| "For a Rocker" | ||||
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| Single byJackson Browne | ||||
| from the albumLawyers in Love | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1982–1983 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:05 | |||
| Label | Asylum | |||
| Songwriter | Jackson Browne | |||
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"For a Rocker" is a 1983 single byJackson Browne. It charted at #8 on theMainstream 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 theBillboardHot 100.[1]
The song was something of a departure for Browne, a straight-out uptempo party number: "I got a shirt sounbelievably bright, I'm gonna dig it out and wear it tonight."Rolling Stone commented on its apparent attempt to emulateBruce Springsteen's work,[2] and indeed Browne used it to close out concerts in thearenas he was now playing. This song was written as a tribute toJames Honeyman-Scott, the guitar player for thePretenders, 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 (1983) | Peak position |
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| U.S.Billboard Hot 100 | 45 |
| U.S.BillboardTop Rock Tracks | 8 |
