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"Black and Blue"
Single by Van Halen
from the album OU812
B-side"A Apolitical Blues"
ReleasedMay 1988
Recorded1987–1988
Studio 5150 Studios, Studio City, California
Length5:26
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Eddie Van Halen
Alex Van Halen
Michael Anthony
Sammy Hagar
Producer(s)
Van Halen singles chronology
" Best of Both Worlds"
(1986)
"Black and Blue"
(1988)
" When It's Love"
(1988)

"Black and Blue" is a song by American rock band Van Halen from their 1988 album OU812. It was the first single released from the album, peaking at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 [1] and at number 1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, [2]

Cash Box called it a "power-rocker that nearly sizzles off the vinyl" and praised Sammy Hagar's singing and Eddie Van Halen's guitar playing. [3]

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Black and Blue"
Chart (1988) Peak

position

US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 34
US Billboard Mainstream Rock [5] 1

References

  1. ^ "Van Halen - Chart history". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "Van Halen - Chart history". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  3. ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. May 14, 1988. p. 8. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "Van Halen - Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "Van Halen - Mainstream rock". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2021.

Further reading