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| Released | February 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980–1981 | |||
| Studio | Sound City, Van Nuys, California | |||
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| Length | 32:11 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Rick Springfield, Bill Drescher, Keith Olsen | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
Working Class Dog is the fifth studio album by Australian rock musician Rick Springfield, released by RCA Records in 1981. The album was certified Platinum in the United States and eventually sold over three million US copies. It produced Springfield's biggest career hit with the #1 million-selling song, "Jessie's Girl". Springfield was awarded the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male.
The album was re-released on CD in 2006 as a "25th anniversary edition" with three bonus tracks.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (13 May 2020). "The Number Ones: Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl". Stereogum. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
...he came out with Working Class Dog, an album of solidly punchy power-pop...
- ^ a b "Working Class Dog - Rick Springfield - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 January 2018.