| "Anchorage" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Michelle Shocked | |
| from the album Short Sharp Shocked | |
| A-side | Anchorage |
| B-side | Fogtown |
| Released | 1988 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 3:24 |
| Label | Mercury Records |
| Writer(s) | Michelle Shocked |
| Producer | Pete Anderson[1] |
"Anchorage" is a song by Michelle Shocked released as a single from her 1988 album Short Sharp Shocked. The song is about the narrator taking time out to write to an old friend, who has moved from Texas to Anchorage, and her friend's reply. She calls for Chel to "keep rocking in New York."[2]
The song's theme is about a young woman who has given up her freedom in exchange for a life in geographically remote Alaska. The song's protagonist is given no name, though her husband Leroy ("Le Roy" means "the king" in French), is mentioned repeatedly.