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"Jessie's Girl" is a song written and performed by Australian singer Rick Springfield. It was released on the album Working Class Dog , which was released in February 1981. [ 2 ] The song is about unrequited love and centres on a young man in love with his best friend's girlfriend.
The dog was Springfield’s pet named Ronnie, and he briefly cameoed in the music video for "Jessie's Girl". Ronnie would later be featured in the cover art of his owner's next album Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet. Working Class Dog's cover (credited to Mike Doud) was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Album Package" in 1981. [6]
The music video for "Jessie's Girl" achieved regular rotation on VH1 in 2005. [2] The music video was directed by Bill Fishman from a concept by David Herrera (music video director). Frickin' A was featured on Boston's Kiss 108 2004 Jingle Ball Christmas concert. [ 3 ]
Springfield returned in 2020 via a one-off featured performance in the Coheed and Cambria single "Jessie's Girl 2", [26] a sequel to the 1981 Springfield single "Jessie's Girl". In 2021, Springfield started hosting a weekly radio show on Sirius XM 's "80s on 8" Channel called 'Working Class DJ with Rick Springfield', the musician spins eight ...
Noah Drake M.D. is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital.The role has been portrayed by Australian musician and actor Rick Springfield.In 2007, Springfield also played Drake's look-alike, fictional rock star Eli Love [1] and at the 2013 Nurses Ball, Springfield portrayed himself during a performance of "Jessie's Girl".
The song was released as a 1981 single, backed with "Red Hot & Blue Love", as the album's lead single, though it was initially unsuccessful. After the success of the Grammy award-winning and number one single "Jessie's Girl", it was re-released, and peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100. [4]
Jessie Cates, in the 1983 play 'night, Mother; Jessie McCarney, in the 2006 video game Dead Rising; Jessie Maye, a dateable character in the dating simulation videogame Huniepop; Jessie, boyfriend of titular love interest in 1981 song Jessie's Girl; Jessie, unlockable character in the mobile video game Brawl Stars
He first tasted mainstream success in the early 1980s, when he began recording with Rick Springfield, who was enjoying success with his hit "Jessie's Girl". In addition to playing on the studio recordings that followed, he also joined Springfield's touring band throughout the 1980s [ 8 ] and appears in several of Springfield's music videos from ...