ONE OF THESE NIGHTS
THE EAGLES
SONGWRITERS: DON HENLEY y
GLENN FREY
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: ONE OF THIS NIGHTS
LABEL: ASYLUM
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1975
The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971.
With five number-one singles and six number-one albums, six Grammy Awards and five American
Music Awards, the Eagles were one of the most
successful musical acts of the 1970s in North America. Founding members Glenn Frey(guitars,
vocals), Don Henley(drums,
vocals), Bernie Leadon (guitars, vocals), and Randy Meisner(bass
guitar, vocals) were recruited by Linda Ronstadt as band members, some touring with her, and all playing on her third solo
album, before venturing out on their own on David Geffen's new Asylum Records label.
Their debut album, Eagles(1972),
spawned two top-20 singles in the US and Canada: "Take It Easy"
and "Witchy Woman".
The next year's follow-up album, Desperado,
peaked at only number 41 in the US, although the song "Desperado"
became a popular track. In 1974, guitarist Don Felder joined, and On the Border produced the top-40 hit "Already Gone"
and the Eagles' first number-one song in the US and Canada, "Best of My
Love", which made the top 15 in Australia,
their first hit overseas. In 1975, the album One of These
Nights became their first number-one album
in the US and a top-10 album in many countries. It included the US number-one
hit "One of These
Nights", which was their first top-10 hit
outside of North America, and US top-five songs "Lyin' Eyes"
and "Take It to
the Limit". Also in 1975, guitarist and vocalist Joe Walsh replaced
Leadon.
Their
Greatest Hits (1971–1975)(1976) is the best-selling album in the United States,
with 38million sold, and primed the public for the late 1976 release of Hotel
California, which would sell more than 26million
copies in the US (ranking 3rd all-time for US sales), and more than 32million
copies worldwide. The album yielded two number-one singles in the US and
Canada, "New Kid in Town"
and "Hotel California",
the latter of which became their only top-10 hit in the United Kingdom, while
also reaching the top 10 in New Zealand and many European countries, including
number two in France.
One of These Nights is the fourth studio
album by the Eagles,
released in 1975. In July that year, the record became the Eagles' first number
one album on Billboard's album chart, yielding three Top 10 singles: "One of These
Nights", "Lyin' Eyes"
and "Take It to
the Limit". Its title song is the group's second
number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. The
album sold four million copies and was nominated for Grammy Album
of the Year. A single from the album,
"Lyin' Eyes", was also nominated for Record of the
Year, and won the Eagles' first Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
One of These Nights is the last Eagles album
to feature guitarist Bernie Leadon, who
left the band after the One of These Nights tour and was replaced by Joe Walsh. The
seventh track, "Visions", is the only Eagles song on which lead
guitarist Don Felder sang the
lead vocals, despite his desire to write and sing more songs. The album was the
band's commercial breakthrough, transforming them into international
superstars. They went on a worldwide tour to promote the album.
One of these nights
One of these crazy old nights
We're gonna find out, pretty mama
What turns on your lights
The full Moon is calling, the fever is high
And the wicked wind whispers and moans
You got your demons
And you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own
Oh, someone to be kind to in between the dark and the light
Oh, coming right behind you, swear I'm gonna find you
One of these nights
One of these dreams
One of these lost and lonely dreams, now
We're gonna find one
Oh, one that really screams
I've been searching for the daughter of the devil himself
I've been searching for an angel in white
I've been waiting for a woman who's a little of both
And I can feel her but she's nowhere in sight
Oh, loneliness will blind you
In between the wrong and the right (woah, woah)
Oh, coming right behind you, swear I'm gonna find you
One of these nights
One of these nights
Hm, In between the dark and the light
Coming right behind you
Swear I'm gonna find you
Get ya baby one of these nights
One of these nights (woah, oh, woah, oh)
One of these nights
I can feel it
I can feel it
One of these nights
Coming right behind you
Swear I'm gonna find you now
One of these nights
And it gets so dark, so dark
In the cold and lonely
One of these nights
One of these crazy, crazy, crazy nights
One of these nights
Swear I'm gonna find you
Coming right behind you now
One of these nights
(Oooh)
One of these nights
Ah, and I wanna say ah!
One of these nights
Yes, ah, one of these one of these
One of these nights
Ah, coming right behind you
Swear I'm gonna find you
One of these nights
One of these nights
One of these crazy old nights
One of these nights.