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1984 by Van Halen, album cover
Album

1984

by Van Halen
Released9 January 1984
LabelWarner Bros. Records
Popularity89.9
hard rockrockheavy metalaorglam metal
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1984 is Van Halen's sixth studio album, released on 9 January 1984 by Warner Bros. Records. It turned out to be the last record the band made with David Lee Roth on vocals until A Different Kind of Truth in 2012, as he left in 1985 over creative differences. Alongside their debut, it is their biggest seller, with more than ten million copies sold in the United States.

The album spawned four singles: "Jump", the band's only number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the top-20 hits "Panama" and "I'll Wait", and the MTV favourite "Hot for Teacher". It climbed to number two on the Billboard 200 and stayed there for five weeks, held off the top by Michael Jackson's Thriller, which featured a guest turn from Eddie Van Halen. Rolling Stone placed it at number 81 on its list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s.

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1984: tracklist, credits and charts

9 tracks · 33:23

Tracklist

  1. 11984Anthony, Roth, Halen, Halen1:08
  2. 2JumpAnthony, Roth, Halen, Halen4:03
  3. 3PanamaAnthony, Roth, Halen, Halen3:33
  4. 4Top JimmyAnthony, Roth, Halen, Halen3:02
  5. 5Drop Dead LegsAnthony, Roth, Halen, Halen4:14
  6. 6Hot for TeacherAnthony, Roth, Halen, Halen4:44
  7. 7I’ll WaitAnthony, McDonald, Roth, Halen, Halen4:44
  8. 8Girl Gone BadAnthony, Roth, Halen, Halen4:35
  9. 9House of PainAnthony, Roth, Halen, Halen3:20
Produced by
Ted Templeman
Recorded at
5150, 5150 Studios in Studio City, California
Recorded
June–October 1983
Engineered by
Donn Landee
Labels
Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros.
Length
33:23

Line-up

  • Edward Van Halen · keyboard, guitar, background vocals
  • Michael Anthony · bass, background vocals
  • Alex Van Halen · drums (drum set), percussion, background vocals
  • David Lee Roth · lead vocals

Singles

  • “Jump” · December 1983
  • “I'll Wait” · April 1984
  • “Panama” · June 1984
  • “Hot for Teacher” · October 1984

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
US Billboard 200 · 1984–19852
UK Albums Chart · 1984–198515
Canadian Albums (RPM) · 1984–19851
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) · 1984–19853
Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1984–19854
Swedish Albums · 1984–19854
French Albums (IFOP) · 1984–19855
Swiss Albums · 1984–19857
US Top Rock Albums · 20207
Dutch Albums · 1984–19858
All 17 charts
Australian Albums (ARIA) · 1984–198511
German Albums · 1984–198511
Austrian Albums · 1984–198512
Norwegian Albums · 1984–198512
New Zealand Albums · 1984–198515
Hungarian Albums · 202038
Canadian Albums (Billboard) · 201671

Certifications

RegionCertification
Canada5× Platinum
FinlandGold
France · 1984Gold
GermanyPlatinum
Italy · 2025Gold
Japan · 1993Gold
New ZealandPlatinum
United KingdomGold
United States · 1999Diamond

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89.9
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233k
Wikipedia views, last 12 months
37k
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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz9 January 1984
Wikipedia infobox9 January 1984
Wikidata9 January 1984
US release9 January 1984earliest US date
UK / Europe release1984earliest UK or European date
42 editions
DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
—XEWarner Bros. Records075992398527other
—USWarner Bros. Recordsother
—ZAWarner Bros. Records6001491337327other
—USWarner Bros. Recordsother
—CAWarner Bros. Records075992398527other
—USWarner Bros. Records075992398527other
—XEWarner Bros. Records075992398527other
—USWarner Bros. Records075992398527other
—USWarner Bros. Records081227955274other
1984USWarner Bros. Records075992398541other
1984XEWarner Bros. Records075992398527other
1984USWarner Bros. Records075992398510other
1984FRWarner Bros. Records075992398527other
January 1984USWarner Bros. Recordsother
9 January 1984USWarner Bros. Recordsoriginal
9 January 1984USWarner Bros. Records075992398527original
25 January 1984JPWarner Bros. Recordsother
25 April 1984JPWarner–Pioneer Corporationother
1987USWarner Bros. Records075992398527other
10 March 1989JPWarner Bros. Records4988014726184other
1993USColumbia Houseother
2000AUWarner Bros. Records9325583009556other
2000CAWarner Bros. Records77749538322102other
2000USWarner Bros. Records093624774129other
2000CAWarner Bros. Records093624774129remaster
2000XEWarner Bros. Records093624774129remaster
27 July 2005JPWarner Bros. Records4943674057368other
23 April 2008JPWarner Bros. Records4943674078844remaster
23 April 2013CARhino603497923229other
24 July 2013JPWarner Bros. Records4943674145140remaster
2015XEWarner Bros. Records081227955274other
30 March 2015USWarner Bros. Records081227955267remaster
31 March 2015XWRhino603497892686remaster
31 March 2015XWRhino603497894161other
31 March 2015—Rhino603497892464remaster
31 March 2015XWRhino603497892617remaster
31 March 2015USWarner Bros. Records081227955274remaster
22 July 2015JPWarner Bros. Records4943674207657remaster
10 August 2016JPWarner Bros. Records4943674240531other
22 August 2024JPRhino603497923229other
May 2026USMobile Fidelity Sound Lab821797224864other
13 May 2026USMobile Fidelity Sound Lab821797203722other
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