Song information

• According to the album's liner notes, "Burnin' Down the City" is inspired by the street artists
  Graffiti
  Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
  
   of New York City
  New York City
  New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
  
  .

Track listing

1. "I Can't Drive 55
   I Can't Drive 55
   "I Can't Drive 55" was the lead single and first track from Sammy Hagar's eighth studio album VOA in 1984. Perpetuated by a very successful music video, it became a concert staple that continued throughout Sammy's tours as a member of Van Halen....
   
   " (Sammy Hagar
   Sammy Hagar
   Sam Roy "Sammy" Hagar , also known as The Red Rocker, is an American rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Also sings Country Music....
   
   ) - 4:12
2. "Swept Away" (Hagar) - 5:36
3. "Rock Is in My Blood" (Hagar) - 4:29
4. "Two Sides of Love" (Hagar) - 3:41
5. "Dick in the Dirt" (Hagar) - 4:19
6. "VOA" (Hagar) - 4:29
7. "Don't Make Me Wait" (Hagar/Jesse Harms
   Jesse Harms
   Jesse Harms is a session keyboard player and songwriter who was a member of Sammy Hagar's backing band from 1984 to 1987 , and from 1997–2003 as a member of Hagar's band, The Waboritas...
   
   ) - 4:06
8. "Burnin' Down the City" (Hagar) - 5:32

Personnel

• Sammy Hagar
  Sammy Hagar
  Sam Roy "Sammy" Hagar , also known as The Red Rocker, is an American rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Also sings Country Music....
  
  : lead vocals, guitar
• Gary Pihl
  Gary Pihl
  Gary Pihl is a guitarist most famous for playing for Sammy Hagar and the band Boston.At his home recording studio, Pihl worked with the founding members of a band that would eventually be called "Night Ranger." They recorded demos for their first and second albums at his home studio...
  
  : guitar
• Jesse Harms
  Jesse Harms
  Jesse Harms is a session keyboard player and songwriter who was a member of Sammy Hagar's backing band from 1984 to 1987 , and from 1997–2003 as a member of Hagar's band, The Waboritas...
  
  : keyboards
• Bill Church
  Bill Church
  William 'Bill' Church , started out playing bass in a band called Sawbuck in 1969, with Mojo Collins, Starr Donaldson, Ronnie Montrose and Chuck Ruff. As the band was beginning to record their first album, Montrose and Church left Sawbuck to join Van Morrison on his Tupelo Honey album...
  
  : bass guitar
• David Lauser
  David Lauser
  David Lauser is a drummer who is most famous for playing with Sammy Hagar.Sammy Hagar and David Lauser played together in a band called Justice Brothers before Sammy Hagar joined Montrose....
  
  : drums
• Ted "Champagne" Templeman
  Ted Templeman
  Ted Templeman is an American record producer.-Career:He began his career in the mid 1960s in the Santa Cruz area as a drummer in a band called The Tikis. At the suggestion of Lenny Waronker, the group decided to change their name. Harpers Bizarre was born in 1966, with Templeman switching to...
  
  : percussion

Other Personnel

• Ted Templeman
  Ted Templeman
  Ted Templeman is an American record producer.-Career:He began his career in the mid 1960s in the Santa Cruz area as a drummer in a band called The Tikis. At the suggestion of Lenny Waronker, the group decided to change their name. Harpers Bizarre was born in 1966, with Templeman switching to...
  
  : producer
• Jeff Hendrickson: engineer
• Tom Size: assistant engineer
• Gary Rindfuss: assistant engineer
• Eric Mohler: assistant engineer
• Terry Christian
  Terry Christian
  Terry Christian is a British television and radio presenter whose credits include Channel 4's late night Youth Entertainment show The Word and ITV1 moral issues talk show It's My Life...
  
  : assistant engineer

Singles

• "I Can't Drive 55" b/w "Burnin' Down The City" - US (Geffen 7-29173)
• "I Can't Drive 55" b/w "I Can't Drive 55" - US (Geffen 7-29176)
• "I Can't Drive 55" b/w "I Can't Drive 55" - US (Geffen PRO-A-2174)
• "I Can't Drive 55" b/w "Dick In The Dirt" - Germany (Geffen A 4959)
• "Two Sides Of Love" b/w "Burnin' Down The City" - US (Geffen 29246-7)
• "Two Sides Of Love" b/w "Two Sides Of Love" - US (Geffen PRO-A-2156)
• "Two Sides Of Love" b/w "Burnin' Down The City" - Japan (Geffen 07SP 833)
• "VOA" b/w "VOA" - US (Geffen PRO-A-2213)
• "Swept Away" b/w "Swept Away" - US (Geffen PRO-A-2282)

Charts

Versions

• Geffen Records (US LP): GHS 24043
• Geffen Records (Japan LP): 28AP 2899
• Geffen Records (Holland LP): GEF 26054
• High Stereo Light Records (Korean LP): 119
• Geffen Records (US CD): 24043-2
• MCA Victor (Japan CD): MVCG-21006

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