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40 years ago today, Van Halen’s “Panama” hit the Billboard charts…

On this day in 1984, the Van Halen single “Panama” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #52 (June 23)

The song from their smash hit LP “1984” was reportedly written about a car that Roth saw race in Las Vegas; its name was "Panama Express", hence the title of the song.

Diamond Dave wrote the song after being accused by a reporter of "singing about only women, partying, and fast cars".
Realizing he had never actually written a song about fast cars, he decided to write one!

Eddie Van Halen said the song was musically inspired by AC/DC's straightforward three chord rock style.

It went to #13 in the US, #15 in Canada, #30 in Ireland, #61 in the UK, and #74 in Australia.

Click on the link below to watch:

https://youtu.be/fuKDBPw8wQA