| "Don't Talk to Strangers" | ||||
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| Single by Rick Springfield | ||||
| from the album Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet | ||||
| B-side | "Tonight" | |||
| Released | March 1982 | |||
| Genre | Power pop[1][2] | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rick Springfield | |||
| Producer(s) | Keith Olsen | |||
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"Don't Talk to Strangers" is a song written and performed by Australian musician Rick Springfield. It was released as a single in 1982, from the album Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet. 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.
- ^ Leroy, Dan (13 July 2005). "Springfield's New "Day"". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Rolling Stone. - ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Rick Springfield - Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982): Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 3, 2024.