New Kid in Town

"New Kid in Town", written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther, is a song by the Eagles, from their 1976 album Hotel California. Released as the first single from the album, the song became a No. 1 hit in the USA, and No. 20 in the UK. The single version has an earlier fade-out than the album version. On 26 February 1977, it reached the Billboard No. 1. The song features Glenn Frey singing the lead vocals, with Don Henley singing main harmony vocals. Randy Meisner plays the guitarrón mexicano, and Joe Walsh plays the electric piano and organ parts.[1]

Eagles' biographer Marc Eliot states that "New Kid in Town" captures "a precise and spectacular moment immediately familiar to any gut who's ever felt the pain, jealousy, insecurity, rage and heartbreak of the moment he discovers his girlfriend likes someone better and has moves on."[2]  He also suggests that it captures a more abstract theme of "the fickle nature of both the muse and the masses."[2]

In the liner notes of The Very Best Of, Don Henley talked about the song's meaning: In 1977, the Eagles won a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement for Voices with "New Kid in Town".[4]

On Henley's first solo album, I Can't Stand Still, he references the song by singing the line, "there's a new kid in town" over the rideout of "Johnny Can't Read".



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 * 2 Chart performance
 * 3 Covers
 * 4 References
 * 5 External links
 * Glenn Frey: Lead vocals, acoustic guitar
 * Don Henley: Drums, percussion, backing vocals
 * Don Felder: Lead guitar
 * Joe Walsh: Electric piano, organ
 * Randy Meisner: Guitarrone, backing vocals
 * United States country singer Trisha Yearwood covered the song on the 1993 album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles.
 * Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson covered the song on her 2006 album I dag & i morgon.
 * Finnish group Cumulus covered the song in 1977 with the Swedish title "En främling i stan" (A stranger in town)