Single:
Heartache Tonight entered the Australian singles chart* on 15 October 1979 and peaked at #13. It was #94 on the Top 100 of 1979.
Album:
The song is on The Long Run which entered the Australian albums chart* on 8 October 1979. It hit the #1 spot on 22 October 1979 and remained there for 3 weeks.
Songwriters:
Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bob Seger, JD Souther
Producer:
Bill Szymczyk
Record label of Australian release:
Asylum
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
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Songfacts:
Don Henley and Glenn Frey wrote Heartache Tonight with Bob Seger and JD Souther. When Frey was a 19-year-old in Detroit, Seger took him under his wing and got his music career started. Souther, who is sometimes considered an “Unofficial Eagle,” was the first person Frey met when he moved to Los Angeles in the late-’60s. Bob Seger’s contribution to Heartache Tonight was the chorus.
The song was released on The Long Run, The Eagles’ last studio album until they re-formed in 1994.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/eagles/heartache-tonight
Personnel:
Glenn Frey: lead vocals, rhythm guitar, handclapping
Don Henley: drums, backing vocals
Joe Walsh: slide guitar
Don Felder: rhythm guitar
Timothy B. Schmit: bass guitar, backing vocals
Bob Seger: backing vocals
Lyrics:
Somebody’s gonna hurt someone before the night is through
Somebody’s gonna come undone
There’s nothin’ we can do
Everybody wants to touch somebody if it takes all night
Everybody wants to take a little chance, make it come out right.
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