Finish What Ya Started

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"Finish What Ya Started"
Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Van Halen singles chronology
"When It's Love"
(1988) 		"Finish What Ya Started"
(1988) 		"
Feels So Good
"
(1989)

"Finish What Ya Started" is a song by Van Halen taken from their 1988 album OU812.

Background

Despite the album being seemingly complete,

Gibson acoustic.[citation needed
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Music video

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.[5] It features the band playing against a plain white background with quick cuts to women dancing. The version of the song on their 2004 compilation The Best of Both Worlds stops midway through the outro, unlike the fade out on the OU812 version.

Reception

Creedence than to a Whitesnake."[6]

In 1988, the song peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Billboard rock chart.

In popular culture

The song was later used as theme music for the short-lived 1990 sitcom Sydney, which starred Eddie Van Halen's then-wife, Valerie Bertinelli.

References

  1. ^ "Eddie Van Halen's Influence, Genius Changed Music and the Possibilities of Art". Hollywood in Toto. 2020-10-07. Retrieved 2021-02-10. ...to country ("Finish What Ya Started")
  2. ^ Fricke, David (1988-06-30). "OU812". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  3. ISBN 9780470536186
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  4. ISBN 9781462054817
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  5. ^ Garcia, Alex S. "Van Halen - 'Finish what ya started'". Music Video DataBase. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  6. ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. October 1, 1988. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-12-22.

Further reading

  • Van Halen Guitar Anthology. Van Nuys, California: Alfred. 2006. pp. 189–99.
    OCLC 605214049
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