Van Halen likely didn't write the song 'Panama' in the interest of it becoming a negotiation tool, but that's what happened.

Rock legend Sammy Hagar has enjoyed a long and hugely successful career – but his last tour as frontman for Van Halen in 2004 ranks as one of the biggest disappointments of his professional life.

One of the most hard-driving rock songs of the 1980s about fast cars and fast women is Van Halen's 1984 hit "Panama." The song has a bit of a tale that made it stand out when we compiled our summer ...