer 1989 songs Phonogram Records singles Mercury Records singles