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Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet is the sixth studio album by rock musician Rick Springfield, released by RCA Records in 1982. The album was certified platinum in the United States, and produced three top 40 singles: "Don't Talk to Strangers" (No. 2 for four weeks), "What Kind of Fool Am I" (No. 21, not the show tune of the same name) and "I Get Excited" (No. 32). "Don't Talk to Strangers" and "Calling All Girls" also received considerable album rock airplay, charting at No. 11 and No. 4 respectively.

Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
Studio album by Rick Springfield
Released	March 23, 1982
Recorded	1981
Genre	Rock, pop
Label	RCA
Producer	Keith Olsen
Rick Springfield chronology
Working Class Dog (1981) Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982) Living in Oz (1983)
Singles from Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
"Don't Talk to Strangers" Released: February 1982 "What Kind Of Fool Am I" Released: May 1982 "I Get Excited" Released: August 1982

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

The album's name is a play on the question Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, the name used for a 1955 play and a 1957 film that were mostly unrelated to each other. As the follow-up to the breakout album Working Class Dog, the album features cover art with a return of Springfield's pet Bull Terrier dog, Ronnie, this time enjoying the fruits of success.

In an interview with Songfacts, Springfield explained that "Don't Talk to Strangers" was about his paranoia that his girlfriend was being unfaithful when he was away.[3] The song melody is actually from the earlier recording called "Spanish Eyes", found on Rick's "Sound City Recordings" from 1978. "Kristina" is a remake of the Bachman–Turner Overdrive song "Jamaica", using different lyrics.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Rick Springfield, except where noted.

1. "Calling All Girls" – 3:26
2. "I Get Excited" – 2:32
3. "What Kind of Fool Am I" – 3:19
4. "Kristina" (Springfield, Jim Vallance) – 3:01
5. "Tonight" – 3:19
6. "Black Is Black" (Tony Hayes, Michelle Grainger, Steve Wadey) – 2:52
7. "Don't Talk to Strangers" – 2:59
8. "How Do You Talk to Girls" – 3:17
9. "Still Crazy for You" (Charles Sanford) – 3:56
10. "The American Girl" – 3:09
11. "Just One Kiss" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 3:14
12. "April 24, 1981" – 1:33

Production

• Produced by Keith Olsen
• Engineered by Chris Minto at Goodnight LA
• Assistant engineer: Kim Turner
• Mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Artisan Sound Recorders

Personnel

• Rick Springfield - lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, backing vocals
• Tim Pierce - guitars
• Charles Sandford - guitars
• Gabriel Katona, Alan Pasqua - keyboards
• Dennis Belfield - bass
• Mike Baird - drums
• Tommy Funderburk, Tom Kelly, Richard Page - backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5]	28
Canada (Canadian Albums Chart)	6
United States (Billboard 200)	2

Certifications

Certifications for Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[6]	Platinum	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[7]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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