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Certain Songs #1920: Rick Springfield – “Jessie’s Girl”

September 24, 2020 by Jim Connelly

Album: Working Class Dog
Year: 1981

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One of the weird ironies of power-pop was that a genre dedicated to short, snappy songs really never generated a lot of massive hits. And then, when the occasional power-pop song did sneak through — from “My Sharona” to “I’ll Be There For You” — there was usually always a backlash from the aficionados of the form.

(Oh, and speaking of “I’ll Be There For You,” it is now probably the most-heard power pop song of all time, isn’t it?)

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Filed Under: Certain Songs Tagged With: Jessie's Girl, Rick Springfield, Working Class Dog

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