How music helps Rick Springfield’s psychological well being whereas in quarantine

Rick Springfield is utilizing his time in quarantine to do some good.

On Friday, the Australian-born pop star launched the bouncy charity single “The Wall Will Fall” — which options an all-star music video forged together with Andy Cohen, Ellen DeGeneres, Paul Stanley, Sammy Hagar and Richard Marx. The tune, which advantages the nonprofit Feeding America, is already No. 1 on the iTunes Rock Chart.

And it began with a good-natured case of plagiarism.

The “Jessie’s Lady” singer, 70, advised Web page Six that he ended up teaming with Vance DeGeneres (Ellen’s brother) on the tune after seeing Vance’s comedian movies on train guitar in 60 seconds, by which Vance he retains getting interrupted.

“So I stole it and began doing movies on play ‘Jessie’s Lady’ in 60 seconds the place I saved getting interrupted too.
“He noticed it and referred to as me up and mentioned, ‘You stole my concept! Let’s do one thing collectively. Let’s write a tune collectively,’” Springfield mentioned. “So it began off as a enjoyable factor, sort of joke and ended up being a very good tune so it’s been an fascinating journey.”

Curiously, the “Common Hospital” alum says quarantining has really been good for his psychological well being. Springfield has been very open about his decades-long battle with despair a failed suicide try at age 16, writing about his struggles in his 2010 autobiography, “Late, Late at Evening.”

“The lockdown hasn’t elevated my despair,” revealed Springfield, who’s quarantining in Malibu, Calif., along with his household. ”It’s really alleviated it to a level as a result of I’ve been so busy within the studio doing stuff and feeling like I’m doing somewhat half someplace to raise any individual’s spirits and in order that’s helped my temper.”

The daddy of two mentioned that it’s a life-long situation.

“I’d moderately have one thing else,” he mentioned. “At the very least [with] a coke behavior you may go to rehab and stop. There isn’t a rehab for despair.”