Some more favorites
The Man That Never Was (Sound City)
Down
1000 Years
Modern World (Sahara Snow)
Will I?
It's Always Something
I Found You (acoustic)

My Father's Chair
Lust
Take A Hand
Gabriel
Honeymoon in Beirut
The Ballad of Annie Goodbody
Beautiful You

"Living in Oz" or "Venus in Overdrive"

I've said this on other posts and I'll always say it: "Inside Silvia" from Working Class Dog. That song just does it for me. I never see anyone post it as a favorite and that's okay, I'll claim it. It's slow and sexy and puts a great image in my mind.
Come on little pup, get back on the porch and let the big dogs play.

Dance This World Away
Motel Eyes
Don't Talk To Strangers
Walking On The Edge
Human Touch
"These pretzels are making me thirsty!"

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You've done nothin!"
You've done nothin!"
You've done nothin' for me!!!
I've Done Everything For You

I agree with Jeromy..not one mention of Shock Denial Anger Acceptance? The tour of 2004 with those songs was GREAT. VERY edgyharder Rock for Rick.
The lyrics were amazing, and the guitar playing in that cdamazing.
And lets not forget all the great songs on his new cd..Venus In Overdrive.
The songs on there are all great. That cd came out in July of 2008.

Here's just a few I really love
Still Crazy For You
Born Out of Time
Human Touch
Written in Rock
Love Somebody
Honeymoon in Beirut
Love is Alright Tonight
What Kind of Fool Am I
Don't Talk to Strangers
State of the Heart

I like "Speak To The Sky" too. And, it's been covered by pop/gospel performers (that's not my genre, so I can't think of any names just now
but I am sure I've seen at least one music video for STTS by a gospel quartet), which is not typically what people think of about Rick Springfield.
If you liked STTS, maybe you should give RS's
Karma
a listen. I think Amazon.com still carries it.
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I love all of the above favorites, but another one that I have to mention is the single 'Speak to the Sky'. That's always been one of my top favorites, since it's probably the first Rick Springfield song I ever heard. I still have the early album 'Beginnings' that I bought years ago. Many years ago!
"I'll always love ya, baby" - Clive Owen's Dwight

shock/denial/anger/acceptance
is Rick's masterpiece, IMO. I encourage even the most casual fan of Rick Springfield to2000 check that CD out - I really feel you won't be sorry.
As far as a favorite song of Rick's, I'd be hard put to name just one. It would be easier for me to make a list of Rick Springfield songs that
don't
do it for me. I love "Souls," "Love Somebody," "Affair of the Heart" (well, almost anything from the
Living In Oz
album), "Woman" and the title song from
Rock of Life
, the title song and "Act of Faith" from
Karma
, and as I mentioned, very nearly the entire
shock/denial/anger/acceptance
CD (especially "Alien Virus" and "Every Night I Wake Up Screaming").
As an aside, I've always felt that "Jessie's Girl," while being RS's biggest hit, was NOT his best work; similarly, I have always disagreed with the record companies' choices in regard to which songs should be released as singles. In every case, from "Speak To The Sky," to his latest single "Life In A Northern Town," I have always felt that there were stronger cuts on each of his albums than the ones chosen as singles for radio play. My point is, songs that I may list among my favorites are ones that the casual fan will probably never hear.
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I can't believe no one has mentioned "Alyson", or anything off of Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance.
"It could be a stapler"

My five w/comments (yes I'm a guy and as a heterosexual, I dig Rick):

1. Jessie's Girl-if you have a song that gets played on Pop AND Rock stations, you have a monster hit which is the case here. He won the Grammy (over Springsteen!)
2. Souls - great chorus. Listen to Rick's vocals; full of tension and anxiety which is what the song was about.
3. Don't talk to Strangers - The first few times I heard it, i thought it was two guys sharing the lead vocals. But no, it's just Rick. Well done.
4. Affair of the Heart - Best guitar riff (IMHO). Also, darker but more mature side of Rick's songwriting.
5. You better love somebody - When the song is better than the movie (Hard to Hold, 1984).

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