Everybody Wants Some!!

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Name = Everybody Wants Some!!


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Artist = Van Halen
Album = Women and Children First
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Released = 1980
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Genre = Hard rock
Length = 5:08
Label = Warner Bros. Records

"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. 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.