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Working Class Dog

Rick Springfield

1981

Peak position: #7
Weeks on chart: 73

Working Class Dog (1981) is a Rick Springfield album in the RetroVerse archive.

Why this album mattered

Working Class Dog (1981) is a Rick Springfield album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #7 and charted for 73 weeks.

The music

1
Love Is Alright Tonight
2
Jessie’s Girl
3
Hole in My Heart
4
Carry Me Away
5
I’ve Done Everything for You
6
The Light of Love
7
Everybody’s Girl
8
Daddy’s Pearl
9
Red Hot & Blue Love
10
Inside Silvia

One bar, one chart week

The chart journey

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Milestones

Chart entryDebuts at #187Mar 1981
Top 40Breaks into the upper chartJun 1981
Top 10Reaches the chart’s top tierAug 1981
Peak weekReaches its high at #7Sep 1981

Chart Journey

Mar 14, 1981#187

Similar chart journeys

Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.

Slow climbNo Name FacelifehouseA patient rise into view · 2000 · Similar similar slow climb and long chart run.
Explosive debutPretenderspretendersArrived near the summit · 1980 · Similar long chart run and near-top debut and peak.
Long enduranceNight SongscinderellaStayed in the conversation · 1986 · Similar long chart run and long post-peak run.

Album facts

ArtistRick Springfield
Year1981

Explore further

ArtistRick Springfield
Year1981
Songs10 tracks
Chart weekPeak chart week
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Mar 21#176

Mar 28#166

Apr 4#157

Apr 11#147

Apr 18#137

Apr 25#136

May 2#126

May 9#98

May 16#89

May 23#82

May 30#72

Jun 6#62

Jun 13#56

Jun 20#46

Jun 27#25

Jul 4#22

Jul 11#20

Jul 18#18

Jul 25#16

Aug 1#14

Aug 8#12

Aug 15#11

Aug 22#9

Aug 29#8

Sep 5#7

Sep 12#7

Sep 19#8

Sep 26#15

Oct 3#19

Oct 10#18

Oct 17#17

Oct 24#17

Oct 31#17

Nov 7#18

Nov 14#28

Nov 21#28

Nov 28#30

Dec 5#30

Dec 12#44

Dec 19#47

Dec 26#43

1982

Jan 2, 1982#43

Jan 9#39

Jan 16#39

Jan 23#38

Jan 30#37

Feb 6#36

Feb 13#35

Feb 20#34

Feb 27#33

Mar 6#33

Mar 13#36

Mar 20#36

Mar 27#37

Apr 3#37

Apr 10#36

Apr 17#41

Apr 24#41

May 1#44

May 8#44

May 15#65

May 22#94

May 29#95

Jun 5#92

Jun 12#104

Jun 19#113

Jun 26#113

Jul 3#115

Jul 10#115

Jul 17#200

Jul 24#200

Jul 31#198

A rocket up the chart — jumping 28 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #187, exploded upward for 26 weeks to reach #7, then spent 5 weeks inside the Top 10 and fell quickly across 73 weeks on the chart.

Slow climbThey Only Come Out At Nightedgar winterA patient rise into view · 1972 · Similar similar slow climb and long chart run.