VHND describes “Dirty Movies” as “a seedy tale of a prom-queen-turned-porn-queen”.
In 2015, Rolling Stone included it as one of ‘20 Insanely Great Van Halen Songs Only Hardcore Fans Know’.
[Intro]
Ow yeah!
Oh oh! Ohhh!
Ooo ah!
Now who's that babe with the fabulous shadow?
Oh-oh -so obscene, but to me it don't matter, ah!
Her movies get down like you won't find in my hometown
(Oh no!) They won't believe it when they
(Oh no!) See what they're seein'
Go see baby now!
[Chorus]
Pictures on the silver screen
Greatest thing you've ever seen
Now her name is up in lights
Everything turns out all right
Daddy's little sweetie after some damn rainbow
Oh-oh - got the big deal in the back of a limo, hey
Now showbiz is so thrillin', that camera rolls, she's willin'
(Oh no!) They won't believe it when they
(Oh no!) See what they're seein'
Go see baby now!
Hey, you remember when that girl was prom queen?
Oh wow!
Take it off! Take it all off! Whoo!
[Cheering, whistling & applause]
[Chorus]
Pictures on the silver screen
Greatest thing you've ever seen
Now her name is up in lights
Everything turns out all right
Now they believe it, now that they've seen it
Go see baby now!
Ow! Ow ow!
[Chorus]
Pictures on the silver screen
Greatest thing you've ever seen
Now her name is up in lights
Everything turns out all right
Lights! Camera! Action!
“Dirty Movies” was written by Eddie Van Halen & Alex Van Halen & Michael Anthony (Bassist) & David Lee Roth.
“Dirty Movies” was produced by Ted Templeman.
Van Halen released “Dirty Movies” on Wed Apr 29 1981.
Eddie Van Halen told Guitar World:
I came up with the melody of (“Dirty Movies”) on slide, so I played it on the record on slide. The funny thing was I couldn’t get up high enough on the guitar, so I sawed part of it off.