TWILIGHT ZONE
(ORIGINAL LONG 12" VERSION)

Twilight Zone is a 1982 hit song by the Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring and appears on their 1982 album Cut, which supposedly was to be their 'final cut', their last album before disbanding. The track was written by the band's guitarist George Kooymans, who got the inspiration and title for the song from the famous TV series The Twilight Zone. The synthesizer chords in the intro of the song are based upon the opening tune of the series and also in its texts , storyline and the videoclip the influence of the series is evident. The song was a success during live concerts and as a single had a good run on the charts in Europe as well as in the United States, where it was helped out in part by MTV. It reached #10 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in Billboard Rock Tracks, the band's only #1 hit in the country.

TWILIGHT ZONE (ORIGINAL LONG 12" VERSION)