# In 1975, the Eagles recorded a song nobody else wanted. It was supposed to keep the band together

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-1975-the-eagles-recorded-a-song-nobody-else-wanted-it-was-supposed-to-keep-the-band-together/
- Published: 2026-11-01T16:43:20+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-01T17:23:41+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1975-the-eagles-recorded-a-song-nobody-else-wanted/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- The Eagles kept a song they disliked to try to preserve the band.
- Bernie Leadon co-wrote ‘I Wish You Peace’ with Patti Davis.
- The track appeared on 1975’s *One of These Nights*.

## Summary

The Eagles included Bernie Leadon’s song ‘I Wish You Peace’ on their 1975 album *One of These Nights*, even though the other band members thought it fell short of their standards. Don Henley later said it was kept as a gesture intended to help hold the increasingly tense group together. The story illustrates how disagreements over songwriting reflected a broader struggle for influence within the band.

Leadon had helped shape the Eagles’ country rock sound, but Glenn Frey and Henley were taking on most of the songwriting, leaving Leadon to fight for space on the records. ‘I Wish You Peace’ was co-written with Leadon’s girlfriend Patti Davis, daughter of future US President Ronald Reagan, and appeared as the album’s final track. Leadon also contributed ‘Journey of the Sorcerer’, a six-minute instrumental featuring banjo, fiddle and orchestral arrangement.

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