Can't Stop Lovin' You

Infobox Single
Name = Can't Stop Lovin' You


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Caption =
Artist = Van Halen
Album = Balance
A-side =
B-side = Crossing Over
Released = 1995
Format = CD, Cassette
Recorded = 1994
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 4:07
Label = Warner Bros.
Writer = Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Alex Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen
Producer = Bruce Fairbairn
Certification =
Last single = "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)"
(1995)
This single = "Can't Stop Lovin' You"
(1995)
Next single = "Not Enough"
(1995)
Misc ="Can't Stop Lovin' You" is a song by American hard rock band Van Halen. It was released in 1995 as the third single from "Balance".

The song was written by all members of Van Halen and is about everlasting love and friendship. The song pays homage to Ray Charles' song "I Can't Stop Loving You", particularly in the line where Sammy Hagar sings "Ray, what you said is true..."

Chart Performance

The song was Van Halen's most successful single from "Balance" in the United States, being the only single which reached the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #30. The song also reached #2 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, #11 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart, and #33 on the UK singles chart.

Video

The video, directed by Peter Christopherson, is set in an average middle class American home, where it goes back and forth between the band performing the song and people showing their affection for one another, from an old couple celebrating their anniversary, to a teen couple, to a boy and his dog, to a woman and her pet monkey. There is also a moving moment in the video in which a girl mourns the loss of her dog.

Legacy

The song was performed considerably on the 1995 Ambulance Tour with Sammy Hagar. It was featured on both Van Halen compilations "Best of Volume I" and "The Best of Both Worlds".