Don't Talk to Strangers (Rick Springfield song)

"Don't Talk to Strangers"
Single by Rick Springfield
from the album Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
B-side "Tonight"
Released March 1982
Format Vinyl, 7", RPM
Genre Soft rock,[1] power pop[2]
Length 2:59
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield singles chronology
"Love Is Alright Tonite"
(1981)		 "Don't Talk to Strangers"
(1982)		 "What Kind of Fool Am I"
(1982)

"Love Is Alright Tonite"
(1981)		 "Don't Talk to Strangers"
(1982)		 "What Kind of Fool Am I"
(1982)

"Don't Talk to Strangers" is a song written and performed by Australian musician Rick Springfield. This song was released as a single in 1982, from the album Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet. It reached #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, making it his second biggest hit in the United States after the #1 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 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance with the song in 1983.

Song background

The song was written to Rick Springfield's then girlfriend Barbara (later his wife), whom he was worried was getting involved with other people while they were apart. Springfield said looking back on the song, "Back then, I was scared that she was fucking around because I was doing the same thing".[3]

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australia 10
Canada RPM Top Singles 3
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 3
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 2
US Top Rock Tracks 11
US Cash Box Top 100[5] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1982) Rank
Australia 73
Canada RPM Top Singles[6] 33
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 20
US Cash Box Top 100[8] 17

References

  1. ↑ Peake, Steve. "Rick Springfield's Top Songs From the '80s". Thoughtco.com. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  2. ↑ Leroy, Dan (13 July 2005). Springfield's New "Day" at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 April 2010). Rolling Stone.
  3. ↑ Variety Staff. "Rick Springfield: The Stories Behind the Music". Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rick Springfield - Chart History". Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 29, 1982
  6. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  7. ↑ Musicoutfitters.com
  8. ↑ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1982
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