Radar Love

"Radar Love" is a song by the Dutch rock band Golden Earring. The single version of "Radar Love" reached #10 on the Cash Box Top 100 and #13 in Billboard in the United States. It also hit the Top 10 in many countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and Spain.

Background

The subject of the song is the point of view of an automobile driver who drives to his lover ("baby") and communicates with her without physical means, instead using such methods as telephone or letters. On his radio, he hears Brenda Lee's "Coming on Strong", and the newsman "singin' his same song".

Cover versions

The song has been covered by Tribe 8, Ministry, Omen, U2,^[3] R.E.M., Ian Stuart Donaldson, Sun City Girls, White Lion, Blue Man Group, Def Leppard, James Last, The NWOBHM band Aragorn, Nine Pound Hammer, Carlos Santana, and The Pressure Boys. The White Lion version charted at #59 on The Billboard Hot 100.^[4]

Goth-pop band Ghost Dance recorded a cover of the song on the B-side of their "Heart Full of Soul" single, itself a cover of the Yardbirds track.

The song was also covered by industrial metal band Ministry on the 2008 album Cover Up.

A pre-Mercyful Fate band featuring King Diamond on vocals recorded a cover of the song. It is featured on King Diamond & Black Rose 20 Years Ago.

References

↑ Harry L. Watson; Jocelyn Neal (1 December 2011). Southern Cultures: 2011 Music Issue: Winter 2011 Issue. UNC Press Books. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-8078-6842-3. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
↑ Guarisco, Donald A.. The Best Glam Rock Album in the World Ever at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
↑ Matthias Muehlbradt, Andre Axver. "U2 Radar Love - U2 on tour". U2gigs.com.
↑ "Allmusic (White Lion charts & awards)".

External links

Golden Earring

Rinus Gerritsen George Kooymans Barry Hay Cesar Zuiderwijk Peter de Ronde Frans Krassenburg Jaap Eggermont Sieb Warner Bertus Borgers Eelco Gelling Robert Jan Stips Fred van der Hilst John Legrand Hans van Herwerden

Studio albums	Just Ear-rings (1965) Winter-Harvest (1966) Miracle Mirror (1967) On the Double (1968) Eight Miles High (1969) Golden Earring (1970) Seven Tears (1971) Together (1972) Moontan (1973) Switch (1975) To the Hilt (1976) Contraband (1976) Grab It for a Second (1978) No Promises...No Debts (1979) Prisoner of the Night (1980) Cut (1982) N.E.W.S. (1984) The Hole (1986) Keeper of the Flame (1989) Bloody Buccaneers (1991) Face It (1994) Love Sweat (1995) Paradise in Distress (1999) Millbrook U.S.A. (2003) Tits 'n Ass (2012)

Live albums	Live (1977) 2nd Live (1981) Something Heavy Going Down (1984) The Naked Truth (1992) Naked II (1997) Last Blast of the Century (2000)

Compilation albums	The Continuing Story of Radar Love (1989) Very Best Of (2008)

Singles	"Radar Love" "Twilight Zone" "When the Lady Smiles"

Related	Discography

Book:Golden Earring

White Lion

Mike Tramp Troy Patrick Farrell Jamie Law Claus Langeskov Hennig Wanner Vito Bratta James LoMenzo Greg D'Angelo Nicki Capozzi Felix Robinson Dave Spitz Jimmy DeGrasso Tommy T-Bone Caradonna Kasper Damgaard Dan Hemmer Nils Kroyer Bjarne T. Holm

Studio albums	Fight to Survive Pride Big Game Mane Attraction Remembering White Lion Return of the Pride

Live albums	Rocking the USA

Compilations	The Best of White Lion Anthology 83–89 The Definitive Rock Collection

Videos	Escape from Brooklyn Concert Anthology: 1987–1991 Bang Your Head Festival 2005

Singles	"Broken Heart" "Wait" "Tell Me" "When the Children Cry" "All You Need Is Rock 'n' Roll" "Little Fighter" "Radar Love" "Cry for Freedom" "Goin' Home Tonight" "Love Don't Come Easy" "Broken Heart '91" "Lights and Thunder" "Out with the Boys" "When the Children Cry '99" "Dream" "Live Your Life"

Solo albums	Capricorn Recovering the Wasted Years More to Life Than This Rock 'N' Roll Alive Songs I Left Behind The Rock 'N' Roll Circuz Stand Your Ground Cobblestone Street Museum Nomad

Related articles	Discography Mabel Freak of Nature Freak of Nature (Freak of Nature album) Rescue Me Gathering of Freaks Outcasts

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