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“Beautiful Girls” by Van Halen

From the album Van Halen II (1979)

“Beautiful Girls” by Van Halen appears on 62 radio countdowns from 23 stations between 1994 and 2026. It was first released in 1979 on the album Van Halen II. Its best result is #36 on the WMMR Top 50 Songs of Summer (2012).

62countdowns
23stations
#36best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1994–2026years charted

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"Beautiful Girls" slams the door on Van Halen II, the tenth and last track on the band's second album in 1979. It started life as "Bring On the Girls," cut for a 25-song Warner Brothers demo, and by the time Ted Templeman produced it for the record, with Donn Landee engineering, the title and the words had both been rewritten.

What's left is a hard-rock strut: Edward Van Halen's guitar leering and showing off, Michael Anthony and Alex Van Halen pushing hard underneath, and David Lee Roth hamming it up. Cash Box heard a good humor in his singing that heavy metal rarely bothered with, and Record World caught carefree, youthful vocals riding the band's raunchy trademark guitar. It became a staple of the tour behind the album, and Chuck Klosterman later rated it the 20th-best Van Halen song.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 234 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 228 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 146 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 741 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1998 43 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 74 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 294 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 816 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 816 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 92 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 963 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2011 218 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 302 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 1014 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 36 93.3 WMMR WMMR Top 50 Songs of Summer (2012) 49
2013 398 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 415 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 260 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 766 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 722 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 391 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 152 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 383 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 638 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 272 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2017 335 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 171 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 286 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 314 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2018 284 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 453 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 448 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 211 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 294 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 679 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2020 304 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 359 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 492 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 303 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 927 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 909 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 242 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 366 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 412 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 309 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2022 856 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 656 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 395 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 334 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 456 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 392 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2023 395 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 110 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 440 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 522 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 492 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 250 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 927 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 225 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2025 443 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 218 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2026 463 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499

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