Album · Van Halen
Van Halen II by Van Halen
Van Halen II is an album by Van Halen, released in 1979. 7 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 169 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Dance the Night Away”, on 85 lists with a best position of #3.
Van Halen II came out on Warner Bros. on March 23, 1979, and the Pasadena four-piece sound like they're having the time of their lives. Ted Templeman produced at Sunset Sound, and the record picks up where the debut left off: Eddie Van Halen's guitar fireworks, Alex Van Halen's thundering drums, Michael Anthony's rumbling bass, and David Lee Roth mugging and whooping over the top like the life of every party in Southern California.
"Dance the Night Away" is the sunniest thing they ever cut, a breezy pop song hiding inside a hard rock band, and "Beautiful Girls" was the other hit. "Somebody Get Me a Doctor", "Bottoms Up!", "Light Up the Sky", "D.O.A." and "You're No Good" fill out the rest with plenty of muscle. It reached number 6 in the US and had sold nearly six million copies there by 2004.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Van Halen II on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dance the Night Away#311 of all time | 85 | #3 | – | 1982–2026 | |
| 2 | Beautiful Girls | 62 | #36 | – | 1994–2026 | |
| 3 | Bottoms Up! | 7 | #427 | – | 1990–2002 | |
| 4 | Somebody Get Me a Doctor | 8 | #470 | – | 1990–2016 | |
| 5 | You're No Good | 4 | #661 | – | 1990–2015 | |
| 6 | D.O.A. | 2 | #227 | – | 1990–2021 | |
| 7 | Light Up the Sky | 1 | #920 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.