The song "Hole In My Head" is the second track on Dokken's fifth studio album, Dysfunctional, which marked the band's reunion and their first album of new material since 1987, released in 1995 on Columbia Records. This track, like much of the Dysfunctional album, is a blend of the band's classic Hard Rock and Heavy Metal sound from the 1980s, but infused with a slightly more modern, heavy, and less polished groove that was characteristic of the mid-1990s. The core of the original, classic lineup was back for this record, featuring Don Dokken on lead vocals and production duties, George Lynch on guitar, Jeff Pilson on bass and backing vocals, and "Wild" Mick Brown on drums and backing vocals. The song itself was one of the tracks written by Don Dokken, Jeff Pilson, and Mick Brown, and it was actually one of three songs recorded specifically for the international release of Dysfunctional, as the album was originally a Japanese-only release containing fewer tracks. The track's title and driving musical mood convey a sense of frustration or mental strain, which was perhaps reflective of the internal conflicts that plagued the band, even during their reunion. The album reached a peak position of No. 47 on the US Billboard 200 chart, a respectable showing considering the changing musical landscape of 1995.