When the Lady Smiles

WHEN THE LADY SMILES

"When the Lady Smiles" is a 1984 song by Dutch band Golden Earring. It was the first single from their album N.E.W.S. (NorthEastWestSouth). Following their top 10 "Twilight Zone", "When the Lady Smiles" was a U.S. chart disappointment, only reaching #76 on The Billboard Hot 100 chart. (More from Wikipedia)

Golden Earring had an international hit song in 1973 with "Radar Love", one of the great road songs that I still hear regularly on the radio. In 1982, they had another big hit with "Twilight Zone"; their fabulous, high-concept video intermingled a spy story that featured a topless model, callous treatment of a dead body, and a brutal injection of some sort of drug by a dancing vixen; along with concert footage and several arty shots. The video for their follow-up hit in 1984, "When the Lady Smiles" was just as controversial; it featured a sexual attack on a nun that showed black lingerie under her habit. I probably have a dozen of their albums, and they are all enjoyable.

(January 2013)