Official top 50 Van Halen songs thread!! (Countdown has begun!!)

[KevShmev]

Okay, away we go!!

Time to "feel" the love so good.


50 Feel Your Love Tonight
Appeared on 12 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 5 (Stadler)

This barely made the list of a majority of the lists on which it appeared, but enough to squeeze in at number 50.  It was unranked for me, as it has always been my least favorite song from the debut, but no shame in that.


49 Feels So Good
Appeared on 8 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 0
Highest Ranking: 11 (DragonAttack)

This came at 31 for me, and I was surprised it wasn't a little higher.  Always loved this one, even back in the days when OU812 was one of my least favorites.  Love the warmness of that keyboard line.  Just a great song to tap your foot.

[wolfking]

Feel Your Love Tonight was 50 for me too.

Feels So Good did not rank.

[TAC]

Feel Your Love Tonight was 50 for me too.

Feels So Good did not rank.

Ha! same here. I also had Feel Your Love Tonight at #50. It's not a bad song by any stretch. Always enjoyable.


Feels So Good just missed my Top 50.

[bl5150]

I like both of these but were 60-70 ish.  Great solo in Feels So Good could've pushed it higher but yeah........like everything great bar the chorus.  Feel Your Love Tonight loses out for being one of my least favourite tracks on album that's up there in terms of all time best ( I did in fact rank it #1 in my DTF Top 50)

[Deadeye21]

50 Feel Your Love Tonight
Appeared on 12 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 5 (Stadler)

49 Feels So Good
Appeared on 8 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 0
Highest Ranking: 11 (DragonAttack)

Feel Your Love Tonight arrived at 15 for me, making it the second highest ranked song from the debut on my list. Great riff, nice vocal parts, Alex giving the drums a good thrashing, what’s not to like?

Feels So Good was two places higher at number 13. This is my favourite song on OU812, but that doesn’t really say much. Good keyboard section and some decent grooves, with the trademark VH harmonies coming out during the choruses. Decent tune. 

[bl5150]

50 Feel Your Love Tonight
Appeared on 12 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 5 (Stadler)

49 Feels So Good
Appeared on 8 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 0
Highest Ranking: 11 (DragonAttack)

Feel Your Love Tonight arrived at 15 for me, making it the second highest ranked song from the debut on my list. Great riff, nice vocal parts, Alex giving the drums a good thrashing, what’s not to like?

Feels So Good was two places higher at number 15. This is my favourite song on OU812, but that doesn’t really say much. Good keyboard section and some decent grooves, with the trademark VH harmonies coming out during the choruses. Decent tune.

not computing for me Deadeye 

[KevShmev]

I think he meant Feels So Good was as his number 13, although it doesn't say much if he considers his 13th favorite VH song a "decent tune." 

[TAC]

Feel Your Love Tonight arrived at 15 for me, making it the second highest ranked song from the debut on my list. Great riff, nice vocal parts, Alex giving the drums a good thrashing, what’s not to like?

Feels So Good was two places higher at number 15. This is my favourite song on OU812, but that doesn’t really say much. Good keyboard section and some decent grooves, with the trademark VH harmonies coming out during the choruses. Decent tune.

[Deadeye21]

50 Feel Your Love Tonight
Appeared on 12 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 5 (Stadler)

49 Feels So Good
Appeared on 8 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 0
Highest Ranking: 11 (DragonAttack)

Feel Your Love Tonight arrived at 15 for me,
Feels So Good was two places higher at number 15. This is my favourite song on OU812, but that doesn’t really say much.

not computing for me Deadeye 

Yeah, sorry. I just woke up.

[Deadeye21]

I think he meant Feels So Good was as his number 13, although it doesn't say much if he considers his 13th favorite VH song a "decent tune." 

The first 13 on my list are all “my favourites in their album”, which I regret doing now, coz The Dream is Over very soon after became top 10 material for me, and Feels So Good fell way out of favour.

[bl5150]

Righto - sounded like you liked Feel Your Love Tonight (15) much better than Feels So Good (13, now it makes more sense

[Deadeye21]

Righto - sounded like you liked Feel Your Love Tonight (15) much better than Feels So Good (13) , now it makes more sense.

Yeah, I really do now. I did my list in a rush to get it in, and then it’s really nit how I’d rank things today.

[KevShmev]

Righto - sounded like you liked Feel Your Love Tonight (15) much better than Feels So Good (13) which is in fact the case - didn't initialy compute

Someone liking Feel Your Love Tonight a lot more than Feels So Good does not compute at all. 

