“Take It Easy” was The Eagles’ first hit. It reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed on the chart for 11 weeks. The track appeared on the album Eagles.

When the Eagles were in the studio recording their 1972 debut album, the band’s friend Jackson Browne helped co-write two songs, including the opening “Take It Easy,” with Glenn Frey.At the ...

Though, it wasn’t just his solo music that did so, as he also partially wrote and gifted the Eagles their classic song, “Take It Easy.” Videos by American Songwriter.