Editing Working Class Dog (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Working Class Dog
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Rick Springfield]]
| cover      = working_class_dog.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|1981|02|df=yes}}
| recorded   = 1980–1981
| studio = [[Sound City Studios|Sound City]], [[Van Nuys]], [[California]]
| venue      =
| genre      = 
*[[Power pop]]<ref name= "Breihan 2020">{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl|website= [[Stereogum]] |date= May 13, 2020 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2084046/the-number-ones-rick-springfields-jessies-girl/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= ...he came out with ''Working Class Dog'', an album of solidly punchy power-pop...|accessdate= July 19, 2023}}</ref>
*[[pop rock]]<ref name=AM/>
| length     = {{Duration|m=32|s=11}}
| label      = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| producer   = Rick Springfield, Bill Drescher, [[Keith Olsen]]
| prev_title = [[Wait for Night]]
| prev_year  = 1976
| next_title = [[Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet]]
| next_year  = 1982
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Working Class Dog
 | type        = studio

 | single1    = [[Jessie's Girl]]
 | single1date = February 1981
 | single2    = [[I've Done Everything for You]]
 | single2date = March 1981
 | single3    = [[Love is Alright Tonite]]
 | single3date = November 1981
}}
}}{{About|the album|type of dogs|Working dog}}{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=AM>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/working-class-dog-mw0000191833|title=Working Class Dog - Rick Springfield - Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=4 January 2018}}</ref>
}}
'''''Working Class Dog''''' is the fifth studio album by Australian [[rock music]]ian [[Rick Springfield]], released by [[RCA Records]] in 1981. The album was [[Platinum certification|certified Platinum]] in the United States and eventually sold over three million US copies.  It produced Springfield's biggest career hit with the #1 million-selling song, "[[Jessie's Girl]]".  Springfield was awarded the 1982 [[Grammy Award]] for [[Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male]].

The album was re-released on CD in 2006 as a "25th anniversary edition" with three bonus tracks.