The "White Noise" album was recorded on 11 December 1984 – the second-last show of Numan's "Berserker" Tour. It was released on 27 April 1985 and reached number 29 in the UK album chart, outperforming the "Berserker" (1984) album. "White Noise" also enjoyed great success in Belgium where it went to number 2. An edited version of the show was released on video as "The Berserker Tour" in 1985 (subsequent DVD releases featured this shortened version of the show, until the entire concert was released on DVD in early 2008 under the title "Cold Warning").