Brian’s Best of List – Sammy Hagar
This is a list of my favorite Sammy Hagar songs. I had to include Van Halen songs in order to make it complete for me. I don’t have much of the old Hagar stuff, as I don’t really like much of it. I don’t have all the “hits” or “singles” listed as they don’t always mean much to me. Also, many of the “in-concert” essentials are not included as I only like them live and in the moment, but skip through them when I am listening to the records. (Heavy Metal, I Can’t Drive 55, Mas Tequila, etc.). These are my personal favorites and nothing further. It would be cool if this list got you to listen to tracks they might usually skip over, or more than that, become a fan. Long live the Redrocker!
This is a list of my favorite Sammy Hagar songs. I had to include Van Halen songs in order to make it complete for me. I don’t have much of the old Hagar stuff, as I don’t really like much of it. I don’t have all the “hits” or “singles” listed as they don’t always mean much to me. Also, many of the “in-concert” essentials are not included as I only like them live and in the moment, but skip through them when I am listening to the records. (Heavy Metal, I Can’t Drive 55, Mas Tequila, etc.). These are my personal favorites and nothing further. It would be cool if this list got you to listen to tracks they might usually skip over, or more than that, become a fan. Long live the Redrocker!
1. I’ll Fall in Love Again, Standing Hampton: One of my favorite old school Hagar Songs. I like the way it sounds very modern, but is 16 years old.
2. Winner Takes All, Over the Top Soundtrack: I always like this song, even before I became a true Hagar fan.
3. When the Hammer Falls, I Never Said Goodbye: I remember hearing this song soon after Hagar joined Van Halen. I’m not sure if this record was released before or after 5150 came out. I remember thinking that this song just really rocked. Another song that I liked before becoming a true Hagar fan.
4. Returning Home, I Never Said Goodbye: Just a song that I found likeable from the first listen.
5. Eagles Fly, I Never Said Goodbye: Great inspirational song, and always a good sing along song at a Hagar show.
6. Little White Lie, Marching To Mars: Hearing this song for the first time on the radio when I was living in Des Moines, IA was a big moment for me. It was the first post-Van Halen cut and it was different hearing Sam’s voice without Ed’s guitar and Mikey’s background vox. I was never a Hagar fan pre-Van Halen, so this was different for me. It also reminds me of my friend Justin driving down to Des Moines to see Hagar live on this tour.
7. Both Sides Now, Marching To Mars: Just a great song. When I think of my favorite Hagar songs, this usually doesn’t come up, but when I hear it, I always think, “This has got to be my favorite Hagar tune.”
8. Would You Do it For Free?, Marching To Mars: I liked the groove to this song from the first time I heard it. I also thought it was cool that Bootsy Collins played bass on this cut.
9. Red Voodoo, Red Voodoo: A song that sums up the Redhead lifestyle.
10. The Love, Red Voodoo: One of those songs I usually skipped over when I listened to the record. Honestly, I didn’t even know what record it was on until my friends Justin and Amy played it for their first dance at their wedding. I thought that was the coolest thing I had ever seen at a wedding. I pulled out my CD’s and found it and it soon became one of my favorites. Nothing better than a love song that actually rocks.
11. Dreams, 5150: One of the first songs I liked after I accepted Sammy as the new Lead singer for Van Halen.
12. Best of Both Worlds, 5150: When I think of a Van Halen concert, I think of this song. Also, when I hear this song now, I have the picture permanently burned in my mind of Justin doing the VH strut across the handicapped balcony at the Resch center on the reunion tour.
13. Love Walks In, 5150: Solid ballad. Apparently this song has something to do with Sam and an alien abduction.
14. Feels So Good, OU812: When I first heard this, I thought it was very different than Van Halen’s normal style. I have loved this song for years.
15. Mine All Mine, OU812: Again, something different from the normal VH style. Just a unique song that I have come to like in recent years.
16. When It’s Love, OU812: Another solid ballad.
17. The Dream is Over, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge: One of those non-hit songs that I have always liked.
18. The Seventh Seal, Balance: When Balance came out, I still wasn’t sold on Hagar. I still thought Roth was true VH. I bought this record and didn’t listen much. I was on an Alternative rock kick at the time. I saw VH live on this tour and thought this song rocked when they opened the show with it (after a long intro chant from the Tibetan Monks). Days after, I started listening to balance and thought his song just rocked.
19. Can’t Stop Lovin’ You, Balance: Great melodic rock song, great music video too.
20. Don’t Tell Me (What Love Can Do), Balance: Looking back, this song was a sign of things to come as far as the way Ed was taking his playing style. This song could fit on Van Halen 3. I know this has nothing to do with Hagar, but just a thought.
21. Take Me Back (Déjà Vu), Balance: I heard this song on radio when I first moved to Des Moines, IA. They had a station that played deep cuts and songs that were not hits. I had the Balance record, but wasn’t listening to it much. I was a great song at an uncertain time in my life – new city, no job yet.
