"Welcome to My Party" is the fourteenth single by Dutch girl group Luv'

Luv'

Luv is a Dutch pop girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act" and thus received the "Conamus Export Prize"...

, released in the autumn of 1989 by Dureco/High Fashion records. This song appears on the EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

  For You

For You (Luv' EP)

For You is an EP by Dutch girl group Luv' released in September 1989 by Dureco/High Fashion records. It was recorded by a formation different from the original line-up ....

and is the group's comeback record since their 1981 single Tingalingaling

Tingalingaling

"Tingalingaling" is the thirteenth single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in the summer of 1981 by CNR/Carrere Records. The song appears on the album Forever Yours and the compilation Goodbye Luv...

 and was recorded by a new formation: Marga Scheide

Marga Scheide

Marga Scheide is a Dutch former model and a singer. She is a member of the girl group Luv'....

 (the only original Luv'

Luv'

Luv is a Dutch pop girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act" and thus received the "Conamus Export Prize"...

 singer) and two new members, Michelle Gold and Diana van Berlo

Diana van Berlo

Diana van Berlo 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 Welcome to my party as well as another minor hit song He's My Guy...

).

Song History

In late October 1988, the original Luv' girls (Scheide, Hoebee and Brard) reunited for a Dutch TV charity show (Samen) and performed their biggest hit You're The Greatest Lover

You're the Greatest Lover

"You're the Greatest Lover" is a single by Dutch girl group Luv'. It was first released in July 1978 by Philips/Phonogram Records. It appears on the 1978 debut album With Luv and on compilations . It is the group's international breakthrough as it was successful in a large part of Continental...

. This comeback was unexpected and provoked an enthusiastic reaction among the trio's fans. Luv'

Luv'

Luv is a Dutch pop girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act" and thus received the "Conamus Export Prize"...

 planned to record new material. The famous British producers Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...

 were announced to produce it. However, this project never happened. In
early 1989, José Hoebee

José Hoebee

José Hoebee is a Dutch pop female singer. She is part of Luv' . In late 1981, she went solo and was successful in her homeland and in the Flanders region of Belgium between 1982 and 1985...

 and Patty Brard

Patty Brard

Patty Brard is a famous Indo entertainer. She is a TV personality and a singer notable as a member of the girl group Luv'...

 didn't want to belong to the group anymore. Marga Scheide formed a new Luv'

Luv'

Luv is a Dutch pop girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act" and thus received the "Conamus Export Prize"...

 act with two other singers: Michelle Gold and Diana van Berlo

Diana van Berlo

Diana van Berlo 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 Welcome to my party as well as another minor hit song He's My Guy...

. The ladies signed a record deal with the Dutch labels Dureco/High Hashion Music.

Hans van Hemert

Hans van Hemert

Hans van Hemert is a Dutch ASCAP award winning record producer and songwriter. Mouth & MacNeal and Luv' are among the pop acts he produced...

 and Piet Souer

Piet Souer

Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Souer is a Dutch music producer, songwriter and arranger. His collaboration with famous pop acts made him gain twenty two gold and platinum records, one Conamus Export Prize and one Outstanding Song Award thanks to his...

, who originally conceived the Luv'

Luv'

Luv is a Dutch pop girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act" and thus received the "Conamus Export Prize"...

 concept, were not involved in this version of the female formation. With the help from Marga's partner, Jacques Zwart (a.k.a E. Mergency), a new musical direction was chosen and the British producer Nigel Wright was hired to produced new recordings. Wright was a veteran of the English Dance scene thanks to the hits he produced for Shakatak

Shakatak

Shakatak are an English jazz-funk band, founded in 1980.-Career:Shakatak scored a number of chart entries, including two Top Ten hits in the UK Singles Chart, "Night Birds" and "Down on the Street" plus a further 12 entries in the Guinness book of British Hit Singles...

, Imagination

Imagination (band)

Imagination were a three piece British soul and funk band, who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They had chart hits in 28 countries, earning four platinum discs, nine gold discs and more than a dozen silver discs around the world between 1981 and 1983....

, Mirage and other bands. Luv' recorded in Weesp

Weesp

Weesp is a town and a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It has a population of 17,533 .Weesp lies next to the rivers de Vecht and Smal Weesp and also next to the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. It is in an area called the "Vechtstreek"...

 a mini-album (For You

For You (Luv' EP)

For You is an EP by Dutch girl group Luv' released in September 1989 by Dureco/High Fashion records. It was recorded by a formation different from the original line-up ....

) which was engineered in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 and was inspired by the PWL

PWL

Pete Waterman Entertainment is the production company one-time pop and dance record label owned by pop mogul Pete Waterman. The label, originally PWL, is most famous for being the home of hit record producers Stock Aitken Waterman....

 sound that dominated the European music production in the late 1980s. Dureco/High Fashion Music decided to release the Pop-Dance song "Welcome To My Party" as a single to mark the return of Luv'. This track was a Top 30 in the Netherlands and in Flanders (Begium).

Chart performance

Welcome to My Party was more a club hit than a mainstream chart topper. It was a moderate Top 30 song in the Dutch speaking area.

Charts (1989)	Peak position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... )	22
Netherlands (Nationale Hitparade (currently Single Top 100 Mega Single Top 100 The Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales and legal downloads and composed by MegaCharts. It is one of the three official charts, the other two being the Dutch Top 40 and the Mega Top 50. The difference is that these charts also include airplay data.The list is... )	19
Belgium/Flanders (BRT Top 30/Radio 2 Top 30)	28

Track listings and formats

• 7" Vinyl Single

1. "Welcome to My Party" (Single Version) — 3:00
2. "No Cure No Pay" — 3:39

• CD Single and 12-inch single

1. "Welcome to My Party" (Single Version) — 3:00
2. "Welcome to My Party" ((12-inch version) — 6:21
3. "No Cure No Pay" — 3:39