2172 – Rick Springfield – Jessie's girl (1981)

 

Escrita por Rick Springfield, foi gravada entre 1980 e 1981, foi lançada em fevereiro de 1981, no disco Working class dog, o quinto disco de Rick. Saiu também em compacto no mesmo mês, com Carry me away como Lado B. Foi produzida por Keith Olsen. Fala sobre o amor de um cara pela namorada do seu melhor amigo. Chegou ao número 1 do Billboard Hot100, ficando lá no topo por duas semanas. É o único hit número 1 de Rick. Chegou ao número também na Austrália, país de Rick. Número 6 no Canadá e número 21 na Nova Zelandia. Chegou ao número 43 no Reino Unido. Ganhou um Grammy Award for best male rock vocal performance. Rick gravou uma versão acústica em 1999, no disco Karma. VH1 nomeou-a número 20 das 100 greatest songs of the 80s. O nome do amigo era Gary e não Jessie. Da namorada dele, Rick não se lembra o nome. Jessie ele pegou de uma camisa que Gary estava usando na época, do jogador de futebol Ron Jessie. Rick Springfield cantou e fez backing vocals e tocou guitarra base. Neil Giraldo tocou guitarra solo e baixo. Gabriel Katona tocou sintetizadores. Mike Baird tocou bateria.

A letra:

Jessie is a friend
Yeah, I know, he's been a good friend of mine
But lately something's changed that ain't hard to define
Jessie's got himself a girl and I want to make her mine

And she's watching him with those eyes
And she's loving him with that body, I just know it
Yeah, and he's holding her in his arms late, late at night
You know, I wish that I had

Jessie's girl
I wish that I had Jessie's girl
Where can I find a woman like that?

I'll play along with the charade
There doesn't seem to be a reason to change
You know, I feel so dirty when they start talking cute
I wanna tell her that I love her, but the point is probably moot

'Cause she's watching him with those eyes
And she's loving him with that body, I just know it
And he's holding her in his arms late, late at night
You know, I wish that I had

Jessie's girl
I wish that I had Jessie's girl
Where can I find a woman like that?

Like Jessie's girl
I wish that I had Jessie's girl
Where can I find a woman-
Where can I find a woman like that?

And I'm looking in the mirror all the time
Wonderin' what she don't see in me
I've been funny, I've been cool with the lines
Ain't that the way love's supposed to be?

Tell me, where can I find a woman like that?

You know, I wish that I had

Jessie's girl
I wish that I had Jessie's girl
I want Jessie's girl
Where can I find a woman like that?

Like Jessie's girl
I wish that I had Jessie's girl
I want, I want Jessie's girl

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