Tender Is the Night (song)

"Tender Is the Night"
Single by Jackson Browne
from the album Lawyers in Love
B-side	"On the Day"
Released	September 1983
Format	7" 12" CD
Recorded	1982
Genre	Soft Rock
Length	4:50
Label	Asylum
Writer(s)	Jackson Browne Danny Kortchmar Russ Kunkel
Producer(s)	Jackson Browne Greg Ladanyi
Jackson Browne singles chronology
"Lawyers in Love" (1983) "Tender Is the Night" (1983) "For a Rocker" (1983)
Running on Empty track listing "Downtown" (4) "Tender Is the Night" (5) "Knock on Any Door" (6)

"Tender Is the Night" is a song by Jackson Browne released in 1983 as the second single from his album Lawyers in Love. The song peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending 17 weeks on that chart after debuting at #79, #18 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #24 on the US Adult Contemporary.^[1][2][3] Unlike the next single, "For a Rocker", it is less rock-oriented. It was also released as a single in Germany and the United Kingdom.^[4]

The song's B-side, "On the Day", is the second track on the album.

The music video for the song also included actress Daryl Hannah.

Reception

In his 1983 review of the Lawyers in Love album, Christopher Connelly calls the song "an outstanding bit of songcraft with a gutbucket bottom nicely set off by Craig Doerge's jaunty keyboard touches. Browne takes in the world of lovers with an appealing wistfulness."^[5]

Chart positions

Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	25
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Tracks	18
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	24

References

1. Billboard.com Jackson Browne Chart History. Accessed July 11, 2012.
2. Wikipedia Jackson Browne Discography.
3. Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Hot 100 Charts - The Eighties. Wisconsin: Record Research, 1991.
4. Paris, Russ. The Jackson Browne Fan Page, COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY. Accessed July 11, 2012.
5. Connelly, Christopher. Rolling Stone, Review of Lawyers in Love. September 29, 1983.