Heartache Tonight

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“Heartache Tonight”
“Heartache Tonight” cover
Single by Eagles
from the album The Long Run
B-side "Teenage Jail"
Released September 18, 1979
Format 7"
Genre Pop
Length 4:25
Label Asylum
Writer(s) Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bob Seger and J.D. Souther
Producer Bill Szymczyk
Eagles singles chronology
"Please Come Home for Christmas"
(1978)
"Heartache Tonight"
(1979)
"The Long Run"
(1979)

"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.

The recording also received a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

The song was covered by country music singer John Anderson on the tribute album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles.

Preceded by
"Pop Muzik" by M
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
November 10, 1979
Succeeded by
"Still" by Commodores