Heartache Tonight
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"Heartache Tonight" | ||
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Single by Eagles | ||
from the album The Long Run | ||
B-side(s) | "Teenage Jail" | |
Released | September 18, 1979 | |
Format | 7" | |
Genre | Pop | |
Length | 4:25 | |
Label | Asylum | |
Writer(s) | Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bob Seger and J.D. Souther | |
Producer(s) | Bill Szymczyk | |
Chart positions | ||
Eagles singles chronology | ||
Please Come Home for Christmas (1978) |
Heartache Tonight (1979) |
The Long Run (1979) |
"Heartache Tonight" is a song written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bob Seger and J.D. Souther, and recorded by the Eagles. The track was included on their album The Long Run and released as a single in 1979. It reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in November of that year. Although it remained in the top position for only one week, the single sold 1 million copies.
The recording also received a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
The song was covered by country music singer John Anderson on the tribute album Common Thread: The Songs of The Eagles.
Preceded by "Pop Muzik" by M |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single November 10, 1979 |
Succeeded by "Still" by Commodores |