Public Life

This article is about the 1984 album by Eddie Schwartz. For other uses, see public life (disambiguation).

Public Life
Studio album by Eddie Schwartz
Released	1984
Recorded	1981
Genre	Soft rock
Length	36:26
Label	WEA (Canada)
Producer	Eddie Schwartz, David Tyson, Tony Bongiovi
Eddie Schwartz chronology
No Refuge (1981) Public Life (1984) Tour De Schwartz (1995)

Public Life is the third studio album by singer Eddie Schwartz. It was released in 1984 by WEA in Canada.

Lead single "Strike" was a minor hit in Canada, reaching #47 on the RPM charts. The second single, "Special Girl", was a top 20 hit on the Canadian Adult Contemporary charts. "Special Girl" became much better known in the U.S. for its near-simultaneous cover by the group America, whose version became a U.S. hit in September 1984. In the U.K., the song was a minor hit for Meat Loaf in early 1987. Asia recorded a cover of "Don't Come To Me" in 1995 for their album Arena, but was left off and was later included on the archives compilation Archiva 2.

Track listing

A Side

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Come to Me"	Eddie Schwartz, David Tyson	4:42
2.	"Feed the Fire"	Schwartz, Tyson	4:11
3.	"Special Girl"	Schwartz, Tyson	4:09
4.	"Times Square Heart"	Schwartz, Robin Lerner	4:23

B Side

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Not Tonight"	Schwartz	5:18
2.	"I've Had Enough"	Schwartz, Tyson	5:32
3.	"Strike"	Schwartz	3:32
4.	"Passing Ships (The Ballad of Henry and Lucy)"	Schwartz, Tyson	4:58

Chart performance

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	"Strike"	RPM (Canada) Top 50 [1]	47
	"Special Girl"	RPM (Canada) Adult Contemporary [2]	20

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. ^[3]

• Eddie Schwartz  – lead vocals, background vocals, guitar
• David Tyson  – keyboards, bass, glockenspiel, background vocals
• Rick Derringer  – guitar solos
• Peter Follett – guitar solos
• Gary Craig – drums
• Jimmy Bralower – drums

Production team

• Eddie Schwartz, David Tyson, Tony Bongiovi – producers

References

1. Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada .
2. Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada .
3. Public Life liner notes. WEA (Canada). 1984.