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Originally posted by jhale667
Even if they don't - I hope they do, but last time I checked (used to work in music distribution), the CVH catalog has STILL outsold the Spam years handily....

By a long, long, long way....

Factual errors aside, at least this was a positive review.

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I'll drink to that!

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Originally posted by Nickdfresh
"Jump" wasn't a number one hit, but the album it was on sold like twice as many as the Van Hagar album that followed with a "#1 hit."

Van Halen sold like twice as many albums as did Van Hagar, and they only cut one more album than Sam Halen...

Jump was a #1 single actually, and HUGE #1 hit. I remember that Jump was #1 in the NYC market for at least 8 weeks, I think it was more though.

The album was #2 for weeks and weeks and weeks because of Thriller held onto the number 1 spot.

From Wikipedia....

1984 (Van Halen album)


1984 (written as MCMLXXXIV on the front cover) is the sixth album by American hard rock band Van Halen. One of the band's more popular albums (in terms of both record sales and chart performance), 1984 is the final album featuring singer David Lee Roth, who later left the band in the spring of the following year over escalating tensions between him and guitarist Eddie Van Halen, as well as Roth's desire to pursue a solo career.

1984 peaked at #2 on the Billboard Magazine album charts (#1 at the time was Thriller, which featured an Eddie Van Halen guitar solo on "Beat It," which Roth had criticized [1]) and contained future hits "Jump," "Panama", "I'll Wait", and "Hot for Teacher." "Jump" reached #1 on the magazine's singles chart.

Although recognized for his guitar skill[2], 1984 gave Eddie Van Halen, a classically-trained pianist, an opportunity to take the band into different territory. Eddie Van Halen's keyboard playing is more prominent on 1984 than on any prior Van Halen album, particularly on the songs "Jump," "I'll Wait" and instrumental album-opener "1984."

Additionally, 1984 was the first Van Halen album to be recorded at Eddie Van Halen's home studio, 5150. The studio lent its name to Van Halen's next album, the first with former Montrose vocalist/guitarist and solo artist Sammy Hagar.

1984 is the second of two Van Halen albums to have sold 10 million copies in the United States. "Jump" was one of the most successful songs of 1984 and was on the 10 most played songs on the radio that year[citation needed]. As a single, it sold over three million copies alone, making it one of the most popular rock songs of that decade.

"Panama" was the third single from the album and reached number 13 on the singles chart in June.

"I'll Wait" was another single, reaching number 13 on the singles chart in March of 1984. "Hot for Teacher" was also a hit, reaching #56 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Other tracks included on 1984 are "Girl Gone Bad" and "Top Jimmy." The album finishes off with the fast paced, heavier song "House of Pain," a song that dated back to the band's early days of the late '70s.
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