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"Jessie's Girl" is a song written and performed by Australian singer Rick Springfield. It was released on the album Working Class Dog , which was released in February 1981. [ 2 ] The song is about unrequited love and centres on a young man in love with his best friend's girlfriend.
Springfield returned in 2020 via a one-off featured performance in the Coheed and Cambria single "Jessie's Girl 2", [26] a sequel to the 1981 Springfield single "Jessie's Girl". In 2021, Springfield started hosting a weekly radio show on Sirius XM 's "80s on 8" Channel called 'Working Class DJ with Rick Springfield', the musician spins eight ...
"A Pretty Girl Is Like..." (1999) from the album 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields was an answer song to Irving Berlin's "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" according to songwriter Stephin Merritt. [26] "The Medication Is Wearing Off" (1998) from the album Electro-Shock Blues was the Eels (band) answer song to their own 1996 hit Novocaine for ...
The dog was Springfield’s pet named Ronnie, and he briefly cameoed in the music video for "Jessie's Girl". Ronnie would later be featured in the cover art of his owner's next album Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet. Working Class Dog's cover (credited to Mike Doud) was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Album Package" in 1981. [6]
The music video for "Jessie's Girl" achieved regular rotation on VH1 in 2005. [2] The music video was directed by Bill Fishman from a concept by David Herrera (music video director). Frickin' A was featured on Boston's Kiss 108 2004 Jingle Ball Christmas concert. [ 3 ]
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The song reached number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, making it his second biggest hit in the US after the number-one hit, "Jessie's Girl". It was kept off the top spot by "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Springfield was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance with the song in 1983.
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