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"Don't Talk to Strangers" is a song written and performed by Australian musician Rick Springfield. This song was released as a single in 1982, from the album Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet. It reached number two on the United States 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.

"Don't Talk to Strangers"
Single by Rick Springfield
from the album Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
B-side	"Tonight"
Released	March 1982
Genre	Power pop[1]
Length	2:59
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield singles chronology
"Love Is Alright Tonite" (1981) "Don't Talk to Strangers" (1982) "What Kind of Fool Am I (Rick Springfield)" (1982)

Background

The song was written to Springfield's then-girlfriend Barbara Porter (later his wife), whom he was worried was involved with other people while they were apart. Springfield recalled, "Back then, I was scared that she was screwing around because I was doing the same thing."[2]

Chart history

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