Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love

"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" is a song by American rock band Van Halen. It was released in October 1978 as the third single from their 1978 debut album, Van Halen.

"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love"
Single by Van Halen
from the album Van Halen
B-side"Feel Your Love Tonight"
ReleasedOctober 1978 (1978-10)
Recorded1977
StudioSunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood
GenreHeavy metal
Length3:50
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ted Templeman
Van Halen singles chronology
"Jamie's Cryin'"
(1978)		 "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love"
(1978)		 "Dance the Night Away"
(1979)

This song is one of the few David Lee Roth-era songs that subsequent replacement Sammy Hagar was willing to sing in concert when he joined the band in the mid-1980s.[1]

Guitar World readers ranked it the fifth-best metal riff of all time.[2]

Background and writing

When Eddie Van Halen wrote the song, he did not consider it good enough to show his bandmates until a year later.[1] He said it was supposed to be a punk rock parody, "a stupid thing to us, just two chords. It didn't end up sounding punk, but that was the intention." The guitar solo was doubled in overdubs with an electric sitar.[3]

Legacy

The song has been described as "[laying] down the style and sentiment of what would become 80s hair metal".[4] It has also been called their "most heavy metal track".[5]

The opening riff was sampled in Apollo 440's 1997 song "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub".

Personnel

References
  1. AllMusic review
  2. "'Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love' Voted Fifth Greatest Riff of All Time by Total Guitar, Guitar World Readers". June 5, 2021.
  3. "Prime Cuts: Eddie Van Halen Breaks Down 10 Van Halen Classics, from 'Eruption' to 'Right Now'". Guitar World. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  4. "How Van Halen's Debut Album Invented Hair Metal". Dig!. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  5. "Ranking Every Van Halen Album From Worst to Best". Consequence. February 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
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