Billboard hit, after the Sammy Hagar-led Van Halen's
5150 soared to No. 1. Roth's old band had already reached No. 3 with the synthy "Why Can't This Be Love?" "Yankee Rose" likewise preceded
Eat 'Em and Smile, giving Roth his third career Top 20 solo smash, while Van Halen's "Dreams" then just missed at No. 22.
"Love Walks In," another Hagar ballad, nearly broke the Top 20, as Roth released four more singles from his solo debut LP – but nothing from
Eat 'Em and Smile got any higher than "Goin' Crazy!" at No. 66.
The reconstituted Van Halen seemed to have won the battle: Roth officially added a keyboardist for the follow up, 1988's