Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet

Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
Studio album by Rick Springfield
Released	March 23, 1982
Recorded	1981
Genre	Rock, pop
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Keith Olsen
Rick Springfield chronology
Working Class Dog (1981) Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982) Living in Oz (1983)

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Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet is an album by rock musician Rick Springfield, released by RCA Records in 1982. The album was certified Platinum in the United States, and produced three top 40 singles; "Don't Talk to Strangers" (#2 - for four weeks), "What Kind of Fool Am I" (#21) and "I Get Excited" (#32). "Don't Talk to Strangers" and "Calling All Girls" also received considerable 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] The song melody is actually from the earlier recording called "Spanish Eyes", found on Rick's "Sound City Recordings" from 1978.

"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, Michelle Grainger, 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 Sanford) – 3:56
10. "The American Girl" – 3:09
11. "Just One Kiss" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 3:14
12. "April 24, 1981" – 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, backing vocals
• Tim Pierce, Charles Sandford: guitars
• Gabriel Katona, Alan Pasqua: keyboards
• Dennis Belfield: bass
• Michael Baird: drums
• Tommy Funderburk, Tom Kelly, Richard Page: backing vocals

References

Rick Springfield
Studio albums	Beginnings (1972) Comic Book Heroes (1973) Wait for Night (1976) Working Class Dog (1981) Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982) Living in Oz (1983) Hard to Hold (1984) Beautiful Feelings (1984) Tao (1985) Rock of Life (1988) Karma (1999) shock/denial/anger/acceptance (2004) The Day After Yesterday (2005) Venus in Overdrive (2008) Songs for the End of the World (2012)
Live albums	Stripped Down
Compilation albums	Playlist: The Very Best of Rick Springfield
Singles	"Jessie's Girl" "I've Done Everything for You" "Love Is Alright Tonite" "Don't Talk to Strangers" "Affair of the Heart" "Human Touch" "Bruce" "State of the Heart"
Related articles	Discography Zoot
Book:Rick Springfield