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OU812 is the eighth album by American  heavy metal/hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1988. The album title is allegedly a joke on Van Halen"s previous lead singer David Lee Roth"s 1986 album Eat "Em and Smile (OU812 translates phonetically to "Oh, you ate one too?"). However, "OU812" was also seen in the 70s sitcom Taxi written on a wall. The first person to use the phrase was Redd Foxx.[1]  Furthermore, "OU812" is the license plate on the red Ferrari that Cheech and Chong drive in Cheech & Chong"s Next Movie  (released in 1980).

Van Halen started work on the album in September 1987; the album would be finished in April 1988, just one month before its release.


   1. "Mine All Mine" ? 5:11
   2. "When It"s Love" ? 5:36
   3. "A.F.U. (Naturally Wired)" ? 4:28
   4. "Cabo Wabo" ? 7:04
   5. "Source of Infection" ? 3:58
   6. "Feels So Good" ? 4:27
   7. "Finish What Ya Started" ? 4:20
   8. "Black and Blue" ? 5:24
   9. "Sucker in a 3 Piece" ? 5:52
  10. "A Apolitical Blues" (Lowell George) ? 3:50