New Kid in Town
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| Single by Eagles from the album Hotel California |
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| B-side | "Victim Of Love" | ||||
| Released | December 7, 1976 | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Genre | Rock, Country rock | ||||
| Length | 4:49 | ||||
| Label | Asylum | ||||
| Writer(s) | Don Henley, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther | ||||
| Producer | Bill Szymczyk | ||||
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"New Kid in Town", written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther, is a song by United States rock group Eagles from their 1976 album Hotel California, and the first to feature guitarist Joe Walsh, who had just replaced Bernie Leadon. It was also released as a single in 1976, and became a #1 hit in the USA, and #20 in the UK. The single version of the song has an earlier fade-out than the album version does. On 26 February 1977, it reached the Billboard #1.
In 1977, the Eagles won a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement for Voices with "New Kid in Town".
The track tells the story of fame and failure and knowing them for the imposters that they are.
On Henley's first solo album, I Can't Stand Still, he references the song by singing the line, "there's a new kid in town" over the rideout of Johnny Can't Read.
[edit] Covers
- United States country singer Trisha Yearwood covered the song on the 1993 album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles.
- Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson covered the song on her 2006 album I dag & i morgon.
| Preceded by "Blinded by the Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single February 26, 1977 |
Succeeded by "Love Theme From "A Star is Born" (Evergreen)" by Barbra Streisand |
| Preceded by "Living Next Door to Alice" by Smokie |
United World Chart number one single March 12, 1977 – March 19, 1977 |
Succeeded by "Living Next Door to Alice" by Smokie |
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