Best of My Love ( Eagles song ) - wikipedia Best of My Love ( Eagles song ) For other songs with the same title, see Best of My Love. `` Best of My Love '' Single by Eagles from the album On the Border B - side `` Ol ' ' 55 '' Released November 5, 1974 Format 7 '' Recorded Olympic Sound Studios, London Genre Soft rock Length 3 : 25 ( single edit ) 4 : 34 ( album version ) Label Asylum Songwriter ( s ) Don Henley, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther Producer ( s ) Glyn Johns Eagles singles chronology `` James Dean '' ( 1974 ) `` Best of My Love '' ( 1974 ) `` One of These Nights '' ( 1975 ) `` James Dean '' ( 1974 ) `` Best of My Love '' ( 1974 ) `` One of These Nights '' ( 1975 ) `` Best of My Love '' is a song written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and J.D. Souther. It was originally recorded by the Eagles ( with Henley singing lead vocals ), and included on their 1974 album On the Border. The song was released as the third single from the album, and it became the band 's first Billboard Hot 100 number 1 single in March 1975. The song also topped the easy listening ( adult contemporary ) chart for one week a month earlier. Billboard ranked it as the number 12 song for 1975. Contents 1 Background 1.1 Composition 1.2 Recording 1.3 Single release 2 Personnel 3 Chart history 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 Cover versions 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Background Composition In 2009, J.D. Souther said of the writing of `` Best of My Love '' : `` Glenn found the tune ; the tune I think came from a Fred Neil record... We were working on that album ( On the Border ) and came to London. The three of us were writing it and were on deadline to get it finished. I do n't know where we got the inspiration. '' Glenn Frey recalled : `` I was playing acoustic guitar one afternoon in Laurel Canyon, and I was trying to figure out a tuning that Joni Mitchell had shown me a couple of days earlier. I got lost and ended up with the guitar tuning for what would later turn out to be ' The Best of My Love. ' '' According to Henley, much of the lyrics was written while in a booth in Dan Tana 's Restaurant close to the Troubadour. The maître d ' of Dan Tana, Guido, was thanked in the liner notes of the album. Recording `` Best of My Love '' was recorded at Olympic Studios in London. The Eagles had begun working on On the Border with producer Glyn Johns who had helmed their Eagles debut album and the follow - up Desperado album. Despite the success of their debut album the Eagles had taken umbrage at Johns ' predilection for country rock toning down their own rock aspirations : the Eagles ' dissatisfaction with Johns was reinforced by the similarly honed Desperado album which was a comparative failure, and after six weeks in London - which yielded `` Best of My Love '' and one other usable track : `` You Never Cry Like a Lover '' - the Eagles discontinued working with Johns, then spending eight weeks touring in Europe and the USA and completing the recording of On the Border at the Record Plant in their hometown of Los Angeles with Bill Szymczyk producing. `` Best of My Love '' was remixed by Szymczyk. Single release Frey was reluctant to release `` Best of My Love '' as a single and held off its release for some time. The release of the Eagles ' `` Best of My Love '' as a single has been attributed to the track 's airplay at WKMI - AM in Kalamazoo MI, where radio dj Jim Higgs - also station music & program director - began playing the track off its parent album On the Border soon after that album 's release in the spring of 1974, favoring `` Best of My Love '' over the official single releases `` Already Gone '' and `` James Dean ''. Advised by Higgs of the strong positive response of WKMI 's listeners to `` Best of My Love '', Asylum Records gave the track a limited single release of 1000 copies available only in the Kalamazoo area, with reaction to this test - release securing the full release of `` Best of My Love '' as a single on November 5, 1974. However, when the single was finally released, Asylum Records had truncated the song so that it would be more radio - friendly, but had done so without the band 's knowledge or approval. It caused considerable anger in the band, and Henley demanded that the single be pulled from stores. The song however would become the most successful of their singles released so far, giving the band their first number 1 single. When the song was judged to have sold a million copies, the Eagles ' manager, Irving Azoff, sent to Asylum Records a gold record with a piece cut out, mounted on a plaque with a caption that said `` The Golden Hacksaw Award ''. Personnel Don Henley -- lead vocals, brushed drums Glenn Frey -- double - tracked 12 - string acoustic guitar, background vocals Bernie Leadon -- pedal steel guitar, background vocals Randy Meisner -- bass, background vocals Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1975 ) Peak position Australia KMR 14 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1975 ) Rank Canada RPM Top Singles 30 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 12 Cover versions `` Best of My Love '' Song by Brooks & Dunn from the album Common Thread : The Songs of the Eagles Released October 12, 1993 Genre Country Length 4 : 38 Label Giant Songwriter ( s ) Don Henley Glenn Frey J.D. Souther Producer ( s ) Don Cook Scott Hendricks Common Thread : The Songs