Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band formed in  The Hague in 1967. The band had a number of psychedelic rock hits throughout the counterculture movements era during the 1960s and early 1970s, including " Send Me a Postcard", " Love Buzz", and " Venus," the last of which became their biggest hit, and reached No. 1 on the U. S.  Billboard  Hot 100 and many other countries during 1969 and 1970. The band had sold 13.5 million records by 1973 but disbanded in 1974.