David Lee Roth is an American rock singer best known as the lead singer of Van Halen. His solo discography consists of six studio albums, one extended play, one compilation album, and 20 singles. Of his eight albums, four have been certified Gold or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America. Eat 'Em and Smile, Skyscraper, and Crazy from the Heat are certified Platinum, and A Little Ain't Enough is certified Gold.
Roth has released 20 singles, with four of those reaching the Top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100. His debut single, 1985's "California Girls", reached number 3 on Hot 100, and 1988's "Just Like Paradise" reached number 6 on the same chart. "Just Like Paradise" is also Roth's first (and only to date) number-one single on any Billboard chart. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Most of his singles have experienced international chart success, most notably in Canada and New Zealand, where Roth has several Top 20 hits in both countries.
Since the release of Diamond Dave (2003), Roth has put out many non-album singles since 2020, but released no further albums. In 2006, he re-joined Van Halen—the band that he helped propel to international superstardom—and then toured extensively. Roth's first full-length album with Van Halen since 1984, A Different Kind of Truth, was released in February 2012 to widespread commercial and critical success.
12 of Roth's albums have been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA and 11 have been certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA (Van Halen and solo combined).
Albums Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US US Indie AUS CAN FINGE NLNO NZ JP SWE SWI UK Eat 'Em and Smile Released: July 7, 1986 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, cassette 4 — 26 13 551 5717 509 12 29 28 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold Skyscraper Released: January 26, 1988 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, cassette 6 — 15 6 128 399 127 13 13 11 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold A Little Ain't Enough Released: January 15, 1991 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, cassette 18 — 26 21 112 309 —17 11 5 4 RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver MC: Gold Your Filthy Little Mouth Released: March 8, 1994 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, cassette 78 — 91 — 1262 —— —26 23 25 28 US: 61,782 DLR Band Released: June 9, 1998 Label: Wawazat!! Formats: CD, cassette 172 — — — —— —— —— — — — US: 51,612 Diamond Dave Released: July 8, 2003 Label: Magna Carta Formats: CD — 18 — — —— —— —— — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums Title Details Peak chartpositions US FIN The Best Released: October 28, 1997 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, cassette 199 30 Greatest Hits/The Deluxe Edition Released: November 19, 2013 Label: Friday Music Formats: CD — —
Extended plays Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications US CAN FIN NZ JP UK Crazy from the Heat Released: January 28, 1985 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, cassette 15 14 21 2118 91 RIAA: Platinum
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album US US Rock AUS CAN FIN NL NZ UK "California Girls" 1985 3 3 6 8 — 44 7 68 Crazy from the Heat "Easy Street" [airplay] — 14 — — — — — — "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" 12 25 13 7 — — 6 — "Yankee Rose" 1986 16 10 33 29 10 — — — Eat 'Em and Smile "Goin' Crazy!" 66 12 — — — — — — "That's Life" 85 — — — — — — — "Tobacco Road" [US promo] — 10 — — — — — — "I'm Easy" — — — — — — — — "Just Like Paradise" 1987 6 1 14 8 6 77 13 27 Skyscraper "Knucklebones" [US promo] 1988 — 45 — — — — — — "Stand Up" 64 5 — — — — — 72 "Damn Good" — 2 — — — — — — "A Lil' Ain't Enough" 1991 — 3 42 41 4 58 — 32 A Little Ain't Enough "Sensible Shoes" — 6 153 48 — — — 81 "Tell the Truth" [US promo] — 39 — — — — — — "She's My Machine" 1994 — 12 — — 10 — — 64 Your Filthy Little Mouth "Night Life" — — — — — — — 72 "Don't Piss Me Off" [US promo] 1997 — 33 — — — — — — The Best "Slam Dunk" [airplay] 1998 — 11 — — — — — — DLR Band"Somewhere over the Rainbow Bar and Grill" 2020 — — — — — — — —Non-album singles"Giddy - Up!" 2021 — — — — — — — —"Lo-Rez Sunset"————————"Pointing at the Moon" 2022————————"Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway"————————"Panama"————————"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love"————————"Dance the Night Away"————————"You Really Got Me"————————"Everybody Wants Some!"————————"Unchained"2023————————"Ain't That Peculiar"————————
Video singles TitleYearNotes"One Piece Thermo-Molded Country Plastic Chair"2012with Scotty Emerick"The Oo-oka River Blues" 2014with the Kabuki Orchestra"Mustang Sally" (originally released as "Happy New Year")2015Wilson Pickett cover"Ain't No Christmas"2016
Other appearances Studio appearances Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen – vocals on "Jump" and "Jamie's Cryin'" (2006) "Ashley" – charity recording, recorded 1999, released 2012 Guest appearance Live at Ultra Music Festival Miami 2019 (Highlights) – Appeared onstage with Armin van Buuren during the remix of "Jump" (2019)
Video albums Title Details David Lee Roth: Videos Released: 1986 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: VHS, LaserDisc No Holds Bar-B-Q Released: 2002 Label: Unknown Formats: VHS
with Van Halen
Studio albums Van Halen (1978) Van Halen II (1979) Women and Children First (1980) Fair Warning (1981) Diver Down (1982) 1984 (1984) A Different Kind of Truth (2012)
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