Eruption (instrumental)

"Eruption"
Instrumental by Van Halen
from the album Van Halen
ReleasedFebruary 10, 1978 (1978-02-10)
RecordedSeptember 8, 1977[1]
Genre
Length1:42
LabelWarner Bros.
Composer(s)
Producer(s)Ted Templeman

"Eruption" is a guitar solo performed by Eddie Van Halen and the second track from Van Halen's self-titled 1978 debut album. It is widely considered to be one of the greatest guitar solos of all time, having popularized tapping.[4][5] It segues into a cover of the Kinks' "You Really Got Me", and the two songs are usually played together by radio stations and in concert. The song was later included as the B-side to the group's second single, "Runnin' with the Devil".

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  2. ^ Dodds, Kevin (October 11, 2011). Edward Van Halen: A Definitive Biography. iUniverse Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 978-1462054800.
  3. ^ Larson, Thomas E. (2014). History of Rock and Roll. Kendall Hunt. p. 207. ISBN 978-1-4652-3886-3.
  4. ^ "Poll Results: Eddie Van Halen's "Eruption" Tops Readers' List of the …". December 18, 2013. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013.
  5. ^ "50 greatest guitar solos of all time - NME". NME. November 11, 2017. Archived from the original on November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)