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“Take It to the Limit” is a song by the Eagles from their fourth album, One of These Nights, written by Randy Meisner, Don Henley and Glenn Frey. 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 UK, 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. The single version is 3:48 in length, close to one minute shorter than the album version. Meisner left the band after their Hotel... Read on...