For a Rocker
"For a Rocker" | ||||
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Single by Jackson Browne | ||||
from the album Lawyers in Love | ||||
Released | 1983 | |||
Recorded | 1982–1983 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 4:05 | |||
Label | Asylum | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jackson Browne | |||
Jackson Browne singles chronology | ||||
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"For a Rocker" is a 1983 single by Jackson Browne. It charted at #8 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The third single released from his seventh album, Lawyers in Love, it's also the eighth and last track on it. It peaked at #45 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]
The song was something of a departure for Browne, a straight-out uptempo party number: "I got a shirt so unbelievably bright, I'm gonna dig it out and wear it tonight." Rolling Stone commented on its apparent attempt to emulate Bruce Springsteen's work,[2] and indeed Browne used it to close out concerts in the arenas he was now playing. This song was written as a tribute to James Honeyman-Scott, the guitar player for the Pretenders, who had died of heart failure on June 16, 1982 at the age of 25. The reference to Peggy Sue is Jimmy's wife and Jenni is her sister.
Chart positions
Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 45 |
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Tracks | 8 |
References
- v
- t
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- Jackson Browne
- For Everyman
- Late for the Sky
- The Pretender
- Hold Out
- Lawyers in Love
- Lives in the Balance
- World in Motion
- I'm Alive
- Looking East
- The Naked Ride Home
- Time the Conqueror
- Standing in the Breach
- Downhill from Everywhere
- Running on Empty
- Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1
- Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2
- Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino
- The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne
- The Very Best of Jackson Browne
- "Doctor, My Eyes"
- "Rock Me on the Water"
- "Redneck Friend"
- "Take It Easy"
- "Walking Slow"
- "Fountain of Sorrow"
- "Here Come Those Tears Again"
- "The Pretender"
- "Running on Empty"
- "The Load-Out/Stay"
- "You Love the Thunder"
- "Boulevard"
- "That Girl Could Sing"
- "Hold On Hold Out"
- "Somebody's Baby"
- "Lawyers in Love"
- "Tender Is the Night"
- "For a Rocker"
- "You're a Friend of Mine"
- "For America"
- "In the Shape of a Heart"
- "Lives in the Balance"
- "I'm Alive"
- "Song for Adam"
- "The Birds of St. Marks"
- "Jamaica Say You Will"
- "These Days"
- "For Everyman"
- "Late for the Sky"
- Discography
- Groove Masters Studios
- Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne