Van Halen "Oh, Pretty Woman (Single & Video)"

Van Halen recorded the song as a stand alone single, before a planned hiatus, until its sudden success brought much pressure from Warner Bros to quickly produce an entire LP, the result being their 1982 LP Diver Down. Oh, Pretty Woman was preceded by a 1 minute 40 second intro, entitled "Intruder", which featured Roth playing a very simple riff on a small plastic, Electroharmonix keyboard. For the video of the single, the two songs were joined, giving a running-time of 4:34. This was done to lengthen the song in order to fit the video's full running time. In the music video, filmed at Indian Dunes, the band members dress as a samurai (bassist Michael Anthony), Tarzan (drummer Alex Van Halen), a cowboy (guitarist Eddie Van Halen), and Napoleon (frontman David Lee Roth). Per a hunch-backed onlooker's request, they rescue a captive girl (played by transgender entertainer International Chrysis). It was one of the first videos banned by MTV, due to its opening sequence, where the captive girl is tied up and fondled against her will by a pair of dwarves. The ban was eventually lifted, as MTV sister network VH1 Classic would later air the video.

This was the band's second Top 20 hit, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, and also peaking at number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.