Cha Cha (album)

Cha Cha is the first live album by Dutch rock and roll and blues group Herman Brood & His Wild Romance. The album produced one single, "Still Believe." On the Dutch album chart, the album reached #2 on 13 January 1979, and stayed on the chart for 18 weeks.^[1] The album was certified gold in 1979.^[2]

Cha Cha
Live album by Herman Brood & His Wild Romance
Released	1978 (1978)
Recorded	Relight Cafe, the Pinge à Linge, the Pedo Ville & the Too Far Gone Discotheque
Genre	Rock and roll, blues
Label	Ariola
Producer	Herman Brood & His Wild Romance
Herman Brood & His Wild Romance chronology
Shpritsz (1978) Cha Cha (1978) Herman Brood & His Wild Romance (1979)
Singles from Cha Cha
"Still Believe" Released: 1978

Cha Cha is also the name of a movie filmed in 1979 with Herman Brood, Nina Hagen, and Lene Lovich, whose soundtrack was released separately on LP, also called Cha Cha. In the movie, he marries Nina Hagen; in reality they had a brief affair.

Cha Cha was re-released on CD in 1991 by Sony BMG/Ariola.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Herman Brood; except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hit"	Brood, Pé Hawinkels, Dany Lademacher	1:34
2.	"Too Slow"	Brood, Dany Lademacher	2:27
3.	"Street"		2:10
4.	"Still Believe"	Bertus Borgers, Paul Smeenk	3:10
5.	"True Fine Mama"	Richard Penniman	1:50
6.	"Rock & Roll Junkie"		2:30
7.	"One More Dose"	Brood, Hugo Sinzheimer	3:40
8.	"Speedo"	The Cadillacs	0:30
9.	"Dope Sucks"	Brood, Dany Lademacher	2:40
10.	"City"	Mose Allison	3:40
11.	"Blue"		3:22
12.	"Can't Stand It"	Lou Reed	2:08
13.	"Phony"		3:20
14.	"Pop"		3:40

Singles

The single "Still Believe" (with "Jilted" on the B-side) reached #15 in the Dutch Top 50 on 30 December 1978, and stayed on the chart for ten weeks.^[3] The single draws interest in Germany and France also.^[1]

Personnel

• Herman Brood - piano, keyboard, vocals
• Monica Tjen Akwoei - vocals
• Bertus Borgers - saxophone
• Freddy Cavalli - bass
• Josee van Iersel - vocals
• Danny Lademacher - guitar
• Cees Meerman - drums
• Robin Freeman - sound engineer
• Anton Corbijn - photography