Tracks
Side A
- 11973Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 37 of 1973, 13 weeks in the chartRadar Love6:27F major
- 21970Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 34 of 1970, 20 weeks in the chartBack Home3:52A major
- 31971Dutch Top 40: peak position 4 in week 41 of 1971, 11 weeks in the chartShe Flies On Strange Wings7:23C♯ minor
- 41968Dutch Top 40: peak position 2 in week 48 of 1968, 10 weeks in the chartJust A Little Bit Of Peace In My Heart5:20F♯ major
- 51979Dutch Top 40: peak position 3 in week 28 of 1979, 13 weeks in the chartWeekend Love4:15D major
Side B
- 11980Dutch Top 40: peak position 19 in week 42 of 1980, 7 weeks in the chartLong Blond Animal3:37A major
- 21982Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 38 of 1982, 10 weeks in the chartTwilight Zone7:58E major
- 31982Dutch Top 40: peak position 16 in week 4 of 1983, 7 weeks in the chartThe Devil Made Me Do It3:26B major
- 41984Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 9 of 1984, 10 weeks in the chartWhen The Lady Smiles5:40B major
- 51986Dutch Top 40: peak position 9 in week 21 of 1986, 8 weeks in the chartQuiet Eyes4:02E minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Essential Earring
Essential Earring sounds brighter than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 117 bpm.
Quietest track: Radar Love · most energetic: When The Lady Smiles
Across 10 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
All ten members of Golden Earring over the years, without tour members. This is a compilation that spans the whole career, not one moment in time. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
George Kooymans
Rinus Gerritsen
Barry Hay
Cesar Zuiderwijk
Fred van der Hilst
Frans Krassenburg
Jaap Eggermont
Sieb Warner
Robert Jan Stips
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Frequently asked questions
When was Essential Earring by Golden Earring released?
Essential Earring came out in 2026.
How many tracks are on Essential Earring?
Essential Earring has ten tracks, 52 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Essential Earring made the Dutch Top 40?
Ten tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Radar Love, Back Home, She Flies On Strange Wings, Just A Little Bit Of Peace In My Heart, Weekend Love, Long Blond Animal and four others. The highest was Radar Love, at number 1 in week 37 of 1973.
Which category is Essential Earring in?
Essential Earring is filed under compilations. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Golden Earring.
Who was in Golden Earring when Essential Earring came out?
In 1968–1986, Golden Earring consisted of George Kooymans, Rinus Gerritsen, Barry Hay, Cesar Zuiderwijk, Jaap Eggermont and Sieb Warner. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Essential Earring mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Essential Earring?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
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