Favorite Van Halen Song

Atomic Punk.

 

Unchained for me as well. My top songs from each album goes like this:

VH1 - On Fire
VHII - Light Up The Sky
WACF - And The Cradle Will Rock
Fair Warning - Unchained
Diver Down - The Full Bug
1984 - Hot For Teacher
5150 - Best Of Both Worlds
OU812 - Finish What You Started
F.U.C.K. - Judgement Day
Balance - Crossing Over (b-side)
VH3 - (none)
ADKOT - Stay Frosty
Non-Album Track - Humans Being

 

For me if I had to encapsulate Van Halen in one song it would be Everybody Wants Some!!
Ripping guitars, tribal drums , killer bass playing, Dave’s humor. It’s got it all IMO

 

1. Ain't Talkin' Bout Love

2. Unchained

3. Panama

4. Everybody Wants Some!!

 

What happened to your avatar??

 

Dreams ranks up there

 

These days I'm all about "Somebody Get Me A Doctor" and "Hear About It Later".

 

VH1 - Feel Your Love Tonight
VHII - Somebody Give Me A Dr
WACF - Romeo Delight
Fair Warning - Dirty Movies
Diver Down - The Full Bug
1984 - Top Jimmy or Drop Dead Legs
5150 - Best Of Both Worlds
OU812 - Finish What You Started
F.U.C.K. - Poundcake
Balance - Seventh Seal
VH3 - ummmm...
ADKOT - Chinatown
Non-Album Track - Me Wise Magic

 

Impossible to pick a favorite...but I'll throw in some mentions, and there could be 20+ more!
Little dreamer
Dirty movies
Unchained

 

Jamie's Cryin

 

As odd as it sounds, I'm going with "Growth." Wish it were a full fledged song. I know they used to do it live, but I freaking love it at the end of Women and Children First.

 

Beautiful Girls or Summer Nights.

 

I too feel it's impossible to pick a favorite. The best song overall is probably Everybody Wants Some!!, my favorite deep track is either Atomic Punk or Mean Street, all the singles are great in both eras of the band...but if there had to be one choice I'll cheat and say the entirety of VH I. It's a perfect album start to finish, a great LP mastering and just one of the greatest albums ever made.

Also I'd like to chime in that the best non-album track is Humans Being with no competition. To my ears it's always been one of their best songs, probably my favorite EVH guitar riff, and wish they had cut a whole album that sounded like this. (I also wish there was a 7" somewhere or some version that wasn't so loud.)

 

I'll Wait.

 

Mean Streets because the music sets the perfect atmosphere to the lyrical
content....

Especially when DLR shouts Lord strike that poor boy down! And the guitarist does his solo part

 

Summer Nights is near the top for me.

But the top two is probably ”Running with the Devil “ and “Where Have All the Good Times Gone?”

 

Top5

1. Jump
2. Unchained
3. Mean Street
4. I'm the One
5. Panama

 

Tough call but...Dreams, the unofficial anthem of The Blue Angels.

 

How Many Say I

 

I would agree with Mean Streets. That one just has a great attitude about it.

 

Hot for Teacher

 

Seventh Seal

 

van halen hot for teacher - YouTube

 

Eddie himself has called it "Mean Streets", so don't be too tough on anyone!

 

I'm not ashamed to say "Dancing in the Street" (I seem to be an island of 1 on this front, too)