Get Over It ( Eagles song ) - wikipedia Get Over It ( Eagles song ) `` Get Over It '' Single by Eagles from the album Hell Freezes Over B - side `` Get Over it ( Live ) '' ( 3 : 40 ) Released October 18, 1994 Recorded Genre Hard rock Length 3 : 30 Label Geffen Records, The Eagles Recording Company Songwriter ( s ) Don Henley, Glenn Frey Producer ( s ) Eagles, Elliot Scheiner, Rob Jacobs Eagles singles chronology `` Seven Bridges Road '' ( 1980 ) `` Get Over It '' ( 1994 ) `` Love Will Keep Us Alive '' ( 1994 ) `` Seven Bridges Road '' ( 1980 ) `` Get Over It '' ( 1994 ) `` Love Will Keep Us Alive '' ( 1994 ) `` Get Over It '' is a song by the Eagles released as a single after a fourteen - year breakup. It was also the first song written by bandmates Don Henley and Glenn Frey when the band reunited. `` Get Over It '' was played live for the first time during their Hell Freezes Over tour in 1994. It returned the band to the U.S. Top 40 after a fourteen - year absence, peaking at No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also hit No. 4 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song was not played live by the Eagles after the `` Hell Freezes Over '' tour in 1994. It remains the group 's last Top 40 hit in the U.S. Contents 1 Theme 2 Personnel 3 Charts 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 References Theme The song is about Henley 's frustration and contempt for others ( such as TV talk show guests ) blaming their failures, mental breakdowns, and financial problems on those who he feels do n't deserve it, then believing that the world owes them a favor. The song references William Shakespeare 's Henry VI, Part II : `` Old Billy was right : let 's kill all the lawyers - kill ' em tonight '', echoing Shakespeare 's line `` The first thing we do, let 's kill all the lawyers ''. Personnel Don Henley : Lead vocals, drums Glenn Frey : Lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals Don Felder : Lead and rhythm guitar Joe Walsh : Slide guitar Timothy B. Schmit : Bass guitar, backing vocals Scott F. Crago : additional drums Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1994 -- 95 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 74 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) 13 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 55 Polish Singles Chart 24 US Billboard Hot 100 31 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) 21 US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) 26 Year - end charts Chart ( 1994 ) Peak position Canada Top 100 singles ( RPM ) 63 References Jump up ^ `` The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart -- Week Ending 22 Jan 1995 ''. Imgur.com ( original document published by ARIA ). Retrieved August 13, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 2676. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Adult Contemporary : Issue 2677. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Jump up ^ `` Musicline.de -- Eagles Single - Chartverfolgung '' ( in German ). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Jump up ^ `` Eagles -- Get Over It. Polish Singles Chart ''. Jump up ^ `` Eagles -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Eagles. Jump up ^ `` Eagles -- Chart history '' Billboard Adult Contemporary for Eagles. Jump up ^ `` Eagles -- Chart history '' Billboard Pop Songs for Eagles. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1994 '' ( PDF ). RPM Magazine. December 31, 1994. 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=Get_Over_It_(Eagles_song)&oldid=789287073 '' Categories : Eagles ( band ) songs 1994 singles Songs written by Glenn Frey Songs written by Don Henley Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canadatopsingles Singlechart usages for Canadaadultcontemporary Singlechart usages for Germany Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary Singlechart usages for Billboardpopsongs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Italiano 日本 語 Norsk nynorsk Português Edit links This page was last edited on 6 July 2017, at 14 : 12. 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Question: who wrote get over it by the eagles
Answer: Don Henley