| "Redneck Friend" | ||||
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 French 7-inch picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Jackson Browne | ||||
| from the album For Everyman | ||||
| B-side | "The Times You've Come" | |||
| Released | September 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:58 DJ single version, 3:56 album version | |||
| Label | Asylum Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jackson Browne | |||
| Jackson Browne singles chronology | ||||
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"Redneck Friend" (or, alternately, "Red Neck Friend") is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, released as the first single from his 1973 album For Everyman, and notable for its double entendre lyrics and guest appearances by Glenn Frey and Elton John, as well as the first appearance of David Lindley on a Jackson Browne single. The song reached number 85 on Billboard's October 20, 1973, Hot 100 chart, spending 10 weeks on that chart after debuting at number 99 on September 29, 1973.[1][2][3][4] It was also released as a single in France and Japan, and as a promotional single in the United Kingdom and Germany.[5]
- ^ Billboard magazine. Jackson Browne Chart History.
- ^ Allmusic.com. Jackson Browne Awards.
- ^ Wikipedia Jackson Browne Discography.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Hot 100 Charts – The Seventies. Wisconsin: Record Research, 1990.
- ^ Paris, Russ. JACKSON BROWNE COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY. Archived August 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine