Soon after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident , during March 1979 , Browne joined with several musician friends to found the antinuclear organization Musicians United for Safe Energy . He was arrested protesting against the Diablo Canyon Power Plant near San Luis Obispo . His next album , '' Hold Out '' ( 1980 ) , was commercially successful and his only number 1 record on the U.S. pop albums chart . The album generated " Boulevard " . In 1982 , he released the single " Somebody 's Baby " from the '' Fast Times at Ridgemont High '' soundtrack , which became his biggest hit , peaking at number 7 on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 . The 1983 '' Lawyers in Love '' followed , signaling a discernible change from the personal to the political in his lyrics . In 1985 , he sang a duet with Clarence Clemons in a song called " You 're a Friend of Mine "
Three Mile Island nuclear accident
Three Mile Island accident
Jackson Browne