Everybody Wants Some!!

The opening guitar effect on this song, from the Women and Children First album, was the same as in Atomic Punk, but instead of Eddie rubbing against all the strings, he rubbed just the low E.

The drum/vocal interlude was completely ad-libbed. Dave came into the studio on the day of recording with the vocals unprepared, so he just winged it. Dave has stated the actual lyrics were not sung perfectly in favor of the more mumbled words to add more feel to the song.

If you've ever wondered what a video for this song might look like, check out the 1985 movie "Better Off Dead," a CBS release starring John Cusack. There's a claymation sequence in which a guitar-playing hamburger sings this song.

The song also appeared in the 2009 movie, "Zombieland," starring Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Woody Harrelson.

The track was used in a commercial for Boylan's Birch Diet Beer.

A Van Halen tribute album titled Everybody Wants Some was released on 10/07/97 (Cherrydisc Records CH 5794-2). Though not the first Van Halen tribute album, this was the first mass-produced tribute album. Tracks included: "Eruption" on keyboard by the Reverend Ed Broms, "Could This Be Magic?" by Trona, "Jamie's Cryin'" by Jajuya, "Everybody Wants Some" by Talking to Animals, "Atomic Punk" by Cherry 2000, "Why Can't This Be Love?" by Gigolo Aunts, "Beautiful Girls" by Red Time, "Take Your Whiskey Home" by Honkeyball, "Jump" by Mary Lou Lord, "Somebody Get Me a Doctor" by The Ghost of Tony Gold, "Mean Street" by Elbow, "Feel Your Love Tonight" by Fuzzy, "Panama" by Captain Rock, "Little Guitars" by The Vic Firecracker Orchestra, "Dance the Night Away" by Tom Leach, "Romeo Delight" by Sam Black Church and "Eruption" by Crick Diefendorf.