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“Oh Pretty Woman” by Van Halen

From the album Diver Down (1982)

“Oh Pretty Woman” by Van Halen appears on 38 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2002 and 2026. It was first released in 1982 on the album Diver Down. Its best result is #7 on the KISW 25 Greatest Rock Covers. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #504 classic rock song of all time.

38countdowns
15stations
#7best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
2002–2026years charted

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Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (2011)

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"Oh Pretty Woman" is Van Halen's run at the Roy Orbison song he wrote with Bill Dees, and it lands on Diver Down, the band's 1982 album. All four are on it at full throttle: David Lee Roth hamming his way through the lead vocal, Edward Van Halen on guitar, Michael Anthony on bass and Alex Van Halen driving the drums.

Ted Templeman produced it, and Donn Landee engineered with Ken Deane assisting, keeping the party loud and tight.

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

RockLists rankings

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 158 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2002 97 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2012 242 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2013 405 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 251 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 493 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 229 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 356 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 274 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 307 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 308 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 262 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2017 459 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 445 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 276 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 274 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2018 402 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 252 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 358 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2020 273 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 159 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2021 67 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 262 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 344 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 7 KISW KISW 25 Greatest Rock Covers 25
2022 116 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 72 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 341 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 198 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 162 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 198 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 305 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 135 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 91 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 82 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 289 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 410 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 409 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Oh Pretty Women; (Oh) Pretty Woman; Oh, Pretty Woman.

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