Dance The Night Away (track)
by Van Halen
Year: 1979
From the album Van Halen II (track #2)
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Dance The Night Away appears on the following album(s) by Van Halen:
- Van Halen II (track #2) (this album) (1979)
- Best Of Volume I (track #4) (compilation) (1996)
- The Best Of Both Worlds (track #33) (compilation) (2004)
- Tokyo Dome Live In Concert (track #13) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/10/2026 09:00 |  MetalMan67 | 1,151 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2025 00:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 161,279 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2025 14:45 | BurndenAce | 5,909 | 77/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2025 16:42 | machiaj | 9,085 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2025 08:03 | culwin | 22,449 | 75/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.1/100, a mean average of 84.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.3.
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AAL2014 07/14/2022 01:56 | #287386
This is catchy and poppy in a really uplifting way. I’ve always loved how band stops in unison before “Ooo baby, baby.”
A very Van Halen track in a good way.
Their first true pop song, one of the "II" highlights.
A good Van Halen song to dance the night away to.
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