“Lyin' Eyes” by The Eagles

"Lyin' Eyes" was born over drinks at Dan Tana's, Glenn Frey and Don Henley's favorite Los Angeles hangout, when talk turned to beautiful women cheating on their husbands and a young woman came in with a much older, well-heeled man. Frey cracked that her eyes gave her away, and the Eagles had their title. Henley says Frey did most of the writing, with Henley chipping in on verses and music, while the two were sharing a house in Trousdale, Beverly Hills.

It's an unhurried country-rock story song, Frey singing lead over his own acoustic guitar and Don Felder's, Bernie Leadon's mandolin and Jim Ed Norman's piano, with Bill Szymczyk producing. The second single from One of These Nights, it reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 and won the band a Grammy for pop vocal performance by a group, along with a Record of the Year nomination.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.