The 1982 song Eddie Van Halen knew never belonged on his album: “I didn’t even get writing credits for it”

The 1982 song Eddie Van Halen knew never belonged on his album: “I didn’t even get writing credits for it”There aren’t many places where Eddie Van Halen could have gone wrong in his band. Ever since people picked up that very first Van Halen record, there were legions of fans who were looking to play exactly like he did when they first heard him soloing. That said, there were more times where the label got their way instead of Eddie getting the chance to do his thing. Eddie was always honest about the fact that he didn’t want to make the album, but he was more frustrated with the covers than anything else. Covering The Kinks again may have been a little formulaic, but ‘Dancing in the Street’ was where Eddie drew the line.