"The Eagle" is a song written by Mack Vickery, Hank Cochran and

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, and recorded by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. It was released in February 1991 as the third single and title track from the 1990 album '' The Eagle''. The song reached #22 on the ''

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chart, Jennings's last Top 40 hit. It was covered by Jamey Johnson and

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for Johnson's album '' Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran''.

Chart performance

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1990 songs 1991 singles Waylon Jennings songs Jamey Johnson songs George Strait songs Songs written by Hank Cochran Songs written by Mack Vickery Songs written by Red Lane Song recordings produced by Bob Montgomery (songwriter) Epic Records singles {{1990-country-song-stub