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<p><span style="color: rgb(90, 90, 90);">"Desperado," written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley, was one of the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.wideopencountry.com/the-10-best-eagles-songs-ranked/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 123, 149); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>Eagles</strong>'</a><span style="color: rgb(90, 90, 90);">&nbsp;greatest hits and was the title track of their 1973 album. The 'Desperado' lyrics suggest the song is about a lonely cowboy who refuses to fall in love, but some say the song is about a young man who finds a guitar and joins a band.When approaching&nbsp;</span><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eagles-desperado/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 123, 149);"><strong><em>Desperado</em>,</strong></a><span style="color: rgb(90, 90, 90);">&nbsp;the pressure was on to create a project just as successful as its predecessor. The band decided to make a concept record loosely built around the idea of&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.wideopencountry.com/cowboy-songs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 123, 149);"><strong>cowboys</strong></a><span style="color: rgb(90, 90, 90);">, outlaws, and the wild west -- specifically the Dalton Gang, a group of outlaws led by three brothers from the 19th century. With songs like "Doolin-Dalton" and "Tequila Sunrise," the album was chock-full of moody murder ballads and slow country songs.</span></p>