Van Halen, led by Eddie Van Halen and fronted by David Lee Roth and later Sammy Hagar, is well-known for their high-energy rock music. While many of their songs are centered around themes of freedom, fun, and rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, they’ve also released some notable love songs over their career:
23- Van Halen- Jamie’s Crying
In the song, Jamie meets a young man, they spend the night together, but then he leaves and doesn’t show interest in taking the relationship further. Jamie wishes for a deeper, more meaningful connection and is upset that the man seems indifferent to her feelings.
The lyrics like “Now Jamie’s been in love before and she knows what love is for, It should mean a little, a little more than one-night stands” convey her desire for a meaningful relationship rather than a fleeting encounter.
She want’s to send him a letter, uh yeah yeah
Just to try to make herself feel better
It said “Gimme (gimme a call sometime”)
But she knows what that’ll get her
Oh, whoa, whoa, Jamie’s cryin’
22- Van Halen – Romeo Delight
The lyrics to “Romeo Delight” focus on a night out, partying, and seeking out a woman: “I told her never in hell, no special reason. Must’ve looked like I needed a ride.” It appears to be about a thrill-seeking, carefree character who’s looking for fun and companionship for the night.
21- Van Halen – Good Enough
She’s good enough to huh!
Hey me yea I been working up an appetite
Seems like the harder I work the more my body needs
I like to open up with a little six on the half shell
Then it’s 3-6-9 times
20- Van Halen – in A Simple Rhyme
She made her mountains sing.
Birds against an icy sky.
And I heard bells ringin’
I think I heard an angel sigh. And she said:
There’ll be times,
there will be times
you’re gonna hear the angels singin’Ah.
19- Van Halen – Love Walks In
Sleep and dream is all I crave
I travel far across the Milky Way
To my master I become a slave
Til we meet again some other day
Where silence speaks as loud as war
And the earth returns to what it was before
18- Van Halen – 5150
The love in me is never straight and narrow
Unless the love is tried and true
You take a chance with new beginnings
Still we try, win or lose, take the highs
With the blues
17- Eddie Van Halen – Catherine
16- Van Halen – Poundcake
15- Van Halen – Beautiful Girls
14- Van Halen – Why Can’t This Be Love
Tell me why can’t this be love
Baby why can’t this be love
Got to know why can’t this be love
I wanna know why can’t this be love
13- Van Halen – Van Halen – Feel Your Love Tonight
12- Van Halen – Van Halen II – Women In Love
I know you’re in love, so, baby, make up your mind.
Scream, go on and scream that your love is all you’re knowin’.
But, honey, if you’re needing a woman just as bad as me, you ought to be goin’.
All these crazy women, one more crazy night.
But one night’s all we’re given, so, baby, leave me alone, or, baby, stay the night.
11- Van Halen – Drop Dead Legs
Drop dead legs, pretty smile, hurts my head, gets me wild.
Dig that steam, giant butt, makes me scream, I get nuh-nuh-nothing but the shakes over you
And nothing else could ever do.
10- Van Halen – Dreams
So baby dry your eyes, save all the tears you’ve cried
Ohh that’s what dreams are made of
Oh baby we belong in a world that must be strong
Ohh that’s what dreams are made of
9- Van Halen – So This Is Love
8- Van Halen – Big Bad Bill
7- Van Halen – Black And Blue
6- Van Halen – Take Me Back
Take me back, baby
I swear I’ve been with you
It happened just like that
Send me a dream or two
Come on, take me back
Oh, deja vu
5- Van Halen – Can’t Stop Loving You
Baby, just come on, come on, come on
I just wanna hear you say
I can’t stop lovin’ you
And no matter what you say or do
You know my heart is true, oh
I can’t stop lovin’ you
4- Van Halen- Not Enough
The song talks about a love that, while deep and meaningful, is not enough to sustain a relationship. It expresses a sense of regret and melancholy over a love that couldn’t last.
The lyrics like “To love somebody, oh yea, somehow I forgot. Just how to walk that way, To love somebody. No, it’s never enough just to hold somebody” talk about the regret of not being able to love the other person as they deserved or wanted, and that merely holding or being with them is not enough.
2- Van Halen – Without you
In terms of its thematic content, “Without You” can indeed be considered a love song, as it explores the feelings of longing and emptiness that come with missing someone you care about deeply.
The lyrics feature expressions of needing and missing someone: “Hey you, with bloodshot eyes… All you know, I’m the one you want. I must be the first to know. It feels good, when you’re by my side. It feels good, when you trust me. So good, like a child with candy.”
1- Van Halen – When It’s Love
“When It’s Love” explores the feeling of falling in love and the magic that comes with it. The lyrics talk about the confusion and wonder that often accompany the experience of falling in love: “How do I know when it’s love? I can’t tell you but it lasts forever. Oh! How does it feel when it’s love? It’s just something you feel together.”
We’re gonna feel this thing together
When it’s love
When it’s love
You can feel it
We’ll make it last forever
When it’s love
