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Van Halen’s Timeless 'Dance the Night Away'
“Dance the Night Away” is the second track on Van Halen II.
Written on the spot in the studio, the song was inspired by a drunk woman who had sex with her boyfriend in the back parking lot of Walter Mitty’s in full view of the band, then danced for hours in the front row of the club with her jeans put on backward.
Van Halen’s first proper hit was this Latin-flavoured confection, set at a danceable medium tempo. “Dance the Night Away” was reportedly inspired by Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way,” and indeed, the song is one of the few pure pop tunes of the DLR era. As such, the emphasis is heavily on the vocals and chorus harmonies. The title refrain was originally “Dance Lolita Dance,” until Roth was convinced otherwise by Eddie. Though Eddie’s guitar is uncharacteristically restrained, he still contributes some stellar harmonics work and a classic major-chord riff.
Eddie: “‘Dance The Night Away’ might seem like it’s just an AM offering, but it wasn’t planned that way. We didn’t think pop, we didn’t think AM song. It was just a riff that I had and we put it to use. And we just wrote it the way it sounded. I can’t help it if I come up with a poppy-sounding riff. We just do what we come up with, as opposed to forcing ourselves to write something commercial.”
The vocal melody reveals that Roth tended more towards pop than hard rock, although there is still room for some trademark yelps. “People say, I love that scream you do, Dave—where’d you get it? Deep Purple? And I say, no—The Ohio Players, baby,” said Roth.
In the live video for this song, the editor makes a mistake by confusing Eddie’s new “false harmonic” technique with regular harmonics. This is not the only editing mistake, but is the most noticeable.
Santana released his version of this song on his 2010 album, Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time.
“Dance the Night Away“ featured in SIX movies (read more):
1) Howard Stern Private Parts: The Movie (1997)
2) Dance the Night Away – Mission to Mars (2000)
3) Grown Ups (2010) trailer only
4) That’s My Boy (2012)
5) Argo (2012)
6) Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
Netherlands single w/ “Outta Love Again”US singleUK single w/ “Outta Love Again”Japan single w/ “Spanish Fly”Lyrics:
Have you seen her?
So fine and pretty. Fooled me with her style and ease.
And I feel her from across the room.
Yes, it’s love in the third degree.
Ooh, baby, baby.
Won’tcha turn your head my way?
Ooh, baby, baby.
Come on, take a chance.
You’re old enough to dance the night away.
Oh, come on, baby, dance the night away.
A live wire.
Barely a beginner, but just watch that lady go.
She’s on fire, ’cause dancing gets her higher than anything else she knows.
Ooh, baby, baby.
Won’tcha turn your head my way?
Ooh, baby, baby.
Well, don’t skip romance, ’cause you’re old enough to dance the night away.
Oh, come on, baby, dance the night away.
Dance the night away.
Dance, dance, dance the night away.
[Repeat and fade]
Hear the solo guitar of Van Halen's 'Dance the Night Away'
Dance music wasn’t exactly the bread and butter of Van Halen. The L.A. hard rock quartet were better suited for headbanging, but frontman David Lee Roth made sure that audiences were always having a good time during concerts. Part of that was getting them up to dance during the songs that were groovy enough to inspire some hip-shaking moves. Of course, it helps when you have a song that literally calls for audiences to move their feet.
‘Dance the Night Away’ was a major step forward for Van Halen when it appeared on their sophomore LP, Van Halen II. It might not have included any of the synthesisers that were emblematic of Van Halen’s shift towards a more mainstream sound throughout the 1980s, but ‘Dance the Night Away’ was certainly the poppiest and most radio-friendly single the band had released up to that point.
It’s no surprise, then, that ‘Dance the Night Away’ became the first Van Halen song to crack the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 15 in the summer of 1979. Many more hits were to follow, including the band’s only number one, ‘Jump’. But ‘Dance the Night Away’ showed Van Halen a path to the future, one that opened up an entire world of commercial success without sacrificing their hard rock bona fides.
Eddie Van Halen approached his guitar track with a minimalist mindset. Throughout the track, there’s only one pick slide, a few harmonic notes, and no tapping. There’s also no guitar solo, something that was almost unheard of for Van Halen at the time. Eddie had become frustrated with the hype surrounding him and wanted to prove that he was capable of more than just flash and histrionics. He wanted to show that all he needed was four chords and a monster melody to propel a song to success.
This is still Eddie Van Halen, though. There are plenty of classic hallmarks that were emblematic of his style – quick stops, hammer-ons, and yes, that one badass pick slide that seemingly comes out of nowhere.
Also invaluable to Van Halen’s guitar playing is his simplicity. Early in the band’s career, Eddie rarely messed with any kind of array of pedals. He had his effects, but in order to change the tone of the guitar, he would mostly resort to simply turning down the volume knob. You can hear him crank it up to full power as the band descends into the final chorus.
Also interesting to note is Eddie’s countermelody that carries the song into its fade. Deviations from his standard riffing were relatively rare in the early days of Van Halen, but they would become more prominent as the band approached the 1980s. Those counterpoints would increasingly be handled by keyboards in later years, but here it’s just Eddie and his guitar, adding a few well-placed notes to give the final chorus a little bit of spice.
Check out Eddie Van Halen’s isolated guitar for ‘Dance the Night Away’ down below.
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