For a Rocker

"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
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	45
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Tracks	8

References

^ Billboard.com Jackson Browne Chart History. Accessed July 11, 2012.
^ Christopher Connelly, "Lawyers in Love"^{[dead link]}, September 29, 1983.

v t e Jackson Browne
Studio albums	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
Live albums	Running on Empty Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino
Compilations	The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne The Very Best of Jackson Browne
Singles	"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"
Other songs	"Song for Adam" "The Birds of St. Marks" "Jamaica Say You Will" "These Days" "For Everyman" "Late for the Sky"
Related articles	Discography Groove Masters Studios Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne

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