“Last Worthless Evening” by Don Henley

Don Henley's "The Last Worthless Evening" came out on Geffen as a single in 1989, following the title track of The End of the Innocence, his third album, and it's where that record lets its guard down. Henley wrote it with John Corey and Stan Lynch.

The critics heard the heart in it. The Los Angeles Times took it as a romantic plea to leave the pain of past relationships behind, and The Washington Post called it an "intriguing" and "hard-edged love ballad." It reached 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, Henley sang it on Saturday Night Live on October 28, 1989, and in 2023 Yardbarker cited it as one reason the album ranked among the 25 best solo records by a former member of a famous band.

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