Song · Van Halen
“Where Have All the Good Times Gone” by Van Halen
From the album Diver Down (1982)
“Where Have All the Good Times Gone” by Van Halen appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1990 and 2023. It was first released in 1982 on the album Diver Down. Its best result is #330 on the 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,425 classic rock song of all time.
"Where Have All the Good Times Gone" is Van Halen digging into Ray Davies' songbook: a Kinks song that they cut for Diver Down, the album that came out in April 1982, and released as a single that year. Davies has said he drew on the older people he'd watched in the pubs, talking about taxes and job prospects, and his tour manager reckoned it sounded like the work of a 40-year-old.
Ted Templeman produced the Van Halen version and Donn Landee engineered, with Ken Deane assisting, and the credits keep it to the four of them: David Lee Roth singing, Edward Van Halen on guitar, Michael Anthony on bass and Alex Van Halen on drums. It climbed to 17 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 885 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 2013 | 491 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) | 500 |
| 2022 | 330 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2023 | 608 | 101.5 WPDH | WPDH Top 1015 (2023) | 1015 |
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