Love Walks In
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| B-side | "Summer Nights" |
"Love Walks In" is one of the five songs issued as singles from Van Halen's 1986 album 5150.
"The first time Eddie played me that song, late one night, I got goosebumps," recalled singer Sammy Hagar. "It was so beautiful. I wrote the lyrics on the spot and I sang it live with a hand-held mic. If you listen closely, it ain't the best vocal sound in the world, but the performance is slammin'."[1]
The song starts with Eddie Van Halen (lead guitar, keyboards) playing a slow synth, and kicks into the song. The song starts in the key of C and moves into F for the band entrance, then going to the relative Dm for the verses. The pre-chorus jumps to Am, and in the chorus it goes back to C, keeping a cyclic structure.
It charted at number 4 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart[2] and at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3]
Hagar took the guitar solo during live performances, but Eddie plays the same part on the studio recording.
References
- ^ Elliott, Paul (March 2014). "The best of both worlds". Classic Rock. No. 194. p. 48.
- ^ "Van Halen - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ "Van Halen - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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