Heartache Tonight by Eagles

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The Eagles 1979 top charting (their last) hit and 1981 Grammy winner, somehow of different style than most of their more melodious and slower songs, nevertheless became a staple in their concert and the title for many cove groups concerts. From the hugely successful album The Long Run which also yielded the hits “The Long Run” and “I can’t Tell You Why”. The song writing story from a 2008 interview – Per Bob Seger – I wrote that with Glenn Frey. He had a little house that he leased from the James Cagney Estate when he was in the Eagles. He loved the house. It wasn’t very big. It had one bedroom and a huge living room. He would set up Don’s Henley drums in the living room. They would write there. Glenn had the verse and he didn’t know where to go with it. I was singing the verse, singing the verse and I suddenly popped into ‘It’s gonna be a heartache tonight’ and sang the whole chorus. He said, ‘Holy crap!’ Then he called Henley and Joe Walsh. They came down the same night. Joe Walsh was playing bass. Henley jumped on the drums and we kept polishing and stuff. That was it.