Unchained

This song, from the Fair Warning album, has long been considered the favorite song of the majority Van Halen fans. It was voted favorite song by the fans in the Winter 1997 issue of The Inside magazine, easily beating its closest competitor, Dreams.

Like Hear about It Later, this song was originally written on keyboards.

Ted Templeman is the man behind the line, "Come on, Dave, Gimme a break!" Ted reportedly felt that Dave was getting a little too obnoxious during the song's interlude, so he interjected, asking Dave to give it a rest. But, the band liked how it sounded, and the tongue-lashing was left in.

The video is also a fan favorite and is part of the Fair Warning set of live videos filmed between 06/11/81 and 06/13/81 in Oakland, CA.

The song also appears on Best of Volume 1.