Album: 5150 (1986)

Charted: 8 3

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• Oh here it comes
  That funny feeling again winding me up inside
  Every time we touch
  Hey I don't know
  Oh, tell me where to begin cause I never ever
  Felt so much
  
  And I can't recall any love at all
  Baby this blows 'em all away
  
  It's got what it takes
  So tell me why can't this be love?
  Straight from my heart
  Oh, tell me why can't this be love?
  
  I tell myself
  Hey only fools rush in and only time will tell
  If we stand the test of time
  All I know
  You've got to run to win and I'll be damned if
  I'll get hung up on the line
  
  Hey
  
  No I can't recall anything at all
  Oh baby this blows them all away
  
  Woo
  
  It's got what it takes
  So tell me why can't this be love?
  You want it straight from the heart
  Oh tell me why can't this be love?
  
  It's got what it takes
  So tell me why can't this be love?
  Straight from my heart
  Oh, tell me why can't this be love?
  
  Woo!
  
  It's got what it takes
  So tell me why can't this be love
  Straight from the heart
  Oh, tell me why can't this be love
  
  Tell me why can't this be love
  Got to know why can't this be love
  I wanna know why can't this be love Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 16

• Pierce from VirginiaDon't get all the hate for this song or Hagar. This was my favorite Van Halen song until Poundcake came out. My opinion and made will disagree, but Hagar era is when VH's sound matured, similar to the Bon Scott --> Brian Johnson transition with AC/DC. Again, my personal opinion.
• Deb from TexasThe 5150 track included songs women could relate to. The bands more romantic side such as “Why Can’t This Be Love” “Dreams” and “Love Walks In.” David Lee Roth in Van Halen never related to women like the combination of Eddie and Sammy. I saw them in concert and it was a concert I will NEVER forget!!!
• Rick from Los AngelesDiamond Dave was fine on the albums, but a complete mess in concert. He was far from professional - constantly messing up lyrics, singing the wrong verse, or trying that lounge lizard trick of waiting a couple of beats then rushing the lyrics. Sammy was a professional, and added a rhythm guitarist. I love the old stuff, but Hagar added a great deal to the band.
• Diverdriver from Northern CaliforniaI saw them on this tour 2 nights in a row at the Cow Palace, and yes BTO opened. I've been to over 300 live concerts and these were, by far, the LOUDEST concerts I'd ever been to. I brought ear plugs for the 2nd night. I remember Sammy bringing his wife and kid on stage and throughout the show Sammy was yelling 5150!!
• Anthony K from QueanbeyanHave you heard Devo 'girl you want, you'll be surprised.
• Matthew from Utica, Michigan Edward Van Halen was using keyboards on the 1980 ‘Women and Children First’ album. The opening track, “And the Cradle Will Rock...” has distinctive Wurlitzer keyboards used in the entire song. So, Ken from Philadelphia, maybe you need to listen to your Van Halen better. Just sayin’
• Ken from Philadelphia, PaVan Halen ceased to be Van Halen the day Eddie started writing songs on that darn keyboard instead of with a guitar in his hand because that is when he started putting those awful synthesizer melodies in the songs instead of guitar riffs. Could you imagine if Jimi Hendrix in his prime had done such a thing?! We can debate whether Eddie is Jimi's equal (he's not), but regardless, he's one of the greats. Yet starting in 1986.... really before that... he turned Van Halen into a synth pop band. Nobody has ever adequately explained why he did this and why Van Halen's fans didn't storm the castle walls when he did.
• Paul from SuperiorEd-Wrongo Bongo. The "It's Got What It Takes" vibe was Pepsi, not Dr Pepper.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 27th 1986, Van Halen, with new lead singer Sammy Hagar, began their 112-date North American '5150-1986 Tour' at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana...
  At the time the quartet’s "Why Can't This Be Love" was at #24 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and seven weeks later on May 11th, 1986 it would peak at #3 for one week...
  The week after reaching #3 it would drop down to #11; and on that same week their next release, "Dreams", would enter the Top 100 at #55, eventually it would peak at #22 {for 1 week}.
• Paul from Superior, WiEd... there is a good reason for the commercial jingle vibe. The "It's got what it takes" line and melody IS right out of an old Dr. Pepper jingle. It is maddening if you have a tune memory.
• Tim from Houston, Txdave was the "showboat" from hell,but he was a peice of the larger picture.They should have just changed the name to van hager.
• Scott from Boston, MaI'll agree that Van Halen is much, much better w/ Roth, but this and "Dreams" are two great songs from the Hagar era.
• Ed from Incognito, IlThis sounds like a beer commercial jingle. Not very good at all. Mike, from Hueytown, I agree with you 110%!
• Mike from Hueytown , AlThere is no Van Halen without David Lee Roth !
• Sean from Lake Charles, LaLove the guitar sounds right before "it's got what it take". Crazy about this song !
• Mike from Denver, CoA great Van Hagar tune! I've always loved the keyboard/guitar parallel lines on this song--awesome riffing. And the guitar solo is vintage EVH like nobody else can do it. I know some folks (David Lee Roth in particular) were put off by Eddie adding keyboards to the mix, but this tune is another example of how well it worked for them. Awesome!

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