Rick Springfield’s breakout hit Jessie’s Girl began its two-week reign at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart on this day in music history. The song, which captured the angst of unrequited love, later earned Springfield a Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.
The song hailed from Springfield's fifth album Working Class Dog. Before this "breakthrough" hit, he previously released four albums: Beginnings (1972), followed by Comic Book Heroes (1973), Mission Magic (1974), and Wait for Night (1976).
Springfield was already a familiar face to fans thanks to his role as Dr. Noah Drake on the wildly popular daytime soap, General Hospital. His debut coincided with the song's debut on the charts in March 1981.
"It was a real story," he revealed to Kelly Clarkson. "I hadn't written in a while. I was an actor, but I wasn't making a lot of money back then."
"I started going to stained glass class. So there was this burning hot girl, and I was just like 'Oh my God,' and of course, she had a boyfriend [Gary]."
The lyrics for that now-iconic song came from that chance encounter. Springfield says he believes the young woman who inspired the lyrics still doesn't know the song is about her.
The identity of "Jessie's Girl" remains one of rock’s great musical mysteries. Rick Springfield is currently on his I Want My '80s Tour, which wraps up August 10.
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