Tequila Sunrise (Eagles song)

"Tequila Sunrise"
Single by Eagles
from the album Desperado
B-side"Twenty-One"
ReleasedApril 17, 1973
GenreSoft rock,[1] country rock
Length2:52
LabelAsylum
Songwriter(s)Don Henley, Glenn Frey
Producer(s)Glyn Johns, Eagles
Eagles singles chronology
"Peaceful Easy Feeling"
(1972)
"Tequila Sunrise"
(1973)
"Outlaw Man"
(1973)

"Tequila Sunrise" is a song from 1973, written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey, and recorded by the Eagles. It was the first single from the band's second album, Desperado.[2] It peaked at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100.

A cover version was recorded by country music singer Alan Jackson on the 1993 tribute album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles. It reached number 64 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[3]

  1. ^ Horn, David; Shepherd, John, eds. (2012). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. Vol. 8 – Genres: North America. Continuum. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-4411-6078-2.
  2. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Desperado review". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs 1944–2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.