Heartache Tonight

"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. It was the Eagles' final chart-topping song on the Hot 100.

The recording also received a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The song originated from an electric jam session between Glenn Frey and J. D. Souther who would visit Frey's home in Los Angeles whenever he was in town on tour. Frey and Souther wrote the first verse while listening to Sam Cooke songs. In the heat of jamming, Frey called Seger on the phone and sang him the verse. Seger then blurted out the chorus. According to Frey, "J.D. [Souther], Don and I finished that song up. No heavy lyrics-the song is more of a romp-and that's what it was intended to be."^[1] The song was covered by country music singer John Anderson on the tribute album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles and was also covered by Michael Bublé on his album Crazy Love.

Personnel

Glenn Frey: Lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Don Henley: Drums, backing vocals
Joe Walsh: Slide guitar
Don Felder: Rhythm guitar
Timothy B. Schmit: Bass guitar, backing vocals
Bob Seger: Backing vocals (not credited on album liner notes)

Chart performance

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[2]	22
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[3]	1
Ireland (IRMA)^[4]	10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[5]	20
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[6]	7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[7]	10
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[8]	40
US Billboard Hot 100^[9]	1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[10]	38

Preceded by "Pop Muzik" by M	Billboard Hot 100 number one single November 10, 1979	Succeeded by "Still" by Commodores
Preceded by "Good Girls Don't" by The Knack	Canadian "RPM" Singles Chart number-one single November 17, 1979–November 24, 1979	Succeeded by "Babe" by Styx

Haim "The Wire"

The Haim sisters use the riff from "Heartache Tonight" at the beginning of their hit "The Wire" from 2013.

Conway Twitty version

"Heartache Tonight"

Single by Conway Twitty

from the album Lost in the Feeling

B-side

"Hello Darlin'"

Released

August 1983

Format

Recorded

February 1–2, 1983
Sound Stage Studio, Nashville, Tennessee

Genre

Country

Length

4:17

Label

Warner Bros.

Producer(s)

Jimmy Bowen, Conway Twitty

Conway Twitty singles chronology

"Lost in the Feeling"
(1983)

"Heartache Tonight"
(1983)

"We Had It All"
(1983)

"Heartache Tonight" was revived four years later in a cover version by country music artist Conway Twitty. Released as the second single from his Lost in the Feeling album, Twitty's version reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the fall of 1983.^[11]

Twitty's version featured the Osmond Brothers on backing vocals. Allmusic reviewer Thom Jurek wrote that "Heartache Tonight" and its follow-up single, "Three Times a Lady," "offer(ed) a solid view of Twitty's amazing crossover potential, and his ability to take well-known pop tracks and turn them into solid country smashes long after the countrypolitan days of Chet Atkins and RCA."^[12] (In addition to "Three Times a Lady" (a cover of a song by The Commodores), Twitty had successfully covered "Slow Hand" and "The Rose," previously pop hits for the Pointer Sisters and Bette Midler, respectively.)

Chart performance

Chart (1983)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[13]	6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3

References

↑ The Very Best of the Eagles (CD). Eagles. Warner Music Group. 2003. R2 73971.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Eagles – Heartache Tonight" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 7853a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Heartache Tonight". Irish Singles Chart.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Eagles – Heartache Tonight" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – Eagles – Heartache Tonight". Top 40 Singles.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – Eagles – Heartache Tonight". Swiss Singles Chart.
↑ "Eagles: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company.
↑ "Eagles – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Eagles.
↑ "Eagles – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Eagles.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 363.
↑ Jurek, Tom, Lost in the Feeling album review, Allmusic.
↑ "Conway Twitty – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Conway Twitty.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Eagles

Glenn Frey Don Henley Bernie Leadon Randy Meisner Don Felder Joe Walsh Timothy B. Schmit

Studio albums	Eagles Desperado On the Border One of These Nights Hotel California The Long Run Long Road Out of Eden

Live albums	Eagles Live Hell Freezes Over Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne

Compilation albums	Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 The Very Best of the Eagles Selected Works: 1972–1999 The Very Best Of Eagles

Singles	"Take It Easy" "Witchy Woman" "Peaceful Easy Feeling" "Tequila Sunrise" "Outlaw Man" "Already Gone" "James Dean" "Best of My Love" "One of These Nights" "Lyin' Eyes" "Take It to the Limit" "New Kid in Town" "Hotel California" "Life in the Fast Lane" "Please Come Home for Christmas" "Heartache Tonight" "The Long Run" "I Can't Tell You Why" "Seven Bridges Road" "Get Over It" "Love Will Keep Us Alive" "Hole in the World" "How Long" "Busy Being Fabulous"

Other songs	"Desperado" "Ol' '55" "The Last Resort" "In the City"

Tours	Long Road Out of Eden Tour History of the Eagles Tour

Related articles	Discography Poco Linda Ronstadt Flying Burrito Brothers Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles History of the Eagles

Book Category

Conway Twitty

Studio albums	Sings Saturday Night with Conway Twitty Lonely Blue Boy House on Old Lonesome Road Crazy in Love Even Now Final Touches

Collaboration albums	We Only Make Believe Lead Me On Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man Country Partners Dynamic Duo

Compilation albums	25 Number Ones

Notable singles	"It's Only Make Believe" "Mona Lisa" "Danny Boy" "Next in Line" "I Love You More Today" "To See My Angel Cry" "Hello Darlin'" "Fifteen Years Ago" "How Much More Can She Stand" "I Can't See Me Without You" "(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date" "I Can't Stop Loving You" "She Needs Someone to Hold Her (When She Cries)" "You've Never Been This Far Before" "There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)" "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet" "I See the Want To in Your Eyes" "Linda on My Mind" "Touch the Hand" "This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me" "After All the Good Is Gone" "The Games That Daddies Play" "I Can't Believe She Gives It All to Me" "Play Guitar Play" "I've Already Loved You in My Mind" "Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring" "Boogie Grass Band" "Your Love Had Taken Me That High" "Don't Take It Away" "I May Never Get to Heaven" "Happy Birthday Darlin'" "I'd Love to Lay You Down" "Rest Your Love on Me" "Tight Fittin' Jeans" "Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night" "The Clown" "Slow Hand" "We Did But Now You Don't" "The Rose" "We Had It All" "Lost in the Feeling" "Heartache Tonight" "Three Times a Lady" "Somebody's Needin' Somebody" "I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song)" "Ain't She Somethin' Else" "Don't Call Him a Cowboy" "Between Blue Eyes and Jeans" "Desperado Love" "Fallin' for You for Years" "Julia" "I Want to Know You Before We Make Love" "That's My Job" "Goodbye Time" "Saturday Night Special" "I Wish I Was Still in Your Dreams" "She's Got a Single Thing in Mind" "House on Old Lonesome Road" "Fit to Be Tied Down" "Crazy in Love" "I Couldn't See You Leavin'" "Rainy Night in Georgia"

Collaboration singles	"After the Fire Is Gone" "Lead Me On" "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" "Feelins'" "The Letter" "I Can't Love You Enough" "Making Believe" "Don't Cry Joni"

Related articles	Discography Discography with Loretta Lynn MGM Records Decca Records MCA Records Elektra Records Warner Bros. Records Joni Lee

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