Eagles, so many great hits, a miracle we got to hear them really with all the tension they had in the 1970s, different personalities and the excesses that pressure and fame can bring brought conflict into the band.

They charted 22 singles in America, four consecutive No. 1 studio albums, their compilation album ‘Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)’ is the biggest selling album from the 20th century and many more honours.

Here are five Eagles songs that I enjoy listening to, maybe in the future I will add a few more, it is hard to decide what songs to use.

Certain Kind of Fool

‘Certain Kind of Fool’ was from the album ‘Desperado’, one of the strengths of the Eagles was that they had no shortage of choices for a lead singers, Randy Meisner was the lead singer for this song and really makes this song something.

It would have been interesting if this song was released as a single as it would have been very radio friendly, also interesting was the fact ‘Desperado’ wasn’t released as a single either.

A bit of trivia for you, the album front cover for Desperado is the only one to feature the members of the band, it was more common to see them on the singles.

Take It to the Limit

1976’s ‘Take it to The Limit’ was the first Eagles song not to have either Don Henley or Glenn Frey singing lead, it was Randy Meisner’s only Eagles A-side as lead and the last single that had Bernie Leadon playing on, he was later replaced by Joe Walsh.

The song is a minute longer on the album ‘One of These Nights’ than it is on the single and while the recorded version is great, the live version from 1977 is considered by some fans to be even better, Randy hitting the high notes was a crowd pleaser but Randy was concerned about not being able to hit the notes and became nervous when asked to perform the song, his reluctance to sing it caused tension in already tension filled band and he was out of the Eagles in September 1977 citing exhaustion.

Randy’s 1977 performance has even been analysed on YouTube giving music listeners more insight into his abilities.

Heartache Tonight

1979’s ‘Heartache Tonight’ was the band’s fifth and final No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 though ‘Love Will Keep Us Alive’ would top the Adult Contemporary chart in 1994.

Interesting that the song was released ahead of the album’s title ‘The Long Run’, that song is another good one.

The instruments really make this song work so well, the Don Felder and Joe Walsh guitar playing combination was really something.

Hole in the World

‘Hole in the World’ was written in response to the terror attacks in America on September 11, 2001, and the War in Iraq.

The song was on the compilation album ‘The Very Best Of’ and was released as a single in 2003, it peaked at No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100.

An online radio station in Australia chose to play this song when bushfires ravaged the Australian state of Victoria in February 2009, killing 173 people and injuring 414 others while burning 1.1 million acres of land.

Hotel California

‘Hotel California’ the single and the album was a smash hit with both hitting No. 1 in America, it was Top 10 in fourteen music markets are the world including the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart in 2016.

Written by Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey, the song taken shape from Don Felder’s recording of instrumentals and was offered to the latter two to fill in with lyrics.

What does the song mean? There are many interpretations by those who have looked hard into the meaning of the lyrics but according to Don Henley the song is about ‘a journey from innocence to experience’.

For many, the highlight of this song is the guitar playing by Don Felder and Joe Walsh particularly in just over the last two minutes of the song as you see in the video.