‘Lawyers in Love’ by Jackson Browne – Classic Hit or Miss

This song was the first single and title track of Jackson Browne's 1983 album of the same name, Lawyers in Love. Though not as successful as Browne's previous single "Somebody's Baby", it nonetheless peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 US charts, making it one of Browne's highest achievements on the chart. Like most songs on the Lawyers in Love album, the song was written by Jackson Browne himself.

The music video for the "Lawyers in Love" took the title phrase and created a series of visual images surrounding it, especially themed on the Cold War. Browne played at least two or three parts, one as a yuppie-ish lawyer and one as an ordinary man sitting in a catatonic state in front of a television, unable to assimilate the world's events.

Some analysts later saw "Lawyers in Love" as an evolving "bridge" between Browne's personal works and his 1980's political works. Others saw it as dry commentary on American social mores.

It Hit #13 back in 1983 - how about today?