Why Can't This Be Love

"Why Can't This Be Love"
"Why Can't This Be Love"
Single by Van Halen
from the album 5150
B-side	"Get Up"
Released	March 1986 (US)
Recorded	1985–1986
Genre	Synth-pop; glam metal; pop rock;
Length	3:47 / 5:00 (extended version)
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Eddie Van Halen; Michael Anthony; Sammy Hagar; Alex Van Halen;
Producer(s)	Mick Jones; Donn Landee; Eddie Van Halen; Michael Anthony; Sammy Hagar; Alex Van Halen;
Van Halen singles chronology

"Why Can't This Be Love" is a 1986 song by hard rock band Van Halen and taken from their seventh studio album 5150. It went to number 3 in the United States, number 8 in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom, number 11 in Sweden and number 13 in Canada.

References

↑ "Van Halen singles".
↑ Wilkening, Matthew (October 17, 2020). "Underrated Van Halen: The Most Overlooked Song From Each Album". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
↑ "Best Van Halen '5150' Song – Readers' Poll". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
↑ Kot, Greg (September 3, 1991). "It's the Guitarist Who Still Makes Van Halen Rock". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
↑ "Did Van Halen Bite Off Too Much With 'OU812'?". Ultimate Classic Rock. May 24, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2021.

[1] "Van Halen singles".

[2] Wilkening, Matthew (October 17, 2020). "Underrated Van Halen: The Most Overlooked Song From Each Album". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved February 10, 2021.

[3] "Best Van Halen '5150' Song – Readers' Poll". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved April 13, 2021.

[4] Kot, Greg (September 3, 1991). "It's the Guitarist Who Still Makes Van Halen Rock". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 13, 2021.

[5] "Did Van Halen Bite Off Too Much With 'OU812'?". Ultimate Classic Rock. May 24, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2021.

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Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen Alex Van Halen David Lee Roth Michael Anthony Sammy Hagar Gary Cherone Wolfgang Van Halen
Studio albums	Van Halen Van Halen II Women and Children First Fair Warning Diver Down 1984 5150 OU812 For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Balance Van Halen III A Different Kind of Truth
Compilation albums	Best Of – Volume I The Best of Both Worlds
Live albums	Live: Right Here, Right Now Tokyo Dome Live in Concert
Singles	"You Really Got Me" "Runnin' with the Devil" "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" "Dance the Night Away" "Somebody Get Me a Doctor" "Beautiful Girls" "And the Cradle Will Rock..." "So This Is Love?" "Unchained" "(Oh) Pretty Woman" "Dancing in the Street" "Where Have All the Good Times Gone!" "Jump" "I'll Wait" "Panama" "Hot for Teacher" "Why Can't This Be Love" "Dreams" "Love Walks In" "Best of Both Worlds" "When It's Love" "Black and Blue" "Finish What Ya Started" "Poundcake" "Top of the World" "Right Now" "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)" "Can't Stop Lovin' You" "Amsterdam" "Humans Being" "Me Wise Magic" "Can't Get This Stuff No More" "Without You" "Tattoo" "She's the Woman"
Other songs	"Eruption" "Little Guitars"
Videography	Live Without a Net Live: Right Here, Right Now Video Hits Volume I
Tours	1978 World Tour World Vacation Tour World Invasion Tour Fair Warning Tour Hide Your Sheep Tour 1984 Tour 5150 Tour OU812 Tour For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour Right Here Right Now Tour Balance Tour III Tour Summer Tour 2004 North America 2007–2008 A Different Kind of Truth Tour North America 2015
Related	Discography Awards Guitar Hero: Van Halen 5150 Studios Frankenstrat Planet Us Chickenfoot Sammy Hagar and the Circle Mammoth WVH
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