of the Eagles track listing `` Already Gone '' ( Tanya Tucker ) ( 11 ) `` Best of My Love '' ( 12 ) `` The Sad Café '' ( Lorrie Morgan ) ( 13 ) Prior to the release of the Eagles version as a single, John Lees released his version of `` Best of My Love '' as a single in 1974. The song was also recorded by Brooks & Dunn in the Eagles ' tribute album Common Thread : The Songs of the Eagles. It was also included in their compilation album Playlist : The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn. South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela covered the song in his 1976 album Melody Maker. See also List of RPM number - one singles of 1975 List of Hot 100 number - one singles of 1975 ( U.S. ) List of number - one adult contemporary singles of 1975 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ Jasen, David A. ( 2002 ). A Century of American Popular Music : 2000 Best - Loved and Remembered Songs ( 1899 - 1999 ). Routledge. p. 20. ISBN 0 - 415 - 93700 - 0. The Eagles had a number 1 hit with this soft -- rock ballad in 1975, which charted for fourteen weeks Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 84. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Songs of 1975 - Billboard Year End Charts ''. bobburst.com. Jump up ^ `` Acoustic Storm Interviews - J.D. Souther ''. AcousticStorm.com. Retrieved November 22, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Liner Notes ''. Glenn Frey Online. Jump up ^ Cameron Crowe ( August 2003 ). `` Conversations With Don Henley and Glenn Frey ''. The Uncool. Jump up ^ Browne, David ( June 10, 2016 ). `` Eagles ' Complete Discography : Don Henley Looks Back ''. Rolling Stone. Jump up ^ Felder, Don ( 2008 ). Heaven and Hell : My Life in the Eagles ( 1974 -- 2001 ). Hoboken NJ : John Wiley & Sons. p. 106. ISBN 978 - 0470450420. ^ Jump up to : Eliot, Marc ( 2004 ). To The Limit : The Untold Story of the Eagles. Da Capo Press. p. 112. ISBN 9780306813986. Jump up ^ `` Kalamazoo DJ to meet the Eagles almost 4 decades after helping band get # 1 hit ''. MLive.com. Retrieved November 21, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 3944a. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Adult Contemporary : Issue 6139. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Jump up ^ `` Eagles -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Eagles. Jump up ^ `` Eagles -- Chart history '' Billboard Adult Contemporary for Eagles. Jump up ^ `` Top 200 Singles of 1975 ''. RPM magazine. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1975 / Top 100 Songs of 1975 ''. Jump up ^ `` John Lees -- Best Of My Love / You Ca n't Get It ''. Discogs. Jump up ^ `` Hugh Masekela : Melody Maker ''. Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 18 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` DISCOGRAPHY : 1970 - 1979 ''. dougpayne.com. Retrieved 18 May 2016. Preceded by `` Morning Side of the Mountain '' by Donny and Marie Osmond Billboard Easy Listening Singles number - one single February 1, 1975 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Sweet Surrender '' by John Denver Preceded by `` Pick Up the Pieces '' by The Average White Band Billboard Hot 100 number - one single March 1, 1975 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Have You Never Been Mellow '' by Olivia Newton - John Preceded by `` Mandy '' by Barry Manilow Canadian RPM number - one single March 1, 1975 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Have You Never Been Mellow '' by Olivia Newton - John External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Eagles Glenn Frey Don Henley Bernie Leadon Randy Meisner Don Felder Joe Walsh Timothy B. Schmit Studio albums Eagles Desperado On the Border One of These Nights Hotel California The Long Run Long Road Out of Eden Live albums Eagles Live Hell Freezes Over Farewell 1 Tour - Live from Melbourne Compilation albums Their Greatest Hits ( 1971 -- 1975 ) Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 The Very Best of the Eagles Selected Works : 1972 -- 1999 The Very Best Of Eagles Singles `` Take It Easy '' `` Witchy Woman '' `` Peaceful Easy Feeling '' `` Tequila Sunrise '' `` Outlaw Man '' `` Already Gone '' `` James Dean '' `` Best of My Love '' `` One of These Nights '' `` Lyin ' Eyes '' `` Take It to the Limit '' `` New Kid in Town '' `` Hotel California '' `` Life in the Fast Lane '' `` Please Come Home for Christmas '' `` Heartache Tonight '' `` The Long Run '' `` I Ca n't Tell You Why '' `` Seven Bridges Road '' `` Get Over It '' `` Love Will Keep Us Alive '' `` Hole in the World '' `` How Long '' `` Busy Being Fabulous '' Other songs `` Desperado '' `` Ol ' ' 55 '' `` The Last Resort '' `` In the City '' Tours Long Road Out of Eden Tour History of the Eagles Tour Related Discography Poco Linda Ronstadt Flying Burrito Brothers Common Thread : The Songs of the Eagles History of the Eagles Heaven and Hell : My Life in the Eagles ( 1974 -- 2001 ) Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Best_of_My_Love_(Eagles_song)&oldid=797061040 '' Categories : 1974 singles 1993 songs Eagles ( band ) songs Brooks & Dunn songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Billboard Adult Contemporary number - one singles RPM Top Singles number - one singles Songs written by Glenn Frey Songs written by Don Henley Songs written by J.D. 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Question: who sang lead vocals on best of my love
Answer: Don Henley