"Love Is Alright Tonite"
Single by Rick Springfield
from the album Working Class Dog
B-side"Everybody's Girl"
ReleasedAugust 1981
GenrePop rock
Length3:28
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield singles chronology
"I've Done Everything for You"
(1981) 		"Love Is Alright Tonite"
(1981) 		"Don't Talk to Strangers"
(1982)

"Love Is Alright Tonite" is a song performed by Australian musician Rick Springfield. The song was released as a single in 1981 from the album, Working Class Dog. In February 1982, it reached No. 20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Billboard called it a "craftily constructed uptempo pop song filled with melodic hooks and an identifiable lyric line."[1] Record World praised the "throbbing beat, slashing guitars and Rick's vocal determination."[2]

Chart history

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[citation needed] 26
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 20
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[4] 40

Song usage in other media

References

  1. ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. December 5, 1981. p. 72. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  2. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. December 5, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  3. ^ "Rick Springfield - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  4. ^ "Rick Springfield Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 August 2020.


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