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“Radar Love“ is a song by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, written by singer Barry Hay and guitarist George Kooymans. It is their biggest international hit untill today and a signature song in their repertoire. It appeared on their 1973 gold album ’Moontan’. The single version of “Radar Love“ reached the top of the Dutch charts 50 years ago: In the Dutch Top 40 it reached # 1 on 15 september 1973 and in the Dutch Top 30 it reached # 1 one week earlier, on 8 september 1973. It kept the number one position for four weeks. Golden Earring toured frequently in the USA. Consequently ‘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. During concerts the band effortlessly stretches the song to fifteen minutes with the band members excelling in bass, guitar and drum solos respectively, with drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk jumping over his drum set. Golden Earring is a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as The Golden Earrings. They achieved worldwide fame with their international hit songs “Radar Love“ in 1973, “Twilight Zone“ in 1982, and “When the Lady Smiles“ in 1984. During their career they had nearly 30 top-ten singles on the Dutch charts; over the years they produced 26 studio albums. Golden Earring always had the same line-up since the early seventies: Barry Hay, vocals, George Kooymans, guitar, Rinus Gerritsen, bass and Cesar Zuiderwijk, drums. The band stopped after Kooymans was diagnosed with the disease ALS. This TopPop recording was made and broacast at the special occasion of the 10th anniversary of Toppop on 26 September 1980. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 26 September 1980 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.
