"Busy Being Fabulous" is the second single by the American

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from their 2007 album ''

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''. Released in January 2008, it is their third Top 40 hit on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts.

Song

The song features Don Henley on lead vocals, and lyrically describes a strained love life between a frustrated male and a female who spends far too much time trying to climb the social ladder, hence the lyric "You were just too busy being fabulous/Too busy to think about us".

Video

The video for the song was released to

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in early February, and features the band performing the song at a party in suits. Interspersed with the performance is the story of the song as it happens, featuring the band playing several different roles at once: * Timothy B. Schmit as a waiter *

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/ security guard. His sidekick is a monkey. * Don Henley as a party goer. The video also marks the first time

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has appeared in any Eagles video. The band's backup drummer, Scott F. Crago, also appears in the band's party performance. And it is also the band's last music video to feature their founding member

before his death in January 2016.

Chart performance

"Busy Being Fabulous" entered the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts at number 48 on the chart week of February 9, 2008. It reached a peak of number 28 on the week of March 22 before falling the next week.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

"Busy Being Fabulous"
official music video on

{{authority control 2008 singles Eagles (band) songs Songs written by Don Henley Songs written by Glenn Frey Lost Highway Records singles 2007 songs