Part of the Plan

Fogelberg wrote it, and his own site dates the writing note to Tennessee in 1973. Walsh encouraged him to play the guitar solo himself; American Songwriter calls the track uptempo, a far cry from some of his softer triumphs down the road. It was his first top-40 hit, reaching 31 on the Hot 100, 22 on adult contemporary and 50 in Canada in 1975. In a 1997 online chat he said it is not really about anyone, that it is more of a philosophical piece, and that he supposes it is about all of us and none of us.