For America

"For America"
7-inch picture sleeve
Single by Jackson Browne
from the album Lives in the Balance
B-side"Till I Go Down"
ReleasedFebruary 1986
Recorded1985
GenreRock
Length5:13
LabelAsylum
Songwriter(s)Jackson Browne
Producer(s)Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne singles chronology
"Cut It Away"
(1984)
"For America"
(1986)
"In the Shape of a Heart"
(1986)

"For America" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne from his 1986 album Lives in the Balance. Released as the first single from the album, it reached No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, spending 12 weeks on that chart after debuting at No. 72, and peaked at No. 3 on the Mainstream Rock chart, making it his last top 40 hit in the United States.[1][2][3] It was also released as a single in the United Kingdom, as an EP in Germany, and as a promotional issue in Spain and Japan. A Statue of Liberty-shaped vinyl picture disc single was also released by Asylum in 1986, manufactured in the United Kingdom.[4]

  1. ^ Allmusic.com. Jackson Browne Awards Accessed July 11, 2012.
  2. ^ Wikipedia Jackson Browne Discography Accessed July 10, 2012.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Hot 100 Charts – The Eighties. Wisconsin: Record Research, 1991.
  4. ^ Paris, Russ. JACKSON BROWNE COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY Archived February 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine