References in Popular Culture
- The Golden Age of Wireless album by Thomas Dolby, Track: "Radio Silence" - reference to a woman named "Caroline" and lamenting a lost love like an empty radio frequency.
- Freeze Frame album by Godley & Creme, 1979, Track: "Get Well Soon" - reference to Radio Caroline.
- Rock and roll track by Status Quo - "Waiting all the time to find radio plays on Caroline".
- Pirate Radio track by Ska band The Toasters - Reference to Radio Caroline.
- Hearthammer by Scottish Folk Rock band Runrig - "Lying under the covers, with the radio on. Settle down with Caroline as she sailed all summer long".
- Walking down the King's Road track by Squire - Reached top 75 - "In a Chelsea drug store with some friends of mine, mini skirts, dolly birds and Radio Caroline".
- The Goodies episode Radio Goodies, parodies the then-contemporary pirate radio stations but does not mention Radio Caroline.
- The Boat That Rocked 2009 movie is set in 1966 and uses a vessel that is similar to the 1983 MV Ross Revenge, but according to the producer, the movie is pure fantasy.
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