[TAC]

Righto - sounded like you liked Feel Your Love Tonight (15) much better than Feels So Good (13) which is in fact the case - didn't initialy compute

Someone liking Feel Your Love Tonight a lot more than Feels So Good does not compute at all. 

I guess it depends......

















...how you "feel".

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

50 Feel Your Love Tonight
Appeared on 12 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 5 (Stadler)

This barely made the list of a majority of the lists on which it appeared, but enough to squeeze in at number 50.  It was unranked for me, as it has always been my least favorite song from the debut, but no shame in that.


49 Feels So Good
Appeared on 8 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 0
Highest Ranking: 11 (DragonAttack)

This came at 31 for me, and I was surprised it wasn't a little higher.  Always loved this one, even back in the days when OU812 was one of my least favorites.  Love the warmness of that keyboard line.  Just a great song to tap your foot.

Feel Your Love Tonight - This dropped in at number 82 for me. I think it was hurt by the fact that I kept comparing it to Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight by Spinal Tap in my head  Not a bad song though...

Feels So Good - This didn't even make my top 100. It landed at #110. This song falls into the "Joe Walsh Life's Been Good" category of awfulness. It's annoyingly repetitive and in a way that makes me sick to my stomach. Not even a decent EVH solo can save this song.

[TAC]

Feel Your Love Tonight - This dropped in at number 82 for me. I think it was hurt by the fact that I kept comparing it to Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight by Spinal Tap in my head  Not a bad song though...

I mean, seriously..what song stands a chance in comparison?

[The Realm]

50 Feel Your Love Tonight
Appeared on 12 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 5 (Stadler)


49 Feels So Good
Appeared on 8 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 0
Highest Ranking: 11 (DragonAttack)

Feel Your Love Tonight - This was number 10 for me, I love this song. It is a really great, catchy rocker and I've always loved the vocals/back up vocals on this track. Did I think it would be higher overall? Probably but I reckon it is going to hard to pick any order overall in this countdown which is what is going to make it so great.

Feels So Good - Unranked. Once upon a time I would have had this fairly high but not so much these days. Not much of a fan overall of this album which made it hard to get songs in the top 50.

[HOF]

Feel Your Love is a good song, definitely up there in terms of Roth songs for me, but it missed the top 50. I didn’t thoroughly rank songs beyond 50, but I have it at 66 on my spreadsheet. Maybe would have gone a bit higher if we were ranking past 50. I like it when VH channeled The Beach Boys.

Feels So Good ranked at 13 for me. It also channels The Beach Boys and is sort of the 80s equivalent of Feel Your Love I guess. A little more clean cut and sentimental though. I like the organ over guitar aspect of this one. Unique for VH. The solo is really good, but that’s gonna be a standing compliment for just about all of these songs I guess. It’s mostly one I have a lot of nostalgia for. Like it says on the label, it’s a feel good song.

[devieira73]

I didn't rank both songs, but I'm really pleasant surprised that Feels So Good made the Top 50!! What a nice song with that "cute" keyboard! I guess maybe I have been a little shy to include it in my Top 50...

[Stadler]

I had Feels So Good at 37; good tune, one of the better on OU812 (not my favorite VH record by a long shot) and one of the better Sammy songs generally.  But Feel Your Love Tonight is a quintessential VH tune for me.  It's got everything I LOVE about Van Halen in a concise 3:43.  The opening riff, the gang vocals... I love that song.

I love that the FIRST SONG has me with the highest ranking.  Probably won't be the last song like that; I predict there are FIVE songs for which I have the highest ranking of the group. 

[WardySI]

Whoah had Feels So Good at 20 and honestly felt O might be the only one to include it tbh but its exactly as it's title says and as a big fan of OU812 I couldn't not include it quite chuffed to see others had it too \m/

Expect I won't be saying the same of some of the more obscure OU812 tracks but I'll take it, well played!

Had Feel Your Love at 45 great song!

[The Realm]

I had Feels So Good at 37; good tune, one of the better on OU812 (not my favorite VH record by a long shot) and one of the better Sammy songs generally. But Feel Your Love Tonight is a quintessential VH tune for me.  It's got everything I LOVE about Van Halen in a concise 3:43.  The opening riff, the gang vocals... I love that song.

I love that the FIRST SONG has me with the highest ranking.  Probably won't be the last song like that; I predict there are FIVE songs for which I have the highest ranking of the group.

Awesome Stadler - we are 100% on the same page with Feel Your Love Tonight.

[KevShmev]

Kinda funny that today's two songs are the track 1s from the first two Sammy albums.

