The famous song “Desperado” was written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey of the Eagles.

If you were instead asking about Rihanna’s track “Desperado” from her 2016 album Anti , that one was written by Mick Schultz, Krystin “Rook Monroe” Watkins, Rihanna, Iman Jordan, James Fauntleroy, and Derrus Rachel.