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"Black and Blue" is a song by American rock band Van Halen from their 1988 album OU812. It was the first single released from the album, peaking at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 [ 1 ] and at number 1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, [ 2 ]
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OU812 (pronounced "Oh You Ate One Too") is the eighth studio album by American rock band Van Halen. It was released in 1988 and is the band's second album to feature vocalist Sammy Hagar. Van Halen began work on the album in September 1987 and completed it in April 1988, one month before its release.
Van Halen is the debut studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on February 10, 1978, by Warner Bros. Records.Widely regarded as one of the greatest debut albums in rock music, [9] [10] [11] and considered a progenitor of glam metal, [5] [6] the album was a major commercial success, peaking at number 19 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. [12]
Prior to The Best of Both Worlds's release, Hagar reunited with Van Halen, and the band recorded three new tracks to include on the release. Debuting at #3 in the US, [4] the album coincided with a reunion tour, and certified Platinum. It is the last Van Halen album to feature contributions from Michael Anthony and Hagar.
A 2011 Rolling Stone reader's poll placed the song at number one on a list of the 10 best Van Halen songs. [3]Chuck Klosterman of Vulture.com named it the second-best Van Halen song, writing that it "merely feels like insatiable straight-ahead rock, but the lick is freaky, obliquely hovering above the foundation while the drums oscillate between two unrelated performance philosophies."
Hagar saw his conflicts with the Van Halen brothers grow while recording earlier in 1996 for the Twister soundtrack, resulting in the song "Humans Being" (eventually included in Best Of) and an unfinished track called "Between Us Two". When called about completing "Between Us Two" for a greatest hits album, Hagar was angry given his opposition ...
Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen is a tribute album released on June 6, 2006. It features artists (including original Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth) performing covers of Van Halen songs of the Roth era, done in bluegrass-style music. Roth appeared on several late night talkshows to promote the album.