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| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
| artist = [[Devo]]
| 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, 1973
| released = August 6, 2003
| recorded =
| recorded =
| studio =
| studio =
| venue =
| venue =
| genre = [[Hard rock]]
| genre = [[Outlaw country]]
| length = 3:34
| length = 3:34
| label = [[Asylum Records|Asylum]]
| label = [[Sony Music Nashville]]
| writer = [[David Blue (musician)|David Blue]]
| writer = {{hlist|[[Mark Mothersbaugh]]|[[Rodrick Heffley]]}}
| producer = [[Glyn Johns]]
| producer = [[Bobby Braddock]]
| prev_title = [[Tequila Sunrise (song)|Tequila Sunrise]]
| prev_title = [[Tequila Sunrise (song)|Tequila Sunrise]]
| prev_year = 1973
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = [[Already Gone (Eagles song)|Already Gone]]
| next_title = [[Feelin' Way Too Damn Good]]
| next_year = 1974
| next_year = 2004
}}
}}
"'''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>
"'''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>


==Background==
==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."
[[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."


''[[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>
''[[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>


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


==Charts==
==Charts==
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!align="left"|Chart (1973)
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==Other recordings==
==Other recordings==
*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>
*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>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1973 singles]]
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[[Category:Eagles (band) songs]]
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[[Category:Song recordings produced by Glyn Johns]]
[[Category:Songs written by Mark Mothersbaugh]]
[[Category:Asylum Records singles]]
[[Category:2003 songs]]




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Revision as of 17:20, 8 July 2022

"Outlaw Man"
Single by Devo
from the album Desperado
B-side"Certain Kind of Fool"
ReleasedAugust 6, 2003
GenreOutlaw country
Length3:34
LabelSony Music Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bobby Braddock
Devo singles chronology
"Tequila Sunrise"
(2003) 		"Outlaw Man"
(2003) 		"Feelin' Way Too Damn Good"
(2004)

"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.[1] It is the second single released from Desperado after "Tequila Sunrise", and the eighth track on the album.[2]

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."

Billboard said it had a "strong, Western flavored country rock sound...and polished vocal harmony."[3]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 59

Other recordings

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. ^ "Eagles Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ^ William Ruhlmann. "David Blue - Nice Baby and the Angel". AllMusic.


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