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"Twilight Zone" is a 1982 hit by the Dutch band Golden Earring. It was written by the band's guitarist George Kooymans, who got the inspiration from a book by Robert Ludlum, ''The Bourne Identity''. "Twilight Zone" appears on their 1982 album ''Cut.'' It was the group's sole Top 10 Pop single on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and hit No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Top Album Tracks chart, the band's only No. 1 hit in America.〔Whitburn, Joel (2010). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits',' 9th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 259.〕 The spoken lines in the introduction and first verse (ending with "the gun is still warm") and the backing vocals in the chorus are performed by Kooymans, while Barry Hay sings the lead vocal part for the verses throughout. In the 1990s, the song was included on a volume of Rhino Records' ''New Wave Hits Of The '80s'' series. The music video was featured on Volume One of the VHS companion compilation. ==Music video== The music video, directed by Dick Maas, features a storyline with lead singer Barry Hay as an espionage agent who is inevitably apprehended by three henchmen (played by the other members of the band). The music video was one of the first to feature a cinematic storyline and dance choreography and was a hit on the fledgeling MTV network, helping the song to become the second international hit for the band. Golden Earring followed the success with an extensive tour of the USA, Canada and Europe. MTV commissioned the band to shoot a movie of the final 'homecoming' concert of the tour in the Netherlands. The concert film, also directed by Dick Maas, included a brief introductory segment which was an extension of the ''Twilight Zone'' video. The concert was released in 1984 as ''Live from The Twilight Zone'' along with an album of the concert titled ''Something Heavy Going Down : Live From The Twilight Zone'', it aired on MTV and was published as video on VHS, Beta and Laserdisc. To date this concert is regarded as one of the best live shows of the band. The ''Cut'' album cover's iconic image of the jack of diamonds playing card being shredded by a bullet is used in the video and represents the life of the rogue agent. The original version of the "Twilight Zone" video was censored by MTV because of a shot of a topless female "hitman" in a hotel room and the injection of a syringe at the end of the dance sequence. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Twilight Zone (Golden Earring song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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