Van Halen discography
Van Halen was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California in 1972 by the Dutch-born American brothers Eddie Van Halen (guitar) and Alex Van Halen (drums), plus singer David Lee Roth and bassist Michael Anthony. The band's discography consists of 12 studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, and 56 singles.
| Van Halen discography | |
|---|---|
Van Halen performing at the Bell Centre, Montreal on November 10, 2007. From left to right: David Lee Roth, Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen | |
| Studio albums | 12 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Video albums | 3 |
| Singles | 56 |
The band signed a contract with Warner Bros. Records in 1977,[1] and in the following year released the album Van Halen. Over the next few years, the band alternated album releases, one per year between 1979 and 1982, and touring to increasing commercial and critical acclaim, becoming one of the world's most successful and influential rock bands. In 1984, Van Halen released 1984, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and had the band's sole No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, "Jump". After the tour promoting that album, Roth left the band due to artistic and personal tensions with Eddie.
To replace Roth, Eddie picked Sammy Hagar, formerly of Montrose and at that time a very successful solo artist. Van Halen's first album with Hagar, 1986's 5150, was the band's first No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The three studio albums that succeeded, OU812, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge and Balance, also topped the charts. In 1996, Hagar left Van Halen amidst similar tension with the Van Halen brothers.
Roth rejoined briefly and recorded two songs with the band for the 1996 compilation Best Of – Volume I, but Van Halen eventually settled on Gary Cherone, frontman of the then defunct Boston-based band Extreme. Cherone's sole release with the band was Van Halen III, released in 1998 to mixed reviews and diminishing sales, being the only Van Halen studio album not to get a platinum RIAA certification. Van Halen's last release for Warner was the 2004 compilation Best of Both Worlds, which featured three new songs with Hagar. In 2011, the band left the label and signed with Interscope Records.[2]
In February 2012, Van Halen released its 12th studio album and first for Interscope, A Different Kind of Truth, featuring Roth on vocals and Eddie's son Wolfgang on bass guitar. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200,[3] and became the band's highest-charting album on the UK Albums Chart with a sixth spot.[4]
As of 2007[update], Van Halen has sold 75 million albums worldwide [5] and have thirteen No. 1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. During the 1980s, they along with the band Heart had more Billboard Hot 100 hits, fifteen, than any other hard rock or heavy metal band. According to the RIAA, Van Halen is the 19th best-selling music group/artist of all time with sales of over 56 million albums in the US,[6] and is one of five rock bands that have had two albums (Van Halen and 1984) sell more than ten million copies in the US.[7]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [8] | CAN [9] | AUS [10] | SWI [11] | AUT [12] | NLD [13] | DEN [14] | SWE [15] | FIN [16] | NOR [17] | GER [18] | NZ [19] | UK [20] | |||
| Van Halen |
| 19 | 18 | 17 | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 34 | |
| Van Halen II |
| 6 | 15 | 68 | — | — | 11 | — | 22 | — | — | 24 | — | 23 | |
| Women and Children First |
| 6 | 12 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 19 | — | 23 | 19 | 48 | 15 | |
| Fair Warning |
| 5 | 11 | 97 | — | — | 13 | — | 18 | — | 27 | 37 | — | 49 | |
| Diver Down |
| 3 | 5 | 79 | — | — | 28 | — | 28 | — | 19 | 65 | 37 | 36 | |
| 1984 |
| 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 8 | — | 4 | — | 12 | 11 | 15 | 15 | |
| 5150 |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 30 | — | 2 | — | 5 | 11 | 13 | 16 | |
| OU812 |
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 22 | — | 9 | — | 5 | 12 | 35 | 16 | |
| For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 24 | — | 17 | — | — | 6 | 25 | 12 | |
| Balance |
| 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 5 | — | 5 | — | 17 | 8 | 16 | 8 | |
| Van Halen III |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 39 | 5 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 43 |
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| A Different Kind of Truth |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 6 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [8] | CAN [9] | AUS [10] | SWI [11] | AUT [12] | NLD [13] | DEN [14] | SWE [15] | FIN [16] | NOR [17] | GER [18] | NZ [19] | UK [20] | |||
| Live: Right Here, Right Now |
| 5 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 8 | — | 21 | — | — | 30 | 25 | 24 | |
| Tokyo Dome Live in Concert |
| 20 | 24[29] | 67 | 59 | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | 64 | — | 74 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [8] | CAN [9] | AUS [10] | SWI [11] | AUT [12] | NLD [13] | DEN [14] | SWE [15] | FIN [16] | NOR [17] | GER [18] | NZ [19] | UK [20] | |||
| Best Of – Volume I |
| 1 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 45 | |
| The Best of Both Worlds |
