Running On Empty Song

Running on empty is a song written and performed by american singer songwriter jackson browne.

Running on empty song. The first live rock album with all new songs. Stops on browne s tour during the summer of 1977 were recorded for the album and when they started compiling it browne and his crew decided that it sounded best with all new songs and that running on empty would make a great title track. It is the title track to his 1977 live album of the same name recorded at a concert at merriweather post pavilion in columbia maryland on august 27 1977 a number 11 hit on the us billboard hot 100 when it was released as a single it spent seventeen weeks on the chart after debuting on february. It is the title track to his 1977 live album of the same name recorded at a concert at merriweather post pavilion in columbia maryland on august 27 1977 a number 11 hit on the us billboard hot 100 when it was released as a single it spent seventeen weeks on the chart after debuting on february.