Song · Van Halen
“Bottoms Up!” by Van Halen
From the album Van Halen II (1979)
“Bottoms Up!” by Van Halen appears on 7 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2002. It was first released in 1979 on the album Van Halen II. Its best result is #427 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #512 hard rock song of all time.
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"Bottoms Up!" raises a glass on Van Halen II, the band's second album, which Warner Bros. put out in March 1979. All four wrote it together, and all four are right there on the tape: David Lee Roth on lead vocals, Edward Van Halen on guitar, Alex Van Halen on drums and Michael Anthony on bass.
Ted Templeman produced it, with Donn Landee engineering, and the whole record came together at a sprint. The band walked into Sunset Studio on December 10, 1978, just a week after wrapping their first world tour, recorded on a Putnam 610 console, and had the album finished inside a week. You can take the title as the mission statement: a band barely a week off the road, still running hot, raising a toast.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 427 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 547 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 538 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 599 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 510 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 625 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 824 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
Also listed as: Bottoms Up.
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