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 25, 1978[1]
Recorded1977; Sunset Sound Recorders
(Hollywood, Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length3:50
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ted Templeman
Van Halen singles chronology
"Runnin' with the Devil"
(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 onetime replacement Sammy Hagar was willing to sing in concert when he joined the band in the mid-'80s.[2]

Chuck Klosterman of Vulture.com ranked it the 25th-best Van Halen song, calling it "powerful and it's memorable and I know it's definitive, but it seems like a song for a band with less potential for enthusiasm."[3]

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.[2] 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.[4]

Personnel

Track listing and formats
US/Canada 7" single
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"3:50
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Feel Your Love Tonight"3:40
US promo single
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (mono)3:50
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (stereo)3:50
Japan single
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"3:50
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Runnin' With the Devil"3:32

Covers

"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" has been sampled at least seventeen times, including "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub" by Apollo 440. Studio cover versions have been recorded by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Tracii Guns, Minutemen, and more.[5] The band Foo Fighters have performed the song live on multiple occasions, and once with David Lee Roth on vocals.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. AllMusic review
  3. Klosterman, Chuck (October 6, 2020). "All 131 Van Halen Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best A look back at the band's formidable legacy". Vulture.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  4. "Prime Cuts: Eddie Van Halen Breaks Down 10 Van Halen Classics, from "Eruption" to "Right Now"". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  5. "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love". WhoSampled. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
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