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VideoKids were a 1980s euro disco

Euro disco

Euro disco is an all encompassing colloquial term used to describe a variety of European electronic dance music that first originated from disco in the 1970s; incorporating elements of pop, New Wave and rock into disco-like continuous dance atmosphere...

/italo disco

Italo disco

Italo disco encompasses much of the dance music output in Europe during the 1980s. It is one of the world's first forms of mostly electronic dance music and evolved during the late 1970s and early 1980s in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and other parts of Europe...

 duo from The Netherlands, formed in 1984 and led by Peter Slaghuis

Peter Slaghuis

Peter Slaghuis was a Dutch DJ, producer and remixer, whose work was mostly released under the name Hithouse ....

, who died in a car accident in 1991, and Bianca Bonelli, who also had a solo hit single called "Je veux lámour". They were probably most famous for their "Woodpeckers From Space

Woodpeckers From Space

Woodpeckers From Space is the most popular song from the italo disco group called VideoKids. The Music Video featured Peter Slaghuis who was the lead singer, who died in a car accident in 1991. Bianca Bonelli was also in the band. The video also featured a space animal that was used for a Woodpecker...

" song. They released two albums, The Invasion of the Spacepeckers

The Invasion of the Spacepeckers

The Invasion of the Spacepeckers is a VideoKids album released in 1984. It was released on vinyl and tape in 1984, and on CD in 2007. There are seven versions of the album with one containing nine bonus remixes.-Official tracks:Kant A#Do the Rap...

in 1984 and Satellite in 1985.

"Woodpeckers From Space" was featured in a Pingu

Pingu

Pingu is a British-Swiss stop-motion claymated television series created by Otmar Gutmann. The series was produced by The Pygos Group and Trickfilmstudio for Swiss television. The show is about a family of anthropomorphic penguins at the South Pole. The main character is the family's son and title...

 episode, "Pingu Helps With Incubating", although it has been replaced by an extended Pingu theme tune in its newer version.

In 1985, when the VideoKids refused to release their song "Woodpeckers From Space", due to the political situation in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 during that time, Costa Anadiotis decided to release his own unique version of the song under the banner of Café Society. "Woodpeckers From Space" was a No. 1 hit in South Africa in July 1985, and stayed on the Top 20 for 19 weeks of which 8 were at the Number 1 position.

The same year, The Videokids received the Dutch export award. All VideoKids songs were written by Adams and Fliesner and Tony Acardi.

"Woodpeckers From Space" was remixed by Norwegian dance group Spritneybears in 2002.

Singles

• "Woodpeckers From Space
  Woodpeckers From Space
  Woodpeckers From Space is the most popular song from the italo disco group called VideoKids. The Music Video featured Peter Slaghuis who was the lead singer, who died in a car accident in 1991. Bianca Bonelli was also in the band. The video also featured a space animal that was used for a Woodpecker...
  
  " (1984)
• "Do the Rap" (1985)
• "On Satellite" (1985)
• "Witch Doctor" (1988)