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New Kid in Town is een nummer van de Eagles uit 1976. Het is de eerste single van hun vijfde studioalbum Hotel California.

New Kid In Town is een metafoor voor de harde wereld van de muziekindustrie: je bent maar even die nieuwe, frisse band met een unieke sound. Het nummer werd een nummer 1-hit in de Amerikaanse Billboard Hot 100. In de Nederlandse Top 40 schopte het nummer het tot nummer 8, en in de Vlaamse Radio 2 Top 30 tot nummer 19.

"New Kid in Town" is a song by the Eagles from their fifth studio album Hotel California (1976). It was written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and JD Souther. Released as the first single from the album, the song reached number one in the U.S. and number 20 in the UK. The single version has an earlier fade-out than the album version. Frey sings the lead vocals and plays acoustic guitar, with Henley providing the main harmony vocals and drums, Randy Meisner plays the guitarrón mexicano, which is a Mexican acoustic bass normally played in mariachi bands, Don Felder plays all the electric guitars, and Joe Walsh plays the electric piano and organ parts. The song won the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices.