<P> The mid-to - up - tempo recording featured a steady drumbeat, synthesizer, and guitar, with a repeated saxophone riff framing the lyrical message . The guitar solo is played by Frey himself . </P> <P> The song became a major hit single, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1985, behind "Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon . It was also popular internationally, reaching No. 2 on the Australian Singles Chart in 1985 and gaining peaks of No. 8 on the Canadian Singles Chart and No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart . In the United States, it is the highest charting solo single by any member of the Eagles . </P> <P> The music video for the song received heavy MTV airplay . It showed a film editor assembling scenes for Beverly Hills Cop while Frey and a band played the song in the adjacent room, with action scenes from the movie then directly interspersed . Among the musicians shown in the video is saxophone player Beverly Dahlke - Smith (the actual recording being made by session horn player David Woodford) and Frey's long - time drummer, Michael Huey . </P> <P> The recording subsequently appeared on Frey's albums Glenn Frey Live (1993) and Solo Collection (1995) as well as on some various - artists "top hits" collections . </P>

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