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About This Track
“Panama” is a song from Van Halen’s highly successful album 1984. It was the third single released from that record and is one of their most recognized songs.
The song was written about a car. According to David Lee Roth this was because critics accused him of writing about nothing more than partying, sex, and automobiles but Roth realized that he had yet to write a song about cars. In an interview with Howard Stern, Roth explained the meaning behind the trademark song. Although the song features some suggestive lyrics, it is about a car that Roth saw race in Las Vegas; its name was “Panama”, hence the title of the song.
During the bridge of the song where Roth says “I can barely see the road from the heat comin’ off of it,” guitarist Eddie Van Halen can be heard revving his Lamborghini in the background. The car was backed up to the studio and microphones were attached to the exhaust pipe to record the sound for the song.
The music video for the song, directed by Pete Angelus, features mostly on-stage antics by the band. It heavily uses shots of band members flying through the air attached to a cable. During the breakdown, David Lee Roth is seen sword dancing and ribbon dancing. Bassist Michael Anthony’s Jack Daniel whiskey bottle guitar is also seen.
The song was written about a car. According to David Lee Roth this was because critics accused him of writing about nothing more than partying, sex, and automobiles but Roth realized that he had yet to write a song about cars. In an interview with Howard Stern, Roth explained the meaning behind the trademark song. Although the song features some suggestive lyrics, it is about a car that Roth saw race in Las Vegas; its name was “Panama”, hence the title of the song.
During the bridge of the song where Roth says “I can barely see the road from the heat comin’ off of it,” guitarist Eddie Van Halen can be heard revving his Lamborghini in the background. The car was backed up to the studio and microphones were attached to the exhaust pipe to record the sound for the song.
The music video for the song, directed by Pete Angelus, features mostly on-stage antics by the band. It heavily uses shots of band members flying through the air attached to a cable. During the breakdown, David Lee Roth is seen sword dancing and ribbon dancing. Bassist Michael Anthony’s Jack Daniel whiskey bottle guitar is also seen.
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BMWPRETTY wrote:
Nice! ;-)
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rockandrolljoe wrote:
Hot shoe
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greenvillepa wrote:
Rock on !!
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BMWPRETTY wrote:
spank! A little bit hot tonight! :-)
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Nettacki wrote:
GT4 ! [3]
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nssworld wrote:
Without a doubt my favorite VH song...
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r-iman wrote:
great times in my life come rushing back
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LothlorienQueen wrote:
about 430k of scrobbles are fake
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Pedrorockeiro wrote:
Clássico
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PeterWalton wrote:
True Classic! Panama baby!
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SkateSlut wrote:
\m/
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MIKEH3875 wrote:
power up
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Hearts48 wrote:
Panama!
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macflaite wrote:
the intro of this song reminds me to the opening of Slam Dunk XD
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rockandrolljoe wrote:
PANAMA
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materchrisdoboy wrote:
loven it
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rockmetalrules wrote:
Diamond Dave. great song
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keyrose10 wrote:
I WAS ONE OF THE MANY WHO BOUGHT THE ALBUM....YEAH IT WAS GREAT SUMMER
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risico001 wrote:
Great driving fast song.
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chickdog216 wrote:
Panama Red ha ha you know what this is ,running a little hot tonight..
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