Working Class Dog

Working Class Dog
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1981 (1981-02)
Recorded1980–1981
StudioSound City, Van Nuys, California
Genre
Length32:11
LabelRCA
ProducerRick Springfield, Bill Drescher, Keith Olsen
Rick Springfield chronology
Wait for Night
(1976)
Working Class Dog
(1981)
Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
(1982)
Singles from Working Class Dog
  1. "Jessie's Girl"
    Released: February 1981
  2. "I've Done Everything for You"
    Released: March 1981
  3. "Love is Alright Tonite"
    Released: November 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.

  1. ^ 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...
  2. ^ a b "Working Class Dog - Rick Springfield - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

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