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Recorded at Basing Street Studios, also Paranoid (Black Sabbath), Iron Man (Black Sabbath) and Black Dog (Led Zeppelin)
Released on Asylum Records, also Hotel California, Shape of You (Ed Sheeran) and Bad Habits (Ed Sheeran)
Written by Don Henley, also Hotel California, New Kid in Town and The Last Resort
Engineered by Glyn Johns, also Baba O’Riley (The Who), Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones) and Something (The Beatles)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
218 other songs on fono were recorded at Basing Street Studios, by Roxy Music and Brian Eno and others
Glyn Johns produced 240 songs on fono
Glyn Johns engineered 231 songs on fono
Glyn Johns’s most frequent co-producer is The Who (24 songs together)
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Don Henley and Glenn Frey
- Produced by
- Glyn Johns
- Performed by
- Bernie Leadon, Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner
- Engineered by
- Glyn Johns and Howard Kilgour
- Part of
- Desperado
- Recorded at
- Basing Street Studios
- Released on
- Asylum Records
- Written by
- Don Henley and Glenn Frey
- Produced by
- Glyn Johns
- Performed by
- Bernie Leadon, Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner
- Engineered by
- Glyn Johns and Howard Kilgour
- Part of
- Desperado
- Recorded at
- Basing Street Studios
- Released on
- Asylum Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Don Henley
Same engineer: Glyn Johns
Same studio: Basing Street Studios
Same release: Desperado
Same writer: Don Henley
Same engineer: Glyn Johns
Same producer: Glyn Johns
Same studio: Basing Street Studios
Elsewhere
Sources (13)
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1MusicBrainz Desperado was performed by Bernie Leadon
Desperado was performed by Bernie Leadon
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Desperado was performed by Don Henley
3MusicBrainz Desperado was performed by Glenn Frey
4MusicBrainz Desperado was performed by Randy Meisner
Desperado was performed by Randy Meisner
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Desperado was produced by Glyn Johns
6MusicBrainz Desperado was written by Don Henley
7MusicBrainz Desperado was written by Glenn Frey
8MusicBrainz Desperado is part of the release Desperado
Desperado is part of the release Desperado
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Desperado was recorded at Basing Street Studios
Desperado was recorded at Basing Street Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Asylum Records is the label of the song Desperado
Asylum Records is the label of the song Desperado
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Desperado was engineered by Glyn Johns
12MusicBrainz Desperado was engineered by Howard Kilgour
Desperado was engineered by Howard Kilgour
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Desperado was released on 1973-04-17