Following the messy departure of frontman David Lee Roth and the massive success of their sixth studio album, 1984, Van Halen had a lot to prove in what would become their new era.
Peaking at No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Cashbox Top 100, the smash hit cracked top-10’s all over the world, including in the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and Canada. Still, despite enduring widespread love for the tune, it gave a certain classic rock authority a “funny feeling.”
Rounding out the top three are Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" ("Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit") and Yes' "Roundabout" ("Mountains come out of the sky – and they stand there").
A group effort, the song had Eddie Van Halen laying the track on an Oberheim OB-8 keyboard, with Hagar following his melody with vocals. “You don't mind if I follow your keyboard melody do you?” Hagar asks, per Song Facts. “"No, not at all,” Eddie replies. In the end, the hit song about unrequited love that isn’t necessarily reciprocated was born.
During a visit to The Howard Stern Show in April 2023, Hagar again played the song. “This was the first Van Hagar song you ever heard,” he says, prepping to play. “It went straight to No. 1. The album was our first No. 1 alubm.”
The song definitely earned the boys some dough. And no matter if one list didn’t care for the lyrics, there are plentyothers that herald Van Halen’ssofter side a triumph that will never lose its edge.
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