"Love Walks In"
Single by Van Halen
from the album 5150
B-side	"Summer Nights"
Released	July 1986
Recorded	1985–1986
Studio	5150 Studios, Studio City, California
Genre	Synth-rock
Length	5:11
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Eddie Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony
Van Halen singles chronology
" Dreams" (1986) "Love Walks In" (1986) " Best of Both Worlds" (1986)

"Love Walks In" is a power ballad ^{[1] [2] [3]} by American rock band Van Halen released as the third single from the band's seventh studio album, 5150 (1986). It was the first song the band wrote with vocalist Sammy Hagar. ^{[4] [5] [6]} It peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart, ^[7] and reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. ^[8]

Background

To quote Hagar:

I'm a firm believer - have seen, have felt, have been contacted three or four different times. I have received information that has been valuable in my life from those people ( extraterrestrial life), and they have used me. I'm gonna sound like a complete nut here, but they have used me in an experimental fashion. The easiest way to put it is that they downloaded my brain information. ^[9]

Hagar wrote the lyrics on the spot and sang it live with a hand-held mic. ^{[10] [11]}

Billboard called it a "tricky little tune" that goes "from hard-rock swagger to a graceful chorus hook." ^[12]

Charts

Personnel

• Sammy Hagar — lead vocals, lead guitar (live version)
• Eddie Van Halen — guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Michael Anthony — bass guitar, backing vocals
• Alex Van Halen — drums

References