Tequila Sunrise (song)
"Tequila Sunrise" | ||||
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Single by Eagles | ||||
from the album Desperado | ||||
B-side | "Twenty-One" | |||
Released | April 17, 1973 | |||
Format | 7" | |||
Genre | Soft rock,[1] country rock, folk rock | |||
Length | 2:52 | |||
Label | Asylum | |||
Writer(s) | Don Henley, Glenn Frey | |||
Producer(s) | Glyn Johns, Eagles | |||
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"Tequila Sunrise" is a 1973 song written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey, and recorded by the Eagles. It was the first single from the band's second album Desperado.[2] The song peaked at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100.
A cover version was recorded by country music singer Alan Jackson on the 1993 tribute album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles. It peaked at number 64 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[3]
Personnel
- Glenn Frey: lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Don Henley: drums, backing vocals
- Randy Meisner: bass, backing vocals
- Bernie Leadon: B-Bender electric guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
Background
In the liner notes of 2003's The Very Best Of, Don Henley had this to say about the song:
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I believe that was a Glenn title. I think he was ambivalent about it because he thought that it was a bit too obvious or too much of a cliché because of the drink that was so popular then. I said, 'No-Look at it from a different point of view. You've been drinking straight tequila all night and the sun is coming up!' It turned out to be a really great song.[4]
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