songs about girls rejecting him ("Situatie", 'situation'), spending the night with him at a young age ("Belle Helene", on which he played the sax solo himself), or being too experienced ("De eerste keer", 'the first time'). With Belinfante, he co-wrote "Nachtmerrie op hol" ('nightmare on the loose'), about dreams of revisited exams. In early 1982, Doe Maar were still playing to below-capacity crowds, but that all changed after the March release of the album Doris Day, which became a No.1 hit. Regular television appearances and sellout gigs all over the country, mainly attended by teenagers, made Jansz and Vrienten, already in their 30s, the ultimate pop idols. They enjoyed the success, but van Collem's heroin addiction was seen as a problem by the other band members; they therefore decided to replace him with Jan Pijnenburg. However, Pijnenburg made one television appearance in May before he was hurt in a car crash. Van Collem came back while his successor spent the next six months recovering. On 31 May, Doe Maar opened a sunny edition of Pinkpop; Belinfante still joined them from time to time, improvising lead vocals on the crowd-favourite "Nederwiet" ('Dutch weed'). Doe Maar's newfound success continued with "Is dit alles", and gave rise to the Nederpop (New Dutch Wave) explosion: (relatively) young bands singing in their own language at a time when it was considered unfashionable to do so, much to Jansz's concern. In October, Doe Maar made their second appearance at Flaterpop, an indoor festival celebrating contemporary Dutch-language music, and they headlined the first edition of the live broadcast of Veronica's Rocknight following English-language groups Vitesse and Golden Earring. Belinfante was available for the event, and a few hours into his 36th birthday, he launched the jam session by singing "Nederwiet". By the end of 1982, Doe Maar notched up their first number 1 hit with "De bom" ('the bomb'), a composition by Jansz with the underlying message "what's the point of making a career or doing your homework when the (atomic) bomb can drop at any moment?" Virus and overexposure In January 1983, Pijnenburg finally rejoined the band, although he spent a few more months walking on crutches. After a warm-up tour, they taped a TV special previewing tracks off their soon-to-be-released album 4us (creative spelling for Virus), which was recorded before van Collem's departure from the band. The album was released in March and featured three