About The Song
“Turbo Lover” is a single by heavy metal band Judas Priest from their album Turbo. Unlike the album, most of the reception for this song has been positive, and it is considered a Judas Priest classic.
The song’s lyrics have been described as being about “auto”-eroticism.
Singer Rob Halford said, “I just liked the analogy of the motorcycle as a euphemism for love. And ‘I’m your turbo lover, Tell me there’s no other.’ It’s got kind of a sexual undertone to it – which is fine. It’s been done many times in rock n’ roll: to use a machine, car, or motorcycle. It’s just a fun bit of escapism more than anything else.”
AllMusic writer, Steve Huey, in his review of the song’s parent album Turbo, called it “easily the best song on the record”. Decibel Magazine described the song as “one of the classiest songs in [Judas Priest’s discography]”. Loudwire ranked the song at number 10 on their list of the “10 Best Judas Priest Songs”.
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Lyrics
You won’t hear me
But you’ll feel me
Without warning, somethings dawning, listen (listen, listen)
Then within your senses
You’ll know you’re defenseless
How your heart beats when you run for cover (cover, cover)
You can’t retreat, I spy like no other
Then we race together
We can ride forever
Wrapped in horsepower, driving into fury
Changing gear, I pull you tighter to me
I’m your turbo lover
Tell me there’s no other
I’m your turbo lover
Better run for cover
We hold each other closer, as we shift to overdrive
And everything goes rushing by, with every nerve alive
We move so fast, it seems as though we’ve taken to the sky
Love machines in harmony, we hear the engines cry
I’m your turbo lover
Tell me there’s no other
I’m your turbo lover
Better run for cover
On and on we’re charging to the place so many seek
In perfect synchronicity of which so many speak
We feel so close to heaven in this roaring heavy load
And then in sheer abandonment, we shatter and explode (explode)
I’m your turbo lover
Tell me there’s no other
I’m your turbo lover
Better run for cover
I’m your turbo lover
Tell me there’s no other
I’m your turbo lover
Better run for cover