It reached No. Billboard ranked it as the No. Meisner, who sang lead on it, says the song began as his solo composition. 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'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. Forgot your password?

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Eagles notched a third consecutive Top 5 hit from One of These Nights , then watched as "Take It to the Limit" tore apart their original lineup. Singer Randy Meisner began the tune as he usually did, scribbling out a few lines after an Eagles performance at the Troubadour. Glenn Frey and Don Henley then joined the collaborative process. Then something unusual happened: "Take It to the Limit" became the first Eagles single not to feature either Frey or Henley singing lead. Unfortunately, it also became the only one to showcase Meisner. To some degree, the song was a victim of its own success: "Take It to the Limit" had quickly become a concert favorite, with fans keying on Meisner's soaring vocal. But Meisner's relationship with the song was changing, and he'd begun to dread the moment when he was meant to shine.
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It reached No. Billboard ranked it as the No. Meisner, who sang lead on it, says the song began as his solo composition. 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'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. According 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. 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. And just to take it to the limit one more time, like every day just keep, you know, punching away at it That was the line, and from there the song took a different course.
Randy Meisner should have felt like he was on top of the world in Their LP Hotel California sold by the millions and they spent the following year headlining arenas and stadiums all across the world. But Meisner was absolutely miserable. As a naturally shy and humble guy, he had difficulty dealing with the increasingly overbearing personalities of Don Henley and Glenn Frey. A little more than two months later, the tour arrived at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum in Tennessee. Still, we all sounded great onstage, the audience loved the show and we were being called back for another encore. I was too sick, and generally fed up.