Sunset Grill (song)
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| Single by Don Henley | ||||
| from the album Building the Perfect Beast | ||||
| B-side | "Man with a Mission" | |||
| Released | August 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1983–1984 | |||
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| Label | Geffen | |||
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| "Sunset Grill" on YouTube | ||||
"Sunset Grill" is a song by American rock musician Don Henley from his second solo studio album Building the Perfect Beast (1984). The song peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart in January 1985.[1] Released as the fourth single from the album in August 1985, it peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1985.[2]
Patty Smyth of rock band Scandal sings harmony vocals on this song, while Welsh musician Pino Palladino plays fretless bass. Randy Newman and others arranged the synthesizers for the song.[3]
The title and lyrics of the song reference the Sunset Grill, a hamburger restaurant on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.[4]
Critical reception
Personnel
- Don Henley – lead vocals
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizers, E-mu Emulator
- Benmont Tench – synthesizers
- David Paich – acoustic piano solo
- Danny Kortchmar – guitars, guitar synthesizer solo, horns solo
- Pino Palladino – fretless bass
- Patty Smyth – harmony vocals
- Synthesizer arrangements by Michael Boddicker, Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Benmont Tench and Randy Newman.
- Horns arrangements by Jerry Hey
