Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet

Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet is an album by Rick Springfield, released by RCA in 1982. The album went platinum, and produced three top 40 singles; "Don't Talk to Strangers" (#2 for 4 weeks), "What Kind of Fool Am I" (#21) and "I Get Excited" (#32). "Don't Talk to Strangers" and "Calling All Girls" also received Album Rock airplay, charting at #11 and #4 respectively.

In an interview with Songfacts, Springfield explained that "Don't Talk to Strangers" was about his paranoia that his girlfriend was being unfaithful when he was away.^[3]

"Kristina" is a remake of the Bachman–Turner Overdrive song "Jamaica", using different lyrics.^[4]

Track listing

• All songs written by Rick Springfield, except where noted.

1. "Calling All Girls" 3:26
2. "I Get Excited" 2:32
3. "What Kind of Fool Am I" 3:19
4. "Kristina" (Springfield, Charity Vallance) 3:01
5. "Tonight" 3:19
6. "Black Is Black" (Tony Hayes, Steve Wadey) 2:52
7. "Don't Talk to Strangers" 2:59
8. "How Do You Talk to Girls" 3:17
9. "Still Crazy for You" (Charles Sandford) 3:56
10. "The American Girl" 3:09
11. "Just One Kiss" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) 3:14
12. "April 24, 1981" (Springfield) 1:33

Production

• Produced by Keith Olsen
• Engineered by Chris Minto at Goodnight LA
• Assistant engineer: Kim Turner
• Mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Artisan Sound Recorders

Personnel

• Rick Springfield: lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, bass, keyboards
• Tim Pierce, Charles Sandford: guitars
• Gabriel Katona, Alan Pasqua: keyboards
• Dennis Belfield: bass
• Michael Baird: drums
• Tommy Funderburk, Tom Kelly, Richard Page: backing vocals

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