New Kid in Town

"New Kid In Town"
Eagles in 1976 (l-r): Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Don Felder, Don Henley.
Single by Eagles
from the album Hotel California
B-side	"Victim Of Love"
Released	December 7, 1976
Format	7"
Genre	Rock, Country rock
Length	5:03
Label	Asylum
Writer(s)	Don Henley, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther
Producer	Bill Szymczyk
Eagles singles chronology
"Take It to the Limit" (1975) "New Kid In Town" (1976) "Hotel California" (1977)

"New Kid In Town", written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther, is a song by the Eagles, from their 1976 album Hotel California. Released as the first single from the album, the song became a #1 hit in the USA, and #20 in the UK. The single version has an earlier fade-out than the album version does. On 26 February 1977, it reached the Billboard #1. The song features Glenn Frey singing the lead vocals, with Don Henley singing main harmony vocals. Randy Meisner plays the guitarrón mexicano, and Joe Walsh plays the electric piano and organ parts^[1].

In 1977, the Eagles won a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement for Voices with "New Kid In Town".

On Henley's first solo album, I Can't Stand Still, he references the song by singing the line, "there's a new kid in town" over the rideout of Johnny Can't Read.

Covers

• United States country singer Trisha Yearwood covered the song on the 1993 album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles.
• Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson covered the song on her 2006 album I dag & i morgon.

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