Sammy Hagar recently said a shelved Van Halen track, “Between Us Two,” may end up appearing on a future archival release. The track was originally written in the mid 90s for use in the 1996 film Twister, but was shelved. Two other songs were used in its place in the film. Hagar recently said that the track may make its way to being released in the future. Hagar stated that, “I don’t know if I can resurrect it, but we got it, it’s done, It’s in the archives; they’ll find it. They’re looking through the archives right now to try to remaster some of the old stuff from my era. They’ll find it. That’s gonna be a treasure.”
Hagar also said back in 2021 that, there were a few tracks in the vault but said, some of them “just weren’t great.” He also added that completing the unfinished tracks wasn’t a task he wanted to do alone, “I’m very careful with all of that stuff because I don’t want to make enemies with anyone in that camp, You know, it’s not my place to jump out and finish a Van Halen song.”
Hagar also warned that releasing “Between Us Two” would be far more difficult than expected saying that, “[Resurrecting it] would have to go through the Van Halen camp, and it’s a little dysfunctional over there, There’s never been a fearless leader in the Van Halen camp. [David Lee] Roth was for a while. I was for a while. Then Eddie [Van Halen] took over for a while, then Alex [Van Halen] came in. … Now Wolfie [Van Halen] is the fearless leader.”
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