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        <title><![CDATA[How music is helping Rick Springfield’s mental health while in quarantine]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Rick Springfield</strong> is using his time in quarantine to do some good.</p><p>On Friday, the Australian-born pop star released the bouncy charity single “<strong>The Wall Will Fall</strong>” — 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 <strong>Feeding America</strong>, is already No. 1 on the iTunes Rock Chart.</p><p>And it all started with a good-natured case of plagiarism.</p><p>The &#8220;Jessie&#8217;s Girl&#8221; singer, 70, told Page Six that he ended up teaming with Vance DeGeneres (Ellen&#8217;s brother) on the tune after seeing Vance&#8217;s comic videos on how to teach guitar in 60 seconds, in which Vance he keeps getting interrupted.</p><p>“So I stole it and <strong>started doing videos</strong> on how to play &#8216;Jessie&#8217;s Girl&#8217; in 60 seconds where I kept getting interrupted too.<br /> “He saw it and called me up and said, &#8216;You stole my idea! Let&#8217;s do something together. Let&#8217;s write a song together,&#8217;&#8221; Springfield said. &#8220;So it started off as a fun thing, kind of joke and ended up being a really good song so it&#8217;s been an interesting journey.&#8221;</p><p><span class="embed-youtube" ><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BMHI0KW39ho?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" width="600" height="315"></iframe></span></p><p>Interestingly, the &#8220;General Hospital&#8221; 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, “<strong>Late, Late at Night</strong>.”</p><p>“The lockdown hasn&#8217;t increased my depression,” revealed Springfield, who is quarantining in Malibu, Calif., with his family. ”It&#8217;s actually alleviated it to a degree because I&#8217;ve been so busy in the studio doing stuff and feeling like I&#8217;m doing a little part somewhere to lift somebody&#8217;s spirits and so that&#8217;s helped my mood.”</p><p>The father of two said that it’s a life-long condition.</p><p>“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.”</p><figure id="attachment_5247127"  class="wp-caption aligncenter"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/gettyimages-1146983656.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/05/gettyimages-1146983656.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/gettyimages-1146983656.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Rick Springfield circa 1981</span><span class="credit">Getty Images</span></figcaption></figure>]]></content:encoded>
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