Album · The Eagles
The Long Run by The Eagles
The Long Run is an album by The Eagles, released in 1979. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 158 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Long Run”, on 46 lists with a best position of #122.
The Long Run, the Eagles' sixth album, came out on Asylum in 1979 with Bill Szymczyk producing, and it was the first with bassist Timothy B. Schmit, who had stepped in for founding member Randy Meisner. Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Don Felder and Joe Walsh fill out the lineup, and the California polish is still there, only tougher and more rueful than before.
"Heartache Tonight" went to number one and won a Grammy, and "The Long Run" and "I Can't Tell You Why" were top-10 hits in North America too. In the US the album went 7 times platinum, with sales past eight million. It was also the end of the line: their last studio album for Asylum and the last of their original run, since the band broke up in 1980. The next one, Long Road Out of Eden, didn't arrive until 2007.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Long Run on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Long Run | 46 | #122 | – | 1982–2026 | |
| 2 | In The City | 44 | #119 | – | 1982–2026 | |
| 3 | Heartache Tonight | 47 | #177 | – | 1991–2026 | |
| 4 | Those Shoes | 19 | #103 | – | 1994–2025 | |
| 5 | I Can't Tell You Why | 2 | #498 | – | 2014–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.