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Written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley, this song was inspired by the soul music Frey was listening to when he started writing it on the piano. Artists like B.B. King and Al Green were a big influence on many songs on the album.
In a 1975 interview with Phonograph Record, Frey explained: "It's like, puttin' things off… Everybody I'm sure has said, 'One of these nights I'm gonna…' Gonna drive back to that restaurant an' take that waitress in my arms, whatever. Find that girl, make that money, buy that house. Move to that country. Any of that stuff. Everyone's got his ultimate dream, savin' it for 'someday.' And 'someday' is up to you."
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he song became their second single to top the US Billboard Hot 100 at #9 in 1975.
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