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Van Halen released "(Oh) Pretty Woman" on Feb. 6, 1982. It became a hit, peaking at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 — a pleasant surprise, but one with adverse effects for the band.
Van Halen's cover of Roy Orbison's 'Oh Pretty Woman' seemed innocent enough, but the director's vision for the video didn't exactly sit well with music video networks.The opening sequence featured ...
In 1982, when Van Halen re-visited the “Eruption”/“You Really Got Me” combo with the combination of “Intruder” and “(Oh) Pretty Woman,” turning a drowsy Roy Orbison into a ...
Van Halen may be the biggest band to successfully survive the loss of one popular lead singer by ... (Oh) Pretty Woman," and ...
BONUS BEATS: Here’s the cartoonish, banned-by-MTV video for Van Halen’s bright, goofy, extremely horny “Oh, Pretty Woman” cover, which got to #12 in 1982: ...
Actually, Van Halen's "Oh, Pretty Woman," which featured a futuristically spacey, near two-minute intro dubbed "Intruder," was the catalyst for the Diver Down record to be made following the ...
Van Halen and ‘Pretty Woman’ In the early ’80s, “Oh, Pretty Woman” started had a small resurgence when Van Halen covered the song on their fifth album Diver Down.By the late ’80s ...
Billboard honors the late Eddie Van Halen, who died this Tuesday (Oct. ... (Oh) Pretty Woman,” thanks in large part to heavy airplay of its naughty and surreal music video on a then-nascent MTV. ...
“Oh, Pretty Woman,” which would be a 1982 hit for Van Halen and would famously lend its name to a blockbuster Julia Roberts film in 1990, was penned by Orbison with Bill Dees.