Editing REO Speedwagon (section)

===Mainstream success===
On November 21, 1980, Epic released ''[[Hi Infidelity]]'',<ref name="Larkin"/> which represented a change in sound, going from [[hard rock]] to more [[Pop music|pop]]-oriented material.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> ''Hi Infidelity'' spawned four hit singles by Richrath and Cronin, including the chart-topping "[[Keep On Loving You (song)|Keep On Loving You]]" (Cronin),<ref name="Larkin"/> "[[Take It on the Run]]" (#5) (Richrath), "[[In Your Letter]]" (#20) (Richrath), and "[[Don't Let Him Go]]" (#24) (Cronin). It remained on the charts for 65 weeks, 32 of which were spent in the top ten, including 15 weeks atop the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. ''Hi Infidelity'' sold over ten million copies.

The band's follow-up album, ''[[Good Trouble (album)|Good Trouble]]'', was released in June 1982.<ref name="Larkin"/> Though not as successful as its predecessor, it performed moderately well commercially and featured the hit singles "[[Keep the Fire Burnin' (REO Speedwagon song)|Keep the Fire Burnin']]" (U.S. #7), "Sweet Time" (U.S. #26), and the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Album Rock chart]] hit "The Key".

In November 1984, the band released ''[[Wheels Are Turnin']]'', an album that included the No. 1 hit single "[[Can't Fight This Feeling]]" and three more hits: "[[I Do' Wanna Know]]" (U.S. #29), "[[One Lonely Night (song)|One Lonely Night]]" (U.S. #19), and "Live Every Moment" (U.S. #34).<ref name="Larkin"/>

REO Speedwagon toured the US in 1985, including a sold-out concert in Madison, Wisconsin, in May.<ref name="Inc.1985">{{cite magazine|title=Box Score Top Grossing Concerts|magazine=Billboard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT48|date=June 1, 1985 |pages=48–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> On July 13, on the way to a show in Milwaukee, the band stopped in Philadelphia to play at the US leg of [[Live Aid]], which broke a record for number of viewers. They performed "Can't Fight This Feeling" and "Roll with the Changes" with members of [[the Beach Boys]], the band members' families, and [[Paul Shaffer]] on stage for backing vocals.

1987's ''[[Life as We Know It (REO Speedwagon album)|Life as We Know It]]'' saw a decline in sales,<ref name="Larkin"/> but still managed to provide the band with the top-20 hits "That Ain't Love" (U.S. #16) and "[[In My Dreams (REO Speedwagon song)|In My Dreams]]" (U.S. #19).<ref>{{cite magazine | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=reo speedwagon|chart=all}} | title=Artist Chart History - REO Speedwagon|magazine=Billboard | access-date=May 9, 2009}}</ref>

''[[The Hits (REO Speedwagon album)|The Hits]]'' was a 1988 compilation album<ref name="Larkin"/> which contained the new tracks "I Don't Want to Lose You" and "Here with Me". These were the last songs recorded with Richrath and Gratzer. "Here with Me" cracked the Top 20 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the top ten on the Adult Contemporary chart and was the group's final Top 40 hit.