The Load-Out

"The Load-Out"
Side-B label of the 1978 commercial single "Stay"
Single by Jackson Browne
from the album Running on Empty
A-side"Stay"
ReleasedDecember 1977
RecordedMerriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland
August 27, 1977
Length5:38 album version, 8:51 DJ promo version in medley with "Stay"
LabelAsylum/Elektra
Songwriter(s)Jackson Browne
Bryan Garofalo
Producer(s)Jackson Browne

"The Load-Out" is a song co-written and performed live by Jackson Browne from his 1977 album Running on Empty. It is a tribute to his roadies and fans. The song was recorded live at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, on August 27, 1977, as part of the tour in support of the album The Pretender.