<P> On the meaning of the song, Meisner said in the documentary History of the Eagles: "The line' take it to the limit' was to keep trying before you reach a point in your life where you feel you've done everything and seen everything, sort of feeling, you know, part of getting old . And just to take it to the limit one more time, like every day just keep, you know, punching away at it...That was the line, and from there the song took a different course ." </P> <P> Meisner sings lead on "Take it to the Limit" and the song was released as the third single from the album One of These Nights . It is the first and only Eagles single where Meisner sings lead . </P> <P> "Take It to the Limit" is unique in the canon of the band's singles, being the sole A-side on which Randy Meisner sang lead, as well as the first A-side Eagles single on which neither Henley nor Frey sang lead . It was also the last Eagles single to feature founding member Bernie Leadon before he was replaced by guitarist Joe Walsh . The single version of the song is 3: 48 in length, almost a minute shorter than the album version . "Take It to the Limit" is one of few Eagles' tracks written in waltz time . (Other notable waltzes performed by the Eagles are "Hollywood Waltz"; the Meisner / Henley / Frey waltz "Saturday Night" (co-written with Leadon) from the 1973 Desperado album; Frey's "Most of Us are Sad" from their self - titled debut album; Frey / Henley / JD Souther's hard - rocking "Teenage Jail" from 1979's "The Long Run" album; and Walsh's "Pretty Maids All in a Row" on the 1976 album Hotel California .) </P> <P> A live performance by Meisner from 1976, recorded at The Forum, Inglewood, California, is included in the album Eagles Live, which was released in 1980 after the band had effectively broken up . </P>

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