48 Good Enough
Appeared on 10 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 7 (Puppies_On_Acid)

To be honest, I have never much cared for this song.  The riff is great, and it has that party rock vibe, but I think the chorus is a bit lacking.


47 Mine All Mine
Appeared on 10 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 1 (devieira73, WardySI)

This has the honor of being the first VH song I ever saw live, as they opened with it when we saw them on the Right Here, Right Now tour.  It's wild to see that a song that was number 1 in two of the 17 lists is finishing only at 47.  No one else had it in their top 20. I had it at 34.  This is the second of three songs from OU812 to make the top 50.

[HOF]

Good Enough - Don’t like it, didn’t rank it.

Mine All Mine came in at 42. It has a great atmosphere and makes for a nice, driving opener. Lyrics are on the more serious/spiritual side, though there are some parts of it I’m not a fan of just personally speaking. One of a few different Sammy lyrics where I kind of go “hmmm, not really buying what you’re saying, but I at least appreciate the deeper thoughts.” A really strong Alex song too.

[The Realm]

48 Good Enough
Appeared on 10 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 7 (Puppies_On_Acid)

47 Mine All Mine
Appeared on 10 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 1 (devieira73, WardySI)

Good Enough - number 36 for me. I really enjoy this song, just has a great vibe and great guitar work by Eddie.

Mine All Mine - unranked by me but I do like this song. Very surprised to see it as number 1 on two lists.

[TAC]

Mine All Mine - unranked by me but I do like this song. Very surprised to see it as number 1 on two lists.

Same here 100%

I also didn't rank Good Enough. In the end.....










it wasnt......








Good Enough.

[devieira73]

Good enough is a cool song and all, but... (Tim already said it )
What a surprise, I thought I was the only to like Mine All Mine THIS much! It has a very interesting arrangement in the sense that it should be driven by a heavy guitar riff, but, instead, it has that mix of keyboard/acoustic guitar/guitar and that cowbell echoing (hahaha - surprisingly cool here) that makes the song sounds totally unique. Alex's drumming, Sammy vocals (maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like the lyric are nice too) and specially Eddie's solo are between my faves from all VH's recordings and... it's a song that I NEVER get tired of hearing, I find it always extremely exciting!

[Deadeye21]

Kinda funny that today's two songs are the track 1s from the first two Sammy albums.

48 Good Enough
Appeared on 10 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 7 (Puppies_On_Acid)

47 Mine All Mine
Appeared on 10 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 1 (devieira73, WardySI)

Good Enough - It wasn’t. Not really that big of a fan of this one, though it came 4th in my individual rankings for the 5150 album. The “hello baby” kinda taints this song for me too. Bit of a shame.

Mine All Mine - 46th. This has everything I like in a VH song. I just think other tracks do it way better. I apparently have it higher than the average score though, which is cool. In hindsight, this is actually a lot better than the top track of of OU812 in my list, which you can all see in yesterday’s ranking.

[bl5150]

I had Mine All Mine at 38 and Good Enough at 40 = like both of them and I actually like pretty much everything down to around the 70-75 mark.   I wish that keyboard intro to Mine All Mine had a bigger production on it...........loved it at the time but it's lacking some oomph.  On review I really should have a little more Hagar stuff on my Top 50 list but it's getting pretty thin beyond these two.   

[wolfking]

Had Good Enough at 48 and Mine All Mine at 33.  Insane it topped 2 lists.  It is a very cool song.

[Cool Chris]

Are you going to post the updated ranks on the first page like you did on previous threads?

[TAC]

Kev, how many songs appeared on everyone's list?

[KevShmev]

Kev, how many songs appeared on everyone's list?

Just two: Outta Space and How Many Say I.

Are you going to post the updated ranks on the first page like you did on previous threads?

Maybe.

[TAC]

Seems someone has tight shorts on tonight.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

48 Good Enough
Appeared on 10 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 7 (Puppies_On_Acid)

To be honest, I have never much cared for this song.  The riff is great, and it has that party rock vibe, but I think the chorus is a bit lacking.


47 Mine All Mine
Appeared on 10 of 17  entrees
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 1 (devieira73, WardySI)

This has the honor of being the first VH song I ever saw live, as they opened with it when we saw them on the Right Here, Right Now tour.  It's wild to see that a song that was number 1 in two of the 17 lists is finishing only at 47.  No one else had it in their top 20. I had it at 34.  This is the second of three songs from OU812 to make the top 50.

Good Enough - Definitely a great and fun song. Great first impression by Sammy. Just proves that Sammy is the best Van Halen vocalist, by a long shot.

Mine All Mine - Came in at #75. Not a bad song, just nothing special.