"Twilight Zone" is a 1982 hit by Dutch band Golden Earring. It was written by the band's guitarist George Kooymans, who drew inspiration from the spy thriller book The Bourne Identity rather than the 1960s mystery television series The Twilight Zone.[6] The song "Twilight Zone" appears on Golden Earring's 1982 album Cut. It spent 27 weeks on the US Pop charts. It was the group's sole Top 10 Pop single on the US Billboard Hot 100 (the song reached #16 on the Cashbox chart) and hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top Album Tracks chart, the band's only No. 1 hit in America.[7]
Lead vocals are divided between Kooymans and Barry Hay. Each sings lead for one half of the first verse (first Kooymans, then Hay), and Hay sings lead for the second verse with backing by Kooymans and provides the spoken lines in the introduction and first verse. Kooymans sings lead on the choruses, backed by Hay.
George Kooymans - co-lead vocals, lead guitar, backing vocals
Barry Hay - co-lead vocals, rhythm guitar, spoken words (intro), backing vocals
Rinus Gerritsen - bass guitar, keyboards
Cesar Zuiderwijk - drums
Robert Jan Stips - synthesizer
Street choirs on hit tracks "Twilight Zone" & "The Devil Made Me Do It" (album Cut) by:
Steve Clisby (American Gypsy) - backup vocals
Omar Dupree (American Gypsy) - backup vocals
Evert Nieuwstede (Urban Heroes) - backup vocals
Golden Earring thanking American Gypsy & Evert Nieuwstede on album Cut (inner sleeve-LP & booklet-CD)
