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| "Turbo Lover" | ||||
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 Cover for the 7" single | ||||
| Single by Judas Priest | ||||
| from the album Turbo | ||||
| B-side | "Hot for Love" | |||
| Released | 7 April 1986[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 5:33 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Tom Allom | |||
| Judas Priest singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Turbo Lover" on YouTube | ||||
"Turbo Lover" is a song by the British heavy metal group Judas Priest that the band released as a single from their album Turbo. Both came out in 1986. Unlike the album, which reviewed mixed and often critical responses, most of the reception for this song has been positive, and it has been praised as a Judas Priest classic by music journalists.[4][5][6]
The song's lyrics alludes to motorcycle riding, and it broadly features an aggressive, sexual tone, with frontman Rob Halford having described the single as embodying "escapism".[7] Musically, it incorporates a synthesizer-based sound to the band's traditional type of heavy metal music;[6] one music magazine has compared the particular style of "Turbo Lover" to that of Kraftwerk.[8]
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 39.
- ^ Begrand, Adrien (5 April 2017). "36 Essential '80s Pop Metal Tracks". Stereogum. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Hartmann, Graham (20 May 2013). "Judas Priest, 'Turbo Lover' (Live) – Exclusive Video Premiere From 'Epitaph' DVD + Blu-ray". Loudwire. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Bowar, Chad (19 January 2017). "Judas Priest Unveil Live Version of 'Locked In'". Loudwire.com. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
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