Songoftheday 9/4/13 - I know just what youre doing you dont want to put the hurt on someone...

Rick Springfield - "Don't Walk Away"
from the album Hard To Hold (1984)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #26 (two weeks)
Weeks in the Top-40: 6

Today's Song of the Day is by Australian singer/actor/heartthrob Rick Springfield, who had the other rockstar-led movie release of 1984, Hard To Hold, which already has rewarded him with a top-5 pop hit in "Love Somebody". For the follow-up, his drama-tinged "Don't Walk Away" was released, and it was a different sound that what he's gone with before for a single. (I'm putting up a "audio fan clip" first, since the real video isn't on his Vevo channel, and what's on YouTube sounds horrible)...

I really liked "Don't Walk Away" at the go, and was disheartened that it stalled out at #26 on the pop chart. It's power-pop chops were undeniable, but I guess in the fluffy-twee new wave atmosphere, this got somewhat lost. It did manage to make the rock chart as well at #41. He would do a little better with his next single, though...

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...here's the crappy copy of the video from the YT. C'mon Rick, you have all your other hits on here!

...and here's Rick with a nice live version from his Beat Of A Live Drum concert, though I'm pretty sure the instrumentation is erm, "enhanced"...

Up tomorrow: Reggie's back with a lisper's nightmare.