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“Take It to the Limit” is a song by the Eagles from their fourth album, One of These Nights, and was written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and bassist Randy Meisner. The third single from the album, it was released on November 15, 1975 and went to #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was also the Eagles’ greatest success to that point in the U.K., with the single going to #12 on the charts. “Take It to the Limit” was sung by bassist Randy Meisner. It is a slow ballad about lost love and loneliness. It was the first and only A-side of a single on which he sang lead. It was also the first time neither Don Henley nor Glenn Frey sang lead on the A-side of a single, and also the first A-side of a single to be the same length as the album version since “James Dean.“ Meisner left... Read on...