Was Bananarama a big group in the Netherlands in the 80's?

I was just listening to the song "Back To The 80's" by Aqua and I was intrigued by the line "Back to the 80's - Bananarama and Breakfast Club".

I remember Bananarama being a big group in the 80's in the UK, but I always thought they were mainly UK only (because they were a UK group) and didn't really go beyond that. I looked on Wikipedia and apart from Venus that seems to be the only song that actually made it into the Netherlands top 10.

I just found it interesting though that Aqua mention them in the song back to the 80's with them being from the Netherlands.

Is there some kind of connection with Bananarama and Aqua or was it just because it worked