| Sunset Grill | |
| Cover: | Don-Henley-Sunset-Grill.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Don Henley |
| Album: | Building the Perfect Beast |
| B-Side: | Man with a Mission |
| Released: | August 1985 |
| Recorded: | 1983–1984 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 6:29 (album version) 4:26 (radio edit) |
| Label: | Geffen |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | Not Enough Love in the World |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | The End of the Innocence |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
"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 sings harmony vocals on this song, while Pino Palladino plays fretless bass. Randy Newman arranged the synthesizer programming 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]
Billboard said that the "deliberate rock beat and dense synths build an effective mood of aimless discontent."[5] Cashbox said that "this melancholy and dynamic track is orchestrated beautifully and Henley's vocals are right on."[6]
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian (Kent Music Report) | 98[7] |
| Canada RPM Top Singles | 52 |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 22 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Rock Tracks | 7 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [8] | 20 |