# The best Eagles songs

From Take It Easy to Hotel California: the Eagles' greatest songs, ranked by critics and readers.

- 203 votes · 16 items
- Jan 6, 2024 · Holly King
- https://even.best/en/l/3295/the-best-eagles-songs

## Top 16

1. **Hotel California** (20 · ▲21 ▼1) — 1976. The famous guitar duel; their number one.
2. **Desperado** (14 · ▲15 ▼1) — 1973. Never a single, yet a fan favourite.
3. **Life in the Fast Lane** (14 · ▲15 ▼1) — 1976. Joe Walsh's riff and seventies excess.
4. **Best of My Love** (14 · ▲14 ▼0) — 1974. Their first US number one.
5. **Lyin' Eyes** (13 · ▲14 ▼1) — 1975. A country story about an unhappy marriage.
6. **I Can't Tell You Why** (12 · ▲13 ▼1) — 1979. Timothy B. Schmit's soft ballad.
7. **Take It Easy** (8 · ▲13 ▼5) — 1972. The debut single, written with Jackson Browne.
8. **Peaceful Easy Feeling** (8 · ▲11 ▼3) — 1972. Pure country rock.
9. **One of These Nights** (6 · ▲10 ▼4) — 1975. Soul and falsetto.
10. **Witchy Woman** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — 1972. Mysterious and dark.
11. **New Kid in Town** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — 1976. A Grammy-winning number one.
12. **The Last Resort** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — 1976. An environmental epic closing Hotel California.
13. **Take It to the Limit** (4 · ▲10 ▼6) — 1975. Randy Meisner's high notes.
14. **Already Gone** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — 1974. A rocking farewell.
15. **Tequila Sunrise** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — 1973. A laid-back hangover song.
16. **Heartache Tonight** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — 1979. Their last number one.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.