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"Unchained" is a song from Van Halen's fourth album, Fair Warning. The song was released as a single in various countries, including Germany, Spain and Japan.

"Unchained"
Single by Van Halen
from the album Fair Warning
B-side"Push Comes to Shove"
ReleasedJuly 1981 (1981-07)
RecordedMarch–April 1981
GenreHeavy metal[1]
Length3:29
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ted Templeman
Van Halen singles chronology
"So This Is Love?"
(1981)
"Unchained"
(1981)
"(Oh) Pretty Woman"
(1982)

Writing and composition


Vocalist David Lee Roth's working title for the song was "Hit the Ground Running". The song features prominent use of the MXR M-117 flanger, which became a popular sound and spurred sales of the pedal. A preset for the flanger was also included on the EVH Flanger MXR pedal. It uses a Drop D tuning with suspended fourth chords interspersed. The song is notable for being producer Ted Templeman's only vocal contribution to the band when he says "Come on, Dave, gimme a break!" during the interlude of the song.[2]


Reception


Chuck Klosterman of Vulture.com named it the second-best Van Halen song, writing that it "merely feels like insatiable straight-ahead rock, but the lick is freaky, obliquely hovering above the foundation while the drums oscillate between two unrelated performance philosophies."[3]


References


  1. Stocks, Matt (September 4, 2016). "The 10 Best Van Halen Songs according to Steel Panther's Michael Starr". loudersound. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  2. "Unchained". Van Halen News Desk. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  3. Klosterman, Chuck (October 6, 2020). "All 131 Van Halen Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best A look back at the band's formidable legacy". Vulture.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.

Further reading



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Unchained (с англ. — «Освобождённый») — одиннадцатый в общем и четвёртый с альбома Fair Warning сингл хард-рок группы Van Halen, вышедший в июле 1981 года на лейбле Warner Bros.



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