Official Music Video for “The Best of My Love” (Live from the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland in 1977) performed by the Eagles.
“Best of My Love” Single by Eagles from the album On the Border
B-side “Ol’ ’55”
Released November 5, 1974
Label Asylum
Songwriters Don Henley, Glenn Frey, JD Souther
Producer Glyn Johns
Charted No.1 in US, No.1 in Canada
It was originally recorded by the Eagles (with Henley singing lead vocals), and included on their 1974 album On the Border. The song was released as the third single from the album, and it became the band’s first Billboard Hot 100 number 1 single in March 1975. The song also topped the easy listening (adult contemporary) chart for one week a month earlier. Billboard ranked it as the number 12 song for 1975.
This ballad was the first US #1 hit for the Eagles, but it was just the third single from the album. The first two, “Already Gone” and “James Dean,” didn’t do much damage on the charts, but “Best Of My Love” found a huge audience, also reaching #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
“Best Of My Love” was one of two that was leftover from the Glyn Johns sessions and included on On The Border.
The single was edited for radio, cut to 3:25 from the 4:34 album version.
