Love Is Alright Tonite
1981 single by Rick Springfield
| "Love Is Alright Tonite" | ||||
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| Single by Rick Springfield | ||||
| from the album Working Class Dog | ||||
| B-side | "Everybody's Girl" | |||
| Released | August 1981 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:28 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rick Springfield | |||
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"Love Is Alright Tonite" is a song performed by Australian musician Rick Springfield. The song was released as a single in 1981 from the album, Working Class Dog. In February 1982, it reached No. 20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Billboard called it a "craftily constructed uptempo pop song filled with melodic hooks and an identifiable lyric line."[1] Record World praised the "throbbing beat, slashing guitars and Rick's vocal determination."[2]
Chart history
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada RPM Top Singles[citation needed] | 26 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 20 |
| US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[4] | 40 |
Song usage in other media
- The song appears in the 2001 film, Wet Hot American Summer.
References
- ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. December 5, 1981. p. 72. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. December 5, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Rick Springfield - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- ^ "Rick Springfield Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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Rick Springfield
- 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)
- Beautiful Feelings (1984)
- Tao (1985)
- Rock of Life (1988)
- Karma (1999)
- Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance (2004)
- The Day After Yesterday (2005)
- Christmas with You (2007)
- Venus in Overdrive (2008)
- My Precious Little One: Lullabies for a New Generation (2009)
- Songs for the End of the World (2012)
- Rocket Science (2016)
- The Snake King (2018)
- Mission: Magic! (1974)
- Hard to Hold (1984)
- Stripped Down (2015)
- Playlist: The Very Best of Rick Springfield (2008)
- "Speak to the Sky"
- "Jessie's Girl"
- "I've Done Everything for You"
- "Love Is Alright Tonite"
- "Don't Talk to Strangers"
- "What Kind of Fool Am I"
- "Affair of the Heart"
- "Human Touch"
- "Love Somebody"
- "Bruce"
- "State of the Heart"
- Discography
- The Red Locusts
- Zoot
- Mission: Magic! TV series (1973)
- The Morris Springfield Project
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