"For America" | ||||
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Single by Jackson Browne | ||||
from the album Lives in the Balance | ||||
B-side | "Till I Go Down" | |||
Released | February 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1985 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 5:13 | |||
Label | Asylum | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jackson Browne | |||
Producer(s) | Jackson Browne | |||
Jackson Browne singles chronology | ||||
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"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]