| 3 | 2 | 31 | 55 | 33 | — | 25 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 15 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [31] | US Main [32] | AUS [10] | CAN [33] | IRE [34] | NLD [35] | UK [36] | |||||||||
| "You Really Got Me" | 1978 | 36 | — | 12 | 49 | — | — | — | Van Halen | ||||||
| "Runnin' with the Devil" [1] | 84 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 52 | ||||||||
| "Jamie's Cryin'" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "On Fire" [A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Dance the Night Away" | 1979 | 15 | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | Van Halen II | ||||||
| "Beautiful Girls" | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Somebody Get Me a Doctor" [A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "And the Cradle Will Rock..." | 1980 | 55 | — | — | 81 | — | — | — | Women and Children First | ||||||
| "Mean Street" [B] | 1981 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | Fair Warning | ||||||
| "Push Comes to Shove" [airplay] | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "So This Is Love?" | 110 | 15 | — | 20 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Unchained" [C] | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Hear About It Later" [D] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "(Oh) Pretty Woman" | 1982 | 12 | 1 | 59 | 5 | — | 28 | 47 | Diver Down | ||||||
| "Little Guitars" [airplay] | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Where Have All the Good Times Gone!" [airplay] | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Dancing in the Street" b/w "The Full Bug" | 38 — | 3 42 | — — | 15 — | — — | — — | — — | ||||||||
| "Secrets" | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Jump" | 1983 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 1984 | ||||||
| "I'll Wait" | 1984 | 13 | 2 | — | 21 | — | — | 85 | |||||||
| "Panama" | 13 | 2 | 74 | 15 | 30 | — | 61 | ||||||||
| "Hot for Teacher" | 56 | 24 | 89 | 83 | — | — | 87 | ||||||||
| "Why Can't This Be Love" | 1986 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 5150 | ||||||
| "Dreams" | 22 | 6 | 51 | 85 | 25 | — | 62 | ||||||||
| "Love Walks In" | 22 | 4 | — | 65 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Summer Nights" [promo] | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Best of Both Worlds" | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Black and Blue" | 1988 | 34 | 1 | — | 42 | — | — | — | OU812 | ||||||
| "When It's Love" | 5 | 1 | 23 | 21 | 23 | — | 28 | ||||||||
| "Mine All Mine" [airplay] | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Finish What Ya Started" | 13 | 2 | 123 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Cabo Wabo" [airplay] | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Feels So Good" | 1989 | 35 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 63 | |||||||
| "Poundcake" | 1991 | — | 1 | 55 | 55 | — | — | 74 | For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge | ||||||
| "Runaround" | — | 1 | 169 | 50 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Top of the World" | 27 | 1 | 162 | 23 | — | — | 63 | ||||||||
| "Right Now" | 1992 | 55 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "The Dream Is Over" [airplay] | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Man on a Mission" [airplay] | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Jump" (live) | 1993 | — | — | 93 | — | 13 | 12 | 26 | Live: Right Here, Right Now | ||||||
| "Won't Get Fooled Again" (live) | — | 1 | — | 64 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Dreams" (live) | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)" | 1995 | — | 1 | 107 | 36 | — | 31 | 27 | Balance | ||||||
| "The Seventh Seal" [airplay] | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Can't Stop Lovin' You" | 30 | 2 | 105 | 3 | — | — | 33 | ||||||||
| "Amsterdam" | — | 9 | — | 46 | — | — | 77 | ||||||||
| "Not Enough" | 97 | 27 | — | 6 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Humans Being" | 1996 | — | 1 | — | 47 | — | — | — | Twister | ||||||
| "Me Wise Magic" | — | 1 | 126 | 14 | — | — | — | Best Of: Volume I | |||||||
| "Can't Get This Stuff No More" | 1997 | — | 12 | — | 38 | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Without You" | 1998 | — | 1 | 56 | 55 | — | — | — | Van Halen III | ||||||
| "One I Want" | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Fire in the Hole" | — | 6 | 206 | 65 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "It's About Time" [promo] | 2004 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | The Best Of Both Worlds | ||||||
| "Up for Breakfast" [promo] | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Tattoo" | 2012 | 67 | 13 | — | 62 | — | — | — | A Different Kind Of Truth | ||||||
| "She's the Woman" | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||||||
Notes
Videos
| Title | Year | Certification | Vocalist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Without a Net | 1987 |
| Sammy Hagar |
| Live: Right Here, Right Now | 1993 |
| Sammy Hagar |
| Video Hits Volume I | 1998 | David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, and Gary Cherone |
References
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- All ARIA-era (June 13, 1988 onward) singles chart peaks to March 26, 2019: "Van Halen ARIA singles chart history, received from ARIA on March 26, 2019". ARIA. Retrieved October 10, 2020 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.
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External links
- Van Halen discography at Discogs