WCSX Classic Cuts : Heartache Tonight
WCSX Classic Cuts Eagles: “Heartache Tonight” The Hook: Glenn Frey had always wanted the Eagles to do a shuffle. Album: The Long Run Year: 1979 Writers: Don Henley, Glenn Frey,…
NASHVILLE, TN – OCTOBER 16: Glen Frey, Don Henley and Joe Walsh of the Eagles perform during “History Of The Eagles Live In Concert” at the Bridgestone Arena on October 16, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)
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Eagles: "Heartache Tonight"
The Hook: Glenn Frey had always wanted the Eagles to do a shuffle.
Album: The Long Run
Year: 1979
Writers: Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bob Seger and J.D. Souther
Stats: Topped the Billboard Hot 100
Background: Although it eventually took four writers to complete it, Glenn Frey tells us that the groundwork for "Heartache Tonight" was laid during a visit to his L.A. home by Bob Seger. He recalls how the song got started.
Eagles singer-guitarist Glenn Frey on how he and Bob Seger began writing “Heartache Tonight.” OC:…screaming part. :27
“I told Bob Seger that I always had wanted the Eagles to do a shuffle and Seger and I were jamming at my house and I had the first part of the song [sings ‘Somebody’s gonna hurt someone…’] together and I sort of played him what I thought the verse was. And then right after that Seger went to the forecourt and started screaming the chorus, ‘Heartache tonight.’ Seger could do a great version of “Heartache Tonight.” I was slightly overmatched in the vocal. It took me a little while to get that vocal right – the screaming part.”
