That was the line, and from there the song took a different course." Recordings And just to take it to the limit one more time, like every day just keep, you know, punching away at it. On the meaning of the song, Meisner said in the documentary History of the Eagles: "The line 'take it to the limit' was to keep trying before you reach a point in your life where you feel you've done everything and seen everything, sort of feeling, you know, part of getting old. Meisner later said of how he would usually write songs with the Eagles: "I'd get a verse or two, and I'm done, and they would help fill in the blanks." Meisner's performance of the song was popular with the audience in Eagles concerts, but disputes over his reluctance to perform it would also directly lead to Meisner's departure from the band.Īccording to Meisner, he wrote the first few lines of the song one night while playing an acoustic guitar after returning from the Troubadour however he was not able to finish the song by the time they were close to recording it, and Frey and Henley then helped him with the lyrics. As it remained unfinished when time came for the One of These Nights album to be recorded, Henley and Frey assisted Meisner in completing it. Meisner, who sang lead on it, says the song began as his solo composition. The song was written mostly by Eagles members Randy Meisner, Don Henley and Glenn Frey. Billboard Hot 100 and was also the Eagles' greatest success to that point in the UK, going to No. " Take It to the Limit" is a song by the Eagles from their fourth album One of These Nights from which it was issued as the third single on November 15, 1975.
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