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Rick Springfield is using his time in quarantine to do some good. On Friday, the Australian-born pop star released the bouncy charity single “The Wall Will Fall” — which features an all-star music video cast including Andy Cohen, Ellen DeGeneres, Paul Stanley, Sammy Hagar and Richard Marx. The tune, which benefits the nonprofit Feeding America, …
Rick Springfield is using his time in quarantine to do some good.
On Friday, the Australian-born pop star released the bouncy charity single “The Wall Will Fall” — which features an all-star music video cast including Andy Cohen, Ellen DeGeneres, Paul Stanley, Sammy Hagar and Richard Marx. The tune, which benefits the nonprofit Feeding America, is already No. 1 on the iTunes Rock Chart.
And it all started with a good-natured case of plagiarism.
The “Jessie’s Girl” singer, 70, told Page Six that he ended up teaming with Vance DeGeneres (Ellen’s brother) on the tune after seeing Vance’s comic videos on how to teach guitar in 60 seconds, in which Vance he keeps getting interrupted.
“So I stole it and started doing videos on how to play ‘Jessie’s Girl’ in 60 seconds where I kept getting interrupted too.
“He saw it and called me up and said, ‘You stole my idea! Let’s do something together. Let’s write a song together,’” Springfield said. “So it started off as a fun thing, kind of joke and ended up being a really good song so it’s been an interesting journey.”
Interestingly, the “General Hospital” alum says quarantining has actually been good for his mental health. Springfield has been very open about his decades-long battle with depression a failed suicide attempt at age 16, writing about his struggles in his 2010 autobiography, “Late, Late at Night.”
“The lockdown hasn’t increased my depression,” revealed Springfield, who is quarantining in Malibu, Calif., with his family. ”It’s actually alleviated it to a degree because I’ve been so busy in the studio doing stuff and feeling like I’m doing a little part somewhere to lift somebody’s spirits and so that’s helped my mood.”
The father of two said that it’s a life-long condition.
“I’d rather have something else,” he said. “At least [with] a coke habit you can go to rehab and quit. There is no rehab for depression.”
