Dee ihe ndị ọzọ dị na paragraf a - N'oge na - adịghị anya mgbe ihe ọghọm nuklia nke Three Mile Island gasịrị
, n'ọnwa Machị afọ 1979, Browne sonyeere ọtụtụ ndị enyi ya bụ ndị egwu iji guzobe òtù na-emegide nuklia bụ Musicians United for Safe Energy. E jidere ya ka ọ na-eme ngagharị iwe megide Ụlọ Ọrụ Ike Diablo Canyon dị nso na San Luis Obispo. Mpịakọta egwu ya ọzọ, "Hold Out" (1980), bụ nke ọma na azụmaahịa na naanị ndekọ ya nke 1 na eserese US pop albums. Ọkpụkpọ ahụ mepụtara "Boulevard". N'afọ 1982, ọ wepụtara otu "Somebody's Baby" site na "Fast Times na Ridgemont High" soundtrack, nke ghọrọ nnukwu ihe ọ na-eme, na-agbago na nọmba 7 na "Billboard" Hot 100. "Lawyers in Love" nke 1983 sochiri, na-egosi mgbanwe a na-ahụ anya site na nke onwe ya gaa na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na okwu ya. N'afọ 1985, ya na Clarence Clemons bụrụ abụ a kpọrọ "You're a Friend of Mine".