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Eddie Van Halen – guitar, keyboards, backing vocalsĬharts Weekly sales chart performance for 'Why Can't This Be Love'.

In 2008, The Daily Telegraph named this the eighth worst lyric of all time. The song is often a source of humor since it contains the tautological lyrics Only time will tell if we stand the test of time. They would continue to do this on both the 19 tours. Starting during the 1995 Balance tour, Michael Anthony and Eddie Van Halen would sing the second verse of the song during live performances. For the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge and subsequent tours, Van Halen took over the guitar parts and the keyboards were played backstage. Live performances and in popular culture ĭuring the 5150 and OU812 tours, Eddie Van Halen played the keyboard parts (using either a Kurzweil K250 or Yamaha KX88 connected by MIDI to an OB-8 backstage) while Hagar played the guitar parts and the solo. Reception Ĭash Box called it 'a powerful pop/rock kicker.' Billboard said 'hard-rocking hooks alternate with trademark guitar workouts.' Ĭhuck Klosterman of ranked it the worst Van Halen song, saying that the band's decision to release the song as the first single of the Sammy Hagar era was 'the worst decision the band ever made,' but said it was not his least favorite Van Halen song to listen to. The song is driven by bouncy lead keyboard work from Eddie Van Halen performed on an Oberheim OB-8. It was also a top 10 hit in the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany and a top 20 single in Canada, the Netherlands and Sweden. It was a hit single for the band, rising to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US and helping 5150 reach the number one slot on the albums chart, a first for the band. It was released on both 7' and 12' single formats, the 12' single featuring an extended version of the song. It was the group's first single with lead vocalist Sammy Hagar, who replaced founding member David Lee Roth. The song was released as the lead single from 5150 through Warner Bros.

' Why Can't This Be Love' is a song by the American rock band Van Halen for their seventh studio album, 5150 (1986).

It's got what it takes so tell me why can't this be love lyrics