Radar Love (Golden Earring) cover
"Radar Love" is a song by the Dutch rock band Golden Earring. The single version of "Radar Love" reached No. 9 on the Record World chart, No. 10 on Cash Box, and No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It hit the top 10 in many countries, including the United Kingdom singles chart, Canada, Australia, Germany, and Spain.
The song is written from the point of view of a man who has some sort of psychic connection with his lover — "radar love". He senses that she urgently wants him to be with her, and in his haste he drives recklessly, causing a fatal accident, but even in the afterlife the song's narrator and his lover still have radar love.
The song has been covered more than 800 times by, among others, Tribe 8, Ministry, Omen, U2, R.E.M., Ian Stuart Donaldson, Sun City Girls, Dutch group Centerfold, White Lion, Blue Man Group, Def Leppard, James Last, NWOBHM band Aragorn, Nine Pound Hammer, Oh Well, Joe Santana, the Space Lady, and the Pressure Boys. White Lion's version charted at #59 on the Hot 100.
The song has been featured in several films including The Private Eyes (1976), Wayne's World 2 (1993), Detroit Rock City (1999), Baby Driver (2017), and The Tender Bar (2021).
#goldenearring #classicrock #coversong