"Satisfied" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter

Richard Marx Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American adult contemporary music, adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Marx's Richard Marx (album), self-titled debut album went tri ...

for his second album, ''

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''. It was Richard's second of three consecutive number-ones on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart.

Critical reception

In an ironic review on 10 June 1989, Betty Page, observer of British music newspaper ''

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'', wondered along with readers why Richard Marx, with all the traits and skills of

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, did not become as popular.

Track listing

All songs written by

. # "Satisfied" – 3:58 # "Should've Known Better" ive– 4:57 Track 1 produced by Richard Marx and David Cole.
Track 2 produced by

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Charts

"Satisfied" was the lead single from

's highly anticipated second album, ''

''. Heavy radio, video and retail attention led to the single's #39 debut on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, during the week of May 6, 1989. The single steadily climbed to the top, reaching the #1 spot the week of June 24, 1989. "Satisfied" was the first of five Top 15 singles from Marx's second studio album, which kept the artist on the singles chart consecutively for well over a year during 1989 and 1990.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Credits

* Richard Marx – lead and backing vocals * C.J. Vanston – keyboards *

Bill Payne William H. Payne (born March 12, 1949) is an American pianist who, with Lowell George, co-founded the American rock band Little Feat. He is considered by many other rock pianists, including Elton John, to be one of the finest American piano roc ...

–

Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs ...

Bruce Gaitsch Bruce R. Gaitsch (; born February 7, 1953) is an American guitarist, composer, and producer. He is best known for working with notable bands and musicians such Chicago, Peter Cetera, Madonna, and Agnetha Fältskog as a session musician and songwri ...

– guitar *

Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitch ...

– guitar, guitar solo *

Randy Jackson Randall Darius Jackson (born June 23, 1956) is an American record executive and television presenter, perhaps best known as a judge on ''American Idol'' from 2002 to 2013. Jackson began his career in the 1980s as a session musician playing bas ...

– bass *

Mike Baird Michael Bruce Baird (born 1 April 1968) is an Australian investment banker and former politician who was the 44th Premier of New South Wales, the Minister for Infrastructure, the Minister for Western Sydney, and the Leader of the New South W ...

– drums * Paulinho da Costa – percussion *

Cynthia Rhodes Cynthia Rhodes (born November 21, 1956) is a retired American actress, singer and dancer. Her film roles include Tina Tech in ''Flashdance'' (1983), Jackie in '' Staying Alive'' (1983), officer Karen Thompson in '' Runaway'' (1984), and Penny i ...

– backing vocals

References

External links

* 1989 songs 1989 singles Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles Richard Marx songs Songs written by Richard Marx Music videos directed by Dominic Sena Capitol Records singles {{1980s-pop-song-stub