In 1983, a reporter accused Van Halen’s David Lee Roth of only writing songs about “women, partying, and fast cars.”  Roth realized that he never actually had written a song about a fast car so he wrote one about “Panama Express,” a car that he had seen race in Las Vegas.

The majority of this video was shot over two night at the Spectrum in Philadelphia.  A few clips were taken from a performance that Van Halen gave at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

This video was directed by Pete Angelus, a long-time associate of the band.  Along with directing most of Van Halen’s early videos, he also directed the videos for David Lee Roth’s Just a Gigolo and California Girls.

Enjoy!