Take It Easy

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"Take It Easy"

Single by Eagles
from the album Eagles
Released	May 1, 1972
Format	7"
Genre	Rock, Country rock
Length	3:30
Label	Asylum
Writer(s)	Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey
Producer(s)	Glyn Johns
Chart positions
#12 (USA Hot 100)

This article is about a song. For the game, see Take it Easy.

"Take It Easy" is a song written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey, and recorded by the Eagles (with Frey singing lead vocals). It was the band's first single, released on May 1, 1972. It also was the opening track on the band's debut album Eagles and it has become one of their signature songs, included on all of their live and compilation albums.

Browne originally began writing "Take It Easy" in 1971 for his own debut album. His friend and then-neighbor Frey heard an early version and liked it so much that Browne gave it to him for his new band. Frey finished the second verse (including the line "It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford ...") and the resulting single climbed to #12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Jackson Browne later recorded the song as the lead track on his second album, For Everyman (1973). It has also been covered by several other artists including Billy Mize, Johnny Rivers, and Travis Tritt.