<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Jessie's Girl" is a song written and performed by Australian singer Rick Springfield . It was released on the album Working Class Dog . The song is about unrequited love and centers on a young man in love with his best friend's girlfriend . </P> <P> Upon its release in the United States in 1981, the song was slow to break out . It debuted on Billboard's Hot 100 chart on 28 March but took 19 weeks to hit No. 1 reaching that position on 1 August, one of the slowest climbs to number one at that time . It remained at No. 1 for two weeks and would be Springfield's only No. 1 hit . The song was at No. 1 when MTV launched on 1 August 1981 . Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for all of 1981 . </P>

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