Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri tata iho i te aitua karihi o Three Mile Island
, i te Poutu-te-rangi 1979, ka uru atu a Browne me etahi hoa puoro ki te whakatu i te whakahaere antinuclear Musicians United for Safe Energy. I mauheretia ia i tana whakahe ki te Whare Mana o Diablo Canyon e tata ana ki San Luis Obispo. Ko tana pukaemi e whai ake nei, "Hold Out" (1980), i angitu i te tauhokohoko me tana rekoata kotahi anake i runga i te raarangi puoro a te US. I hangaia e te pukaemi a "Boulevard". I te tau 1982, i tukuna e ia te kotahi "Somebody's Baby" mai i te "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" soundtrack, i riro i a ia tana hit nui rawa atu, i eke ki te nama 7 i runga i te "Billboard" Hot 100. Ko te 1983 "Lawyers in Love" i whai ake, e tohu ana i te rereketanga mai i te whaiaro ki te kaupapa tōrangapū i roto i ana kupu. I te tau 1985, i waiatahia e ia he duet me Clarence Clemons i roto i te waiata e kiia ana ko "He Hoa Koe ki ahau".