Back in the U.S.A. Phil Chess and the song was released as Chess single 1729. Alan Dale issued the song in Australia on Colombia in 1959 as a single along with a version of Bo Didley's "Crackin' Up"(45-DO-4086). Ronstadt had heard the Berry original while being driven around Los Angeles by Eagles member Glenn Frey who had once been in her band, the track being on a home-made cassette Frey had playing in his tape deck. Ronstadt recalls that she'd been reminding Frey "how we used to sit around the Troubadour bar and go: 'Oh it's so horrible and I can't get a record
The Heat Is On (Glenn Frey song) by session horn player David Woodford) and Frey's long-time drummer, Michael Huey. The recording subsequently appeared on Frey's albums "Glenn Frey Live" (1993) and "Solo Collection" (1995) as well as on some various-artists "top hits" collections. The Heat Is On (Glenn Frey song) "The Heat Is On" is a song written by Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey, and recorded by Glenn Frey for the American film "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984). The song was published as a single and as the sixth track of the album "Beverly Hills Cop: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack" (1984). According to Frey, he was