Something Heavy Going Down

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Something Heavy Going Down
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Live album by
ReleasedNovember 1984
RecordedJune 1984
Genre Hard rock
Length63:51
Label Twenty-One Records
Producer Golden Earring, Shell Schellekens
Golden Earring chronology
N.E.W.S.
(1983)
Something Heavy Going Down
(1984)
The Hole
(1986)
Singles from Something Heavy Going Down
  1. "Something Heavy Going Down"
    Released: 16 November 1984 [1]
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Something Heavy Going Down is the third live album by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1984.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Hay and Kooymans except where noted.

  1. "Long Blond Animal" - 6:16
  2. "Twilight Zone" (Kooymans) - 9:37
  3. "When the Lady Smiles" - 6:08
  4. "Future" (Kooymans) - 7:00
  5. "Something Heavy Going Down" - 4:37 (New Studio Track)
  6. "Enough Is Enough" - 4:10
  7. "Mission Impossible" (Kooymans) - 8:49
  8. "Radar Love" - 9:33 (Bonus Track only on CD)
  9. "Clear Night Moonlight" - 6:23

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [3] 26
US Billboard 200 [4] 158

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References

  1. "Golden Earring singles".
  2. Something Heavy Going Down at AllMusic. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  3. "Dutchcharts.nl – Golden Earring – Something Heavy Going Down" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  4. "Golden Earring Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2021.