And the Cradle Will Rock...

"And the Cradle Will Rock..."
Single by Van Halen
from the album Women and Children First
B-side "Loss of Control"
Released 1980
Format 7"
Genre Hard rock
Length 3:31
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Ted Templeman
Van Halen singles chronology
"Beautiful Girls"
(1979)		 "And the Cradle Will Rock..."
(1980)		 "Unchained"
(1981)

"And the Cradle Will Rock..." is a song written and partly performed by Van Halen.Van Halen use on this album during the recording sessions the helping hand of the new KISS drummer Eric Carr at that time. The songs Carr played on are "And the Cradle Will Rock..." and "You Really Got Me " It appears on their 1980 album Women and Children First. It was the only single of the album. It is also the first song released by the band that featured the keyboard playing of Eddie Van Halen. The distortion added to the sound of the Wurlitzer electric piano made it sound similar to a guitar. During live performances on the 1980 tour, Michael Anthony would play the keyboards. For some of the shows on the 2007-2008 Van Halen tour David Lee Roth said, "Have you seen Wolfie's grades?" instead of the recording's "Have you seen junior's grades?" line; "Wolfie" referring to Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddie's son and bassist for the band since 2006.