One of These Nights
by Eagles
- 112
- BPM
- G major
- Key
- 9B
- Camelot
- 66
- Danceability
- 7
- Acousticness
The Eagles cut the basic track for "One of These Nights" in December at Criteria Studios in Miami. They took it to Los Angeles to add the drone guitars and Don Felder's solo, then returned to Miami in March for the vocals. They shared the studio with the Bee Gees during the album sessions, and Don Henley said the four-on-the-floor bass drum pattern was a nod to disco. Felder wrote the opening bass riff and taught it to Randy Meisner.
Henley and Frey wanted to get away from the ballad syndrome. Henley said that with Felder in the band they could really rock. Frey wanted a track with a lot of teeth and a lot of bite, and he had been listening to the Spinners and Al Green. At the piano he started a minor descending progression. Henley came over and said, "One of these nights."
Frey said the song is about putting things off. He called it his favorite Eagles record, picking it over "Hotel California" and "Take It Easy". Released in 1975 as the title track of the album, it was shorter as a single and became their second number one on the Billboard Hot 100 after "Best of My Love". Henley sang lead on the verses, with Meisner on high harmony. The B-side, "Visions", has Felder on lead vocals, the only Eagles song to do so.
One of These Nights runs at 112 BPM, the tempo of pop, funk and disco-leaning dance. In classical terms it sits in moderato territory. A bar of 4/4 lasts 2.14 seconds, and a quarter-note delay is 536 ms. It is in G major, Camelot 9B, which shares its notes with E minor and mixes cleanly with C major and D major.
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