22. Humans Being, Twister Soundtrack: This song rocks. I’d venture to say one of Hagar/VH’s hardest songs. Totally different. I remember when this came out; the future of VH was up in the air. It also reminds me heading from Des Moines, IA to UW-Stout for homecoming weekend. It was the weekend Mike and I snuck Justin’s Eddie Van Halen Standup out of the package and took pictures with Ed.
23. Deeper Kind of Love, Ten 13: Kind of a different sounding Hagar cut, but I always liked it. I also enjoyed hearing it live and stripped down during Sam’s solo time on the VH reunion tour a couple of years ago.
24. The Message, Ten 13: I love the mixture of piano and some hard rocking licks, mixed with some great background vox from Mona on this track.
25. Things’ve Changed, Not For Sale: A great low-key song. It also made me think, “wow – things have changed for Hagar over the years.”
2. Winner Takes All, Over the Top Soundtrack: I always like this song, even before I became a true Hagar fan.
3. When the Hammer Falls, I Never Said Goodbye: I remember hearing this song soon after Hagar joined Van Halen. I’m not sure if this record was released before or after 5150 came out. I remember thinking that this song just really rocked. Another song that I liked before becoming a true Hagar fan.
4. Returning Home, I Never Said Goodbye: Just a song that I found likeable from the first listen.
5. Eagles Fly, I Never Said Goodbye: Great inspirational song, and always a good sing along song at a Hagar show.
6. Little White Lie, Marching To Mars: Hearing this song for the first time on the radio when I was living in Des Moines, IA was a big moment for me. It was the first post-Van Halen cut and it was different hearing Sam’s voice without Ed’s guitar and Mikey’s background vox. I was never a Hagar fan pre-Van Halen, so this was different for me. It also reminds me of my friend Justin driving down to Des Moines to see Hagar live on this tour.
7. Both Sides Now, Marching To Mars: Just a great song. When I think of my favorite Hagar songs, this usually doesn’t come up, but when I hear it, I always think, “This has got to be my favorite Hagar tune.”
8. Would You Do it For Free?, Marching To Mars: I liked the groove to this song from the first time I heard it. I also thought it was cool that Bootsy Collins played bass on this cut.
9. Red Voodoo, Red Voodoo: A song that sums up the Redhead lifestyle.
10. The Love, Red Voodoo: One of those songs I usually skipped over when I listened to the record. Honestly, I didn’t even know what record it was on until my friends Justin and Amy played it for their first dance at their wedding. I thought that was the coolest thing I had ever seen at a wedding. I pulled out my CD’s and found it and it soon became one of my favorites. Nothing better than a love song that actually rocks.
11. Dreams, 5150: One of the first songs I liked after I accepted Sammy as the new Lead singer for Van Halen.
12. Best of Both Worlds, 5150: When I think of a Van Halen concert, I think of this song. Also, when I hear this song now, I have the picture permanently burned in my mind of Justin doing the VH strut across the handicapped balcony at the Resch center on the reunion tour.
13. Love Walks In, 5150: Solid ballad. Apparently this song has something to do with Sam and an alien abduction.
14. Feels So Good, OU812: When I first heard this, I thought it was very different than Van Halen’s normal style. I have loved this song for years.
15. Mine All Mine, OU812: Again, something different from the normal VH style. Just a unique song that I have come to like in recent years.
16. When It’s Love, OU812: Another solid ballad.
17. The Dream is Over, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge: One of those non-hit songs that I have always liked.
18. The Seventh Seal, Balance: When Balance came out, I still wasn’t sold on Hagar. I still thought Roth was true VH. I bought this record and didn’t listen much. I was on an Alternative rock kick at the time. I saw VH live on this tour and thought this song rocked when they opened the show with it (after a long intro chant from the Tibetan Monks). Days after, I started listening to balance and thought his song just rocked.
19. Can’t Stop Lovin’ You, Balance: Great melodic rock song, great music video too.
20. Don’t Tell Me (What Love Can Do), Balance: Looking back, this song was a sign of things to come as far as the way Ed was taking his playing style. This song could fit on Van Halen 3. I know this has nothing to do with Hagar, but just a thought.
21. Take Me Back (Déjà Vu), Balance: I heard this song on radio when I first moved to Des Moines, IA. They had a station that played deep cuts and songs that were not hits. I had the Balance record, but wasn’t listening to it much. I was a great song at an uncertain time in my life – new city, no job yet.
22. Humans Being, Twister Soundtrack: This song rocks. I’d venture to say one of Hagar/VH’s hardest songs. Totally different. I remember when this came out; the future of VH was up in the air. It also reminds me heading from Des Moines, IA to UW-Stout for homecoming weekend. It was the weekend Mike and I snuck Justin’s Eddie Van Halen Standup out of the package and took pictures with Ed.
23. Deeper Kind of Love, Ten 13: Kind of a different sounding Hagar cut, but I always liked it. I also enjoyed hearing it live and stripped down during Sam’s solo time on the VH reunion tour a couple of years ago.
24. The Message, Ten 13: I love the mixture of piano and some hard rocking licks, mixed with some great background vox from Mona on this track.
25. Things’ve Changed, Not For Sale: A great low-key song. It also made me think, “wow – things have changed for Hagar over the years.”
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