Go Away - "Dance the Night Away"

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There’s a meme that occasionally makes the rounds on Facebook. Essentially, it says that the reason Van Halen was so great was that every song sounds like a dog wearing sunglasses. And now, good luck listening to Van Halen without picturing cool dogs in shades. Because it’s true. “Dance the Night Away” is a song from Van Halen’s second album, 1979’s Van Halen II. It is thought to be the only song written specifically for the record, the rest of the songs being leftovers that they had been playing live for years. Word on the Internet is that the song came about from the four band members standing in a circle humming together. They were supposedly aiming for Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way, but it eventually morphed into this. The more you know… Link is to the official album version: