Artist	Song
Rick Springfield	Jessie's Girl
from Written In Rock: The Rick Springfield Anthology (2005)
Rick Springfield	Don't Talk to Strangers
from Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1995)
Rick Springfield	I've Done Everything for You
from Working Class Dog (2006)
Rick Springfield	Love Somebody
from The Best of Rick Springfield (1999)
Rick Springfield	Affair of the Heart
from Living In Oz (2008)
Rick Springfield	What's Victoria's Secret?
from Venus In Overdrive (2008)
Rick Springfield	Human Touch
from The Best of Rick Springfield (1999)
Rick Springfield	Love Is Alright Tonite
from Working Class Dog (2006)
Rick Springfield	Broken Wings
from The Day After Yesterday (2005)
Rick Springfield	What Kind of Fool Am I
from Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1995)
Rick Springfield	Bop 'Til You Drop
from The Best of Rick Springfield (1999)
Rick Springfield	Beautiful You
from shock/denial/anger/acceptance (2007)
Rick Springfield	Will I?
from shock/denial/anger/acceptance (2007)
Rick Springfield	State of the Heart
from Rick Springfield: Greatest Hits (1989)
Rick Springfield	Life In a Northern Town
from The Day After Yesterday (2005)
Rick Springfield	Rock of Life
from Written In Rock: The Rick Springfield Anthology (2005)
Rick Springfield	I Get Excited
from Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1995)
Rick Springfield	Who Killed Rock N' Roll
from Who Killed Rock N' Roll (Live) - Single (2007)
Rick Springfield	Speak to the Sky
from Catch Me If You Can (2011)
Rick Springfield	Souls
from Living In Oz (2008)
Rick Springfield	Celebrate Youth
from Tao (1985)
Rick Springfield	Bruce
from The Early Sound City Sessions (2007)
Rick Springfield	Don't Walk Away
from Written In Rock: The Rick Springfield Anthology (2005)
Rick Springfield	Alyson
from Living In Oz (2008)
Rick Springfield	Christmas With You
from Christmas With You (2007)
Rick Springfield	My Father's Chair
from Tao (1985)
Rick Springfield	Calling All Girls
from Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1995)
Rick Springfield	Dance This World Away
from Written In Rock: The Rick Springfield Anthology (2005)
Rick Springfield	Jessie's Girl (Acoustic) [Re-recorded Version]
from 80's Hits Stripped (Re-recorded Version) (2008)
Rick Springfield	I'm Not In Love
from The Day After Yesterday (2005)
Rick Springfield	Written In Rock
from Written In Rock: The Rick Springfield Anthology (2005)
Rick Springfield	Kristina
from Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1995)
Rick Springfield	Living In Oz
from Living In Oz (2008)
Rick Springfield	Baker Street
from The Day After Yesterday (2005)
Rick Springfield	Walk Like a Man
from Tao (1985)
Rick Springfield	Venus In Overdrive
from Venus In Overdrive (2008)
Rick Springfield	Jesus Saves
from shock/denial/anger/acceptance (2007)
Rick Springfield	Carry Me Away
from Written In Rock: The Rick Springfield Anthology (2005)
Rick Springfield	Angels of the Disappeared
from shock/denial/anger/acceptance (2007)
Rick Springfield	Saint Sahara
from Venus In Overdrive (2008)
Rick Springfield	The American Girl
from Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1995)
Rick Springfield	Hole In My Heart
from Working Class Dog (2006)
Rick Springfield	Believe In Me
from Written In Rock: The Rick Springfield Anthology (2005)
Rick Springfield	Taxi Dancing
from The Best of Rick Springfield (1999)
Rick Springfield	The Power of Love (The Tao of Love)
from Written In Rock: The Rick Springfield Anthology (2005)

Comment:

It's rare when a song can capture the essence of an era and still sound perfectly fresh even decades later. Rick Springfield's "Don't Talk to Strangers" and "I've Done Everything for You" are '80s signposts if ever there were any, yet take away the slick period production, and their tight construction and undeniable X-factor stand the test of time and then some. If Springfield himself has withstood fame's ups and downs to keep on keepin' on, well, we have nothing but respect — which is why our [i]Rick Springfield[/i] Essentials spotlights his lifetime's worth of great music, from stone power pop like "Written In Rock" to 2008's "Venus In Overdrive" (a crunchy chunk of seen-it-all cynicism expertly lightened by a sneaky reggae bounce) to a stripped-down acoustic version of "Jessie's Girl" that packs as solid a pop punch as the high-gloss original.

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