Springfield remembered the man's name, Gary, which he changed to "Jessie" partly because it was easier to sing, and also as a tribute to Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Ron Jessie. And sexual angst is an amazing motivator to write a song.
At one point, Springfield said, Oprah Winfrey 's staff tried to track her down. The closest they got was the teacher of the class but, unfortunately, "he had died two years earlier, and they'd thrown all his papers out a year after that. So we missed finding out who she was by a year. He'd reached No. Around the same time, he'd landed the role of Dr. Springfield reportedly storyboarded the video; it took about 24 attempts at smashing the mirror before getting the right take.
The song has continued to remain a pop-culture touchstone. Their version reached No. But the girl stuck in his mind. And in late , when Springfield was throwing around ideas for his fifth album, Working Class Dog , he decided to turn his experience into a song. It took about two months, working on the guitar and piano.
But he made one crucial change to the story. Thanks to an instantly memorable chorus, and a video that gave a skinny-tied Springfield a chance to show off his acting chops, it was a huge hit in the US in fact it was No.
Despite having made records since the early 70s, at the time he was better known as an actor because of a spell in the daytime TV soap General Hospital. In , squeaky-voiced cartoon critters The Chipmunks covered it, albeit in amusingly bastardised form. It subsequently featured on the soundtracks to the films 13 Going On 20 and acclaimed porn industry-themed drama Boogie Nights.
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