Satisfied (Richard Marx song)

"Satisfied"
"Satisfied"
Single by Richard Marx
from the album Repeat Offender
B-side	"Should've Known Better (Live)"
Released	April 1989
Genre	Dance-rock
Length	4:12 (album version) ; 3:58 (single version)
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Richard Marx
Producer(s)	Richard Marx; David Cole;
Richard Marx singles chronology

"Satisfied" is a chart-topping hit song recorded by American singer-songwriter Richard Marx for his second album, Repeat Offender. It was Richard's second of three consecutive #1's on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Track listing[]

All songs written by Richard Marx.

"Satisfied" – 3:58
"Should've Known Better" [Live] – 4:57

Track 1 produced by Richard Marx and David Cole.
Track 2 produced by Humberto Gatica.

Charts[]

"Satisfied" was the lead single from Richard Marx's highly anticipated second album, Repeat Offender. 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[]

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[1]	20
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[2]	2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[3]	25
UK Singles (OCC)^[4]	52
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	1
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	5
West Germany (Official German Charts)^[6]	42

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1989)	Position
Australia (ARIA)^[7]	64
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[8]	32
United States (Billboard)^[9]^[10]	54

Credits[]

Richard Marx – lead and backing vocals
C.J. Vanston – keyboards
Bill Payne – Hammond B3 organ
Bruce Gaitsch – guitar
Michael Landau – guitar, guitar solo
Randy Jackson – bass
Mike Baird – drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Cynthia Rhodes – backing vocals

References[]

^ "Australian-charts.com – Richard Marx – Satisfied". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6367." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Richard Marx – Satisfied" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ "Richard Marx Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Richard Marx – Satisfied". GfK Entertainment Charts.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 178.
^ "Top Singles - Volume 51, No. 8, December 23, 1989". RPM. December 23, 1999. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
^ "1989 The Year in Music: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 101 (51): Y-22. December 23, 1989.
^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1989".

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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[sc_Australia_Richard_Marx-1] "Australian-charts.com – Richard Marx – Satisfied". ARIA Top 50 Singles.

[sc_Canadatopsingles_Richard_Marx-2] "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6367." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.

[sc_Dutch100_Richard_Marx-3] "Dutchcharts.nl – Richard Marx – Satisfied" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.

[sc_UK_-4] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Richard_Marx-5] "Richard Marx Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_West_Germany_Richard_Marx-6] "Offiziellecharts.de – Richard Marx – Satisfied". GfK Entertainment Charts.

[7] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 178.

[8] "Top Singles - Volume 51, No. 8, December 23, 1989". RPM. December 23, 1999. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.

[9] "1989 The Year in Music: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 101 (51): Y-22. December 23, 1989.

[10] "Billboard Top 100 – 1989".

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Studio albums	Richard Marx Repeat Offender Rush Street Paid Vacation Flesh and Bone Days in Avalon My Own Best Enemy Emotional Remains Sundown Christmas Spirit Beautiful Goodbye Limitless
Compilations	Ballads Greatest Hits (1997) The Best of Richard Marx The Essential Richard Marx Timeline Duo Stories to Tell Hits & Ballads Inside My Head Seven & Seven Now And Forever: The Ballads The Ultimate Collection Repeat Offender Revisited
Promo compilations	Greatest Hits (1993) The Music of Richard Marx: 1987–2009
Live albums	Live in USA 1988/92 Live Music Hall Koln 1992 Channel V at the Hard Rock Live Duo Live A Night Out with Friends
Singles	"Don't Mean Nothing" "Should've Known Better" "Endless Summer Nights" "Hold On to the Nights" "Satisfied" "Right Here Waiting" "Angelia" "Nothin' You Can Do About It" "Children of the Night" "Keep Coming Back" "Hazard" "Take This Heart" "Now and Forever" "At the Beginning" "Everybody" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" "The Little Drummer Boy" "O Holy Night" "Dance with My Father" "Another One Down"
Songs written	"What About Me" "The Best of Me" "If You Ever Leave Me" "One More Time" "This I Promise You" "To Where You Are" "Dance with My Father" "Better Life" "Everybody"
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