On Fire (track)
by Van Halen
On Fire appears on the following album(s) by Van Halen:
- Van Halen (track #11) (this album) (1978)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/24/2026 17:15 | Siromynian | 20,339 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2026 16:07 | wizardalien | 10,398 | 59/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2026 09:00 |  Purplepash | 35,705 | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 6% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 79.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.5.
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Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/07/2012 11:16 | #57021
Holy crap!! Eddie Van Halen reminds me so much of one of my favorite guitar players on this song (not that Eddie is too far down my list). That guitar player would be Michael Schenker! For that reason alone I love this song. Also a very energetic way to close this badass album.
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/04/2016 01:22 | #170470
Great closer to the legendary first album. Probably the greatest vocal on the album. The cohesion between the band members is off the charts here.
poppmusic TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/23/2016 23:15 | #175675
Best song on the album. The riff, the interlude, the guitar playing, the chorus...it's all just epic.
