Golden Earring
The historical score shows how big an act was at the time of that edition, on a scale of 100 against the biggest acts of all editions. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pinkpop 2019
- Active since
- 1961
- Albums
- Tits ’n Ass 2012
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 3 nummers, hoogste #372 (When the Lady Smiles)
- in the list since 1992, 15 years
- per song
- Gold and platinum
- the Netherlands: 17 albums, 0 singles
- Face It platina, 2012
- Face It goud, 2012
- Tits 'n Ass goud, 2012
- Very Best Of goud, 2010
- and 13 more
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Joe 42 1.4 a day KINK 19 0.6 a day Willy 7 0.2 a day RADIO BOB! 3 0.1 a day Studio Brussel 1 0.0 a day VRT Radio 1 1 0.0 a day Since we track the stationKINK 449 0.4 a day since Nov 2023 Joe 195 1.2 a day since Jun 2026 Willy 153 0.2 a day since Dec 2024 NPO 3FM 52 0.0 a day since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 50 0.0 a day since Nov 2023 Qmusic 8 0.0 a day since Feb 2025 RADIO BOB! 3 0.1 a day since Oct 2026 KEXP 3 0.0 a day since Nov 2023
De Tijdloze on StuBru
De Tijdloze is the all-time list of Studio Brussel, the Flemish rock station. Listeners vote for their favourite songs every year, and since 1987 StuBru has broadcast the top 100 at the end of December. Since 2019 the rest of the vote is known as well: 500 places in 2019, around 2,000 since 2021. A place above 100 did not make the broadcast. The figures come from tijdloze.rocks, an independent site that keeps every list since 1987. Click a column header to sort.
| Song | From | Years in the list | 2025 | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| When the Lady Smiles | 1984 | 15 (1992–2025) | #372 | #57 (2000) | #481 (2023) |
| Radar Love | 1973 | 8 (1992–2025) | #480 | #75 (1992) | #668 (2022) |
| Twilight Zone | 1982 | 5 (2021–2025) | #835 | #835 (2025) | #1149 (2022) |
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tits ’n Ass | 2012 | #55 (14 wk) | #1 (29 wk) | gold NL |
| Millbrook U.S.A. | 2003 | – | #2 (12 wk) | – |
| Eight Miles Back | 2001 | – | – | – |
| Paradise in Distress | 1999 | – | #5 (14 wk) | gold NL |
| Love Sweat | 1995 | – | #17 (15 wk) | – |
| Face It | 1994 | – | #6 (27 wk) | gold NL, platinum NL |
| Bloody Buccaneers | 1991 | – | #3 (19 wk) | gold NL |
| Keeper of the Flame | 1989 | – | #11 (15 wk) | – |
| The Hole | 1986 | – | #5 (16 wk) | – |
| N.E.W.S. | 1984 | – | #1 (23 wk) | – |
| Cut | 1982 | – | #1 (16 wk) | – |
| Prisoner of the Night | 1980 | – | #7 (7 wk) | – |
| No Promises… No Debts | 1979 | – | #2 (9 wk) | – |
| Grab It for a Second | 1978 | – | #13 (8 wk) | – |
| Contraband | 1976 | – | #10 (6 wk) | – |
| To the Hilt | 1976 | – | #3 (7 wk) | – |
| Switch | 1975 | – | #1 (11 wk) | – |
| Moontan | 1973 | – | #1 (11 wk) | – |
| Together | 1972 | – | #6 (5 wk) | – |
| Seven Tears | 1971 | – | #1 (10 wk) | – |
| Golden Earring (Wall of Dolls) | 1970 | – | #1 (14 wk) | – |
| Eight Miles High | 1969 | – | #5 (8 wk) | – |
| On the Double | 1969 | – | #2 (8 wk) | – |
| Miracle Mirror | 1968 | – | – | – |
| Winter‐Harvest | 1967 | – | – | – |
| Just Earrings | 1965 | – | – | – |
Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zwollywood [Live 1980] | 2026 | – | #36 (1 wk) | – |
| Back Home - The Complete Leiden 1984 Concert | 2024 | #166 (1 wk) | #10 (2 wk) | – |
| Live | 2022 | #127 (1 wk) | #1 (14 wk) | gold NL |
| You Know We Love You! - Ahoy 2019 | 2022 | #17 (4 wk) | #2 (6 wk) | – |
| Alive... Through The Years | 2018 | – | #40 (1 wk) | – |
| Complete Studio Recordings | 2017 | #82 (1 wk) | #13 (1 wk) | – |
| The Hague / Five Zero | 2016 | #128 (1 wk) | #9 (5 wk) | – |
| The Hague | 2015 | #94 (2 wk) | #5 (10 wk) | – |
| 50 Years Anniversary Album | 2015 | #99 (5 wk) | #26 (9 wk) | – |
| The Golden Years Of Dutch Pop Music | 2015 | – | #73 (2 wk) | – |
| Collected | 2012 | #27 (14 wk) | #14 (28 wk) | – |
| From Heaven From Hell | 2012 | – | #85 (1 wk) | – |
| Naked III - Live At The Panama | 2005 | – | #3 (17 wk) | – |
| Fully Naked | 2001 | – | #92 (5 wk) | – |
| The Devil Made Us Do It - 35 Years | 2000 | – | #2 (53 wk) | – |
| Last Blast Of The Century | 2000 | – | #4 (16 wk) | gold NL |
| The Complete Naked Truth | 1998 | – | #6 (61 wk) | gold NL |
| Naked II | 1997 | – | #2 (38 wk) | gold NL, platinum NL |
| The Naked Truth | 1992 | – | #2 (113 wk) | gold NL, platinum NL |
| The Complete Single Collection | 1992 | – | #6 (15 wk) | – |
| The Very Best Of 1976 - 1988 Volume 2 | 1988 | – | #19 (10 wk) | – |
| The Very Best Of 1965 - 1988 | 1988 | – | #4 (16 wk) | – |
| Something Heavy Going Down | 1984 | – | #26 (6 wk) | – |
| Greatest Hits 3 | 1981 | – | #23 (5 wk) | – |
| 2nd Live | 1981 | – | #2 (14 wk) | – |
| The Best Of Golden Earring - 10 Years 20 Hits | 1975 | – | #1 (9 wk) | – |
| Very Best Of | – | – | gold NL | |
| The devil made us do it | – | – | platinum NL |
How popular is Golden Earring compared with other countries?
Much bigger in the Netherlands than you would expect; smaller in Germany.
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Best-known songs (Deezer)
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkpop 2019 | 46 | B | 10 / 52 | 100 | 41 | 54 | 30 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ▲Saturday, June 2019 · Pinkpop
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| Joe | Netherlands | Twilight Zone 75 · When The Lady Smiles 74 · Radar Love 41 · Another 45 Miles (Live) 2 · Going To The Run 1 |
| KINK | Netherlands | I Can’t Sleep Without You 4 · Another 45 Miles 3 · When the Lady Smiles 2 · Another 45 Miles (unplugged) 1 · I Can't Sleep Without You (Live) 1 |
| Qmusic | Belgium | When The Lady Smiles 6 · Radar Love 1 · Twilight Zone 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Radar Love 19 · When The Lady Smiles 6 · Twilight Zone 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Radar Love 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Radar Love 63 · Twilight Zone 58 · When The Lady Smiles 6 |
| KEXP | United States | Twilight Zone 1 |
| RADIO BOB! | Germany | Radar Love 1 |