Rick Springfield: Don't Talk To Strangers - on Solid Gold - 1982 (My "Stereo Studio Sound" Re-Edit)

Rick Springfield: Don't Talk To Strangers - on Solid Gold Countdown - 1982 (My "Stereo Studio Sound" Re-Edit)

"Don't Talk to Strangers" is a song written and performed by Australian musician Rick Springfield. This song was released as a single in 1982, from the album Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet. It reached number two on the United States Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, making it his second biggest hit in the US after the number-one hit, "Jessie's Girl". Springfield was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance with the song in 1983.

The music was based on an earlier Springfield song titled "Spanish Eyes", and released on the Sound City recordings from 1978. The song lyrics were changed and were written to Springfield's then-girlfriend Barbara Porter (later his wife), whom he was worried was involved with other people while they were apart. Springfield recalled, "Back then, I was scared that she was screwing around because I was doing the same thing."