"The Long Run" | ||||
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Single by Eagles | ||||
from the album The Long Run | ||||
B-side | "The Disco Strangler" | |||
Released | November 27, 1979 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:42 | |||
Label | Asylum | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Bill Szymczyk | |||
Eagles singles chronology | ||||
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"The Long Run" is a song written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey and recorded by the Eagles. The sound of the song is viewed as a tribute to the Stax / Memphis rhythm and blues sound.[2] It was the title track of their album The Long Run and was released as a single in November 1979. It reached No. 8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in early 1980.[3] It was the second of three singles released from The Long Run album, preceded by "Heartache Tonight," which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1979, and followed by "I Can't Tell You Why," which also reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, in the spring of 1980.[3]