Song · David Lee Roth
“Shy Boy” by David Lee Roth
From the album Eat ’Em and Smile (1986)
“Shy Boy” by David Lee Roth appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1986 on the album Eat ’Em and Smile. Its best result is #717 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,899 hard rock song of all time.
Billy Sheehan wrote "Shy Boy", words and music, and it sits on Eat 'Em and Smile, the first full album David Lee Roth made after his split from Van Halen, released on July 7, 1986. Roth was coming off Crazy from the Heat, his EP of lounge standards and a surprise hit early in 1985, and he put a new band together around himself: Sheehan on bass, Gregg Bissonette on drums and Steve Vai, a virtuoso guitarist whose résumé already ran through Frank Zappa, PiL and Alcatrazz.
Ted Templeman produced, Jeff Hendrickson engineered, and Roth arranged it and sings lead, with Sheehan on backing vocals. Roth later said the album's songs were first meant as the soundtrack to a Crazy from the Heat film that never got made.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 717 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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