Pop ranked "Venus" number two in their list of "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs". Music video The accompanying music video, directed by Peter Care, with choreography by Bruno Tonioli, received extensive play on MTV and video channels across the world, and presented Dallin, Fahey and Woodward in various costumes, including a she-devil, a French temptress, a vampiress and several Greek goddesses. In one sequence of the video, Sandro Botticelli's painting The Birth of Venus is adapted as a tableau vivant. The video marked a pivotal shift towards a more glamorous and sexual image for the group that contrasted with the tomboyish style of their earlier work. Track listings UK / US / Canadian 7-inch vinyl single UK: London Records NANA 10 / US: London Records 886-056-7 / Canada: London Records LDS 227 / Australia: Liberation Records LS 1789 "Venus" – 3:30 "White Train" – 3:50 S.Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/P. Bishop/P. Seymour + some copies released in picture disc format NANPD 10 UK / Australian 12-inch vinyl single UK: London Records NANX 10 / Australia: Liberation Records LMD 474 "Venus" (extended version) – 7:23 "Venus" (dub) – 8:15 "White Train" – 3:50 UK 12-inch vinyl single #2 London Records NANXR 10 "Venus" (the Hellfire mix) – 9:20 #:remixed by Ian Levine "Venus" (Hellfire dub) – 6:55 "White Train" – 3:50 UK 12-inch vinyl single #3 London Records NAXRR 10 "Venus" (the Fire And Brimstone mix) – 6:35 #:remixed by Stock, Aitken & Waterman "Venus" (Hellfire dub) – 6:55 "White Train" – 3:50 US 12-inch maxi single London Records 886 088-1 "Venus" (the Hellfire mix) – 9:20 "Venus" (the Fire & Brimstone mix) – 6:55 "Venus" (extended version) – 7:23 "Venus" (dub) – 8:25 CD video single "Venus" (extended version) – 7:23 "True Confessions" (edit) – 4:09 "A Trick of the Night" (edit) – 4:07 "More Than Physical" (U.K. single version) – 3:40 Other versions "Venus" (the Greatest Remix edit) – 3:40 Included on the 1989 U.K. CD single "Cruel Summer '89", remixed by Phil Harding and Ian Curnow "Venus" (the Greatest Remix) 7:43 Included on the 1989 German CD single "Megarama '89", remixed by Phil Harding and Ian Curnow "Venus" (2001 version) Included on the album Exotica "Venus" (Marc Almond's Hi-NRG Showgirls mix) 6:02 Included on the 2005 album Drama, remixed by Marc Almond "Venus" (from the soundtrack Sugar & Spice: Stuck in the 80's) Credits and personnel Credits adapted from