Love Is Alright Tonite

"Love Is Alright Tonite"
Single by Rick Springfield
from the album Working Class Dog
B-side	"Everybody's Girl"
Released	August 1981
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:28
Label	RCA
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

• The song appears in the 2001 film, Wet Hot American Summer.

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.