Everybody Wants Some!!
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"Everybody Wants Some!!" is one of Van Halen
's most popular songs. It features David Lee Roth
on vocals. It is the second song from the band's 1980 album Women and Children First. It was a concert highlight throughout the band's early career and was featured in the movie Better Off Dead starring John Cusack
. The song is rife with experimental features including a "jungle" drum-vocal introduction and some new guitar playing techniques from guitarist Eddie Van Halen
. The drum-vocal interlude or breakdown section was improvised. Roth came into the studio on the day of recording and ad-libbed the conversational dialogue included. Listening to the track closely, it is apparent that the breakdown was recorded in one take. At 3:34, Roth accidentally comes in early and tries to say "I like..." but is cut off by Eddie striking a guitar chord
.
The song was a staple on all of the tours with Roth following its release. Often, the band would stop in the middle of the song and Roth would chat with the crowd for several minutes before finishing the song. In later years, with their later lead singers, Van Halen would use the opening drum beat from this song as an introduction into "Panama
."
A track featured on glam metal
band Danger Danger
's second album, Screw It!
(1991), is quite heavily influenced by Everybody Wants Some!! It features the similar title "Everybody Wants Some," shares the same subject (sex) and has similar chorus lyrics.
The song appeared in the 1985 comedy Better Off Dead in a humorous claymation scene.
The song was also featured in the 2009 horror-comedy Zombieland
.
Van Halen
Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of its debut album, Van Halen, . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold 80 million albums worldwide and has had the most #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...
's most popular songs. It features David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality. Roth was ranked nineteenth by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Singers of All Time....
on vocals. It is the second song from the band's 1980 album Women and Children First. It was a concert highlight throughout the band's early career and was featured in the movie Better Off Dead starring John Cusack
John Cusack
John Paul Cusack is an American film actor and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 50 films, including The Journey of Natty Gann, Say Anything..., Grosse Point Blank, The Thin Red Line, Stand by Me, Con Air, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, Serendipity, Runaway Jury, The Ice Harvest,...
. The song is rife with experimental features including a "jungle" drum-vocal introduction and some new guitar playing techniques from guitarist Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen
Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen is a Dutch-American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
. The drum-vocal interlude or breakdown section was improvised. Roth came into the studio on the day of recording and ad-libbed the conversational dialogue included. Listening to the track closely, it is apparent that the breakdown was recorded in one take. At 3:34, Roth accidentally comes in early and tries to say "I like..." but is cut off by Eddie striking a guitar chord
Guitar chord
In music, a guitar chord is a chord, or collection of tones usually sounded together at once, played on a guitar. It can be composed of notes played on adjacent or separate strings or all the strings together...
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The song was a staple on all of the tours with Roth following its release. Often, the band would stop in the middle of the song and Roth would chat with the crowd for several minutes before finishing the song. In later years, with their later lead singers, Van Halen would use the opening drum beat from this song as an introduction into "Panama
Panama (song)
"Panama" is a song from Van Halen's album 1984. It was the third single released from that record and is one of their most recognized songs.-Background:...
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A track featured on glam metal
Glam metal
Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...
band Danger Danger
Danger Danger
Danger Danger is an American glam metal band, formed in 1987 in Queens, New York. Despite enjoying moderate success in the U.S. with their debut album Danger Danger, the band vanished from the radar due to legal problems and changes in its line-up....
's second album, Screw It!
Screw It!
Screw It! is Danger Danger's second full length album. It was released on October 1, 1991 on Epic Records. The album was recorded at New River Studios in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...
(1991), is quite heavily influenced by Everybody Wants Some!! It features the similar title "Everybody Wants Some," shares the same subject (sex) and has similar chorus lyrics.
The song appeared in the 1985 comedy Better Off Dead in a humorous claymation scene.
The song was also featured in the 2009 horror-comedy Zombieland
Zombieland
Zombieland is a 2009 American zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin as survivors of a zombie apocalypse...
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