"Why Can't This Be Love" is a song by the American rock band Van Halen for their seventh studio album, 5150 (1986).

The song was the group's first single with Sammy Hagar, replacing founding member David Lee Roth.

“The old people that were in doubt, they heard (imitates keyboard riff notes) ‘Why Can’t This Be Love’ and they just went, ‘Whoa, this is a new sound for Van Halen,'” said Hagar in 2023.

For the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge and subsequent tours, Van Halen took over the guitar parts and the keyboards were played backstage.

Starting during the 1995 Balance tour, Michael Anthony and Eddie Van Halen would sing the second verse of the song during live performances.