For a Rocker

"For a Rocker" is a 1983 single by Jackson Browne. It charted at number eight 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.

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,^[1] 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 died of heart failure June 16 1982. The reference to Peggy Sue is Jimmy's wife and Jenny is her sister.

Chart positions

Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	45
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Tracks	8

References

^ Christopher Connelly, "Lawyers in Love", September 29, 1983.

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

Live albums	Running on Empty • Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 • Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 • Love is Strange

Compilation albums	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" • "Late for the Sky" • "Here Come Those Tears Again" • "The Pretender" • "Running on Empty" • "The Load-Out/Stay" • "Boulevard" • "That Girl Could Sing" • "Somebody's Baby" • "Lawyers in Love" • "Tender Is the Night"• "For a Rocker" • "Cut It Away" • "You're a Friend of Mine" • "For America" • "In the Shape of a Heart" • "World In Motion" • "Chasing You Into the Light" • "Anything Can Happen" • "I'm Alive" • "The Night Inside Me" • "Off of Wonderland"

Related articles	Discography • "These Days"