Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet

Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
Studio album by Rick Springfield
Released	23 March 1982
Recorded	1981
Genre	Power pop[1]
Length	36:37
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]

Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet is the sixth studio album by Australian 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.

Billboard said of the single "I Get Excited" that it "lacks the irresistible dynamics and killer hook of 'Don't Talk to Strangers'" and that it "rehashes the formulas of Springfield's past hits," such as "the guitar opening of 'Jessie's Girl.'"^[3]

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. 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]