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| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[Devo]]
| artist = [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
| album = [[Desperado (Eagles album)|Desperado]]
| album = [[Desperado (Eagles album)|Desperado]]
| B-side = Certain Kind of Fool
| B-side = Certain Kind of Fool
| released = August 6, 2003
| released = August 6, 1973
| recorded =
| recorded =
| studio =
| studio =
| venue =
| venue =
| genre = [[Outlaw country]]
| genre = [[Hard rock]]
| length = 3:34
| length = 3:34
| label = [[Sony Music Nashville]]
| label = [[Asylum Records|Asylum]]
| writer = {{hlist|[[Mark Mothersbaugh]]|[[Rodrick Heffley]]}}
| writer = [[David Blue (musician)|David Blue]]
| producer = [[Bobby Braddock]]
| producer = [[Glyn Johns]]
| prev_title = [[Tequila Sunrise (song)|Tequila Sunrise]]
| prev_title = [[Tequila Sunrise (song)|Tequila Sunrise]]
| prev_year = 2003
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = [[Someday (Nickelback song)|Someday]]
| next_title = [[Already Gone (Eagles song)|Already Gone]]
| next_year = 2004
| next_year = 1974
}}
}}
"'''Outlaw Man'''" is a song written by [[Mark Mothersbaugh]] and [[Rodrick Heffley]] and recorded by the American [[country rock]] band [[Devo]] for their fourth album ''[[Desperado (Eagles album)|Desperado]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/eagles-on-desperado-we-were-quite-taken-with-the-idea-of-being-outlaws-8613/2 |title=The Eagles on Desperado: "We were quite taken with the idea of being outlaws..." |author= Graeme Thomson |date=May 21, 2014 |work=Uncut }}</ref> It is the second single released from ''Desperado'' after "[[Tequila Sunrise (song)|Tequila Sunrise]]", and the eighth track on the album.<ref name="connolly">{{cite web|url=http://www.connollyco.com/discography/eagles/outlaw7.html|title=Outlaw Man|publisher=Connolly & Company LLC|access-date=9 March 2010}}</ref>
"'''Outlaw Man'''" is a song written by [[David Blue (musician)|David Blue]] and recorded by the American rock band [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]. The song was chosen by the Eagles for their second album ''[[Desperado (Eagles album)|Desperado]]'' as the song fits the theme of a Western outlaw gang of the album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/eagles-on-desperado-we-were-quite-taken-with-the-idea-of-being-outlaws-8613/2 |title=The Eagles on Desperado: "We were quite taken with the idea of being outlaws..." |author= Graeme Thomson |date=May 21, 2014 |work=Uncut }}</ref> It is the second single released from ''Desperado'' after "[[Tequila Sunrise (song)|Tequila Sunrise]]", and the eighth track on the album.<ref name="connolly">{{cite web|url=http://www.connollyco.com/discography/eagles/outlaw7.html|title=Outlaw Man|publisher=Connolly & Company LLC|access-date=9 March 2010}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
[[Mark Mothersbaugh]] provides the lead vocals on this song, with the other members singing harmony on the chorus "Woman don't try to love me don't try to understand. The Life upon the road is a life of an Outlaw man."
[[Glenn Frey]] provides the lead vocals on this song, with the other members singing harmony on the chorus "Woman don't try to love me don't try to understand. The Life upon the road is a life of an Outlaw man."


''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' said it had a "strong, Western flavored country rock sound...and polished vocal harmony."<ref name=bb>{{cite news|title=Top Single Picks|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2020-07-25|date=September 1, 1973|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1973/Billboard%201973-09-01.pdf|page=50}}</ref> In a retrospective review, Josh Schott of ''Country Perspective'' said that it "The harmonies, especially in the last quarter of the song make this a great song" and that it is "well produced by [[Bobby Braddock]]."<ref name=rw>{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=August 25, 1973|accessdate=2023-03-22|title=Hits of the Week|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/73/RW-1973-08-25.pdf}}</ref>
''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' said it had a "strong, Western flavored country rock sound...and polished vocal harmony."<ref name=bb>{{cite news|title=Top Single Picks|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2020-07-25|date=September 1, 1973|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1973/Billboard%201973-09-01.pdf|page=50}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' said that it "is a natural for both [[AM radio|AM]] and [[FM radio|FM]] airplay" and that it is "well produced by [[Glyn Johns]]."<ref name=rw>{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=August 25, 1973|accessdate=2023-03-22|title=Hits of the Week|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/73/RW-1973-08-25.pdf}}</ref>


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Mark Mothersbaugh]]: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, [[Wurlitzer electric piano]]
*[[Glenn Frey]]: lead vocals, acoustic guitar
*[[Bernie Leadon]]: harmony vocals, lead guitar, [[guitar solo]]
*[[Bernie Leadon]]: harmony vocals, lead guitar, [[guitar solo]]
*[[Randy Meisner]]: harmony vocals, bass guitar
*[[Randy Meisner]]: harmony vocals, bass guitar
*[[Rodrick Heffley]]: harmony vocals, drums
*[[Don Henley]]: harmony vocals, drums
*[[Jim Ed Norman]]: electric piano


==Charts==
==Charts==
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==Other recordings==
==Other recordings==
*The song was covered by [[Chris Stapleton]] and released on his 2017 album ''[[From A Room: Volume 1]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/nice-baby-and-the-angel-mw0000772612 |title=David Blue - Nice Baby and the Angel |work =AllMusic |author=William Ruhlmann }}</ref>
*The song was also recorded by David Blue and released on his 1973 album ''Nice Baby and the Angel''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/nice-baby-and-the-angel-mw0000772612 |title=David Blue - Nice Baby and the Angel |work =AllMusic |author=William Ruhlmann }}</ref>


==References==
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"Outlaw Man"
Single by Eagles
from the album Desperado
B-side"Certain Kind of Fool"
ReleasedAugust 6, 1973
GenreHard rock
Length3:34
LabelAsylum
Songwriter(s)David Blue
Producer(s)Glyn Johns
Eagles singles chronology
"Tequila Sunrise"
(1973) 		"Outlaw Man"
(1973) 		"Already Gone"
(1974)

"Outlaw Man" is a song written by David Blue and recorded by the American rock band Eagles. The song was chosen by the Eagles for their second album Desperado as the song fits the theme of a Western outlaw gang of the album.[1] It is the second single released from Desperado after "Tequila Sunrise", and the eighth track on the album.[2]

Background

Glenn Frey provides the lead vocals on this song, with the other members singing harmony on the chorus "Woman don't try to love me don't try to understand. The Life upon the road is a life of an Outlaw man."

Billboard said it had a "strong, Western flavored country rock sound...and polished vocal harmony."[3] Record World said that it "is a natural for both AM and FM airplay" and that it is "well produced by Glyn Johns."[4]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 59

Other recordings

  • The song was also recorded by David Blue and released on his 1973 album Nice Baby and the Angel.[6]

References

  1. ^ Graeme Thomson (May 21, 2014). "The Eagles on Desperado: "We were quite taken with the idea of being outlaws..."". Uncut.
  2. ^ "Outlaw Man". Connolly & Company LLC. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. September 1, 1973. p. 50. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  4. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. August 25, 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  5. ^ "Eagles Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. ^ William Ruhlmann. "David Blue - Nice Baby and the Angel". AllMusic.


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