<Li> "On Fire" / "Jamie's Cryin"' Released: September 1978 (Japan) </Li> <Li> "Ain't Talkin' ' Bout Love" / "Feel Your Love Tonight" Released: October 25, 1978 </Li> <P> Van Halen is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen . Released on February 10, 1978, the album peaked at #19 on the Billboard 200 . The album became widely recognized as the band's popularity grew, selling more than 10 million copies in the United States by August 7, 1996 and being certified Diamond . </P> <P> Van Halen contains many of Van Halen's signature songs, including "Runnin' with the Devil," the guitar solo "Eruption," The Kinks cover "You Really Got Me," "Ain't Talkin' ' bout Love", "Jamie's Cryin", "Feel Your Love Tonight", and the cover version of John Brim's "Ice Cream Man". </P>

When was van halen's first album released