1978Released
3:36

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Runnin' With The Devil. By Songfacts®.

This is the first song on the first Van Halen album. It starts with a backwards blare of car horns, which was made by a contraption Eddie Van Halen put together using a bunch of horns, a car battery, and a footswitch. They used to use it when they played at clubs.

Van Halen included this song on a demo Gene Simmons produced for them in 1977. After seeing them in concert, Simmons flew the band to New York, bought them clothes, and set up a recording session. They didn't get a record deal out of it, but gained valuable experience.

Gene Simmons had the idea for the car horns at the beginning. He had the band do this on the 1977 "House Of Pain" demo he produced for them.

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Runnin' With The Devil.
C♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
96BPM

Album

The album Runnin' With The Devil is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Runnin' With The Devil.
Rhino/Warner Bros.
1978, 2000 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

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