Satisfied (Richard Marx song)

"Satisfied" is a chart-topping hit song recorded by American rock singer 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.

"Satisfied"
Single by Richard Marx
from the album Repeat Offender
B-side"Should've Known Better (Live)"
ReleasedApril 1989
GenreRock
Length4:12 (album version)
3:58 (single version)
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Richard Marx
Producer(s)
Richard Marx singles chronology
"Have Mercy"
(1988)		 "Satisfied"
(1989)		 "Right Here Waiting"
(1989)

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Marx.

  1. "Satisfied" – 3:58
  2. "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
Germany (Official German Charts)[3] 42
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 25
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5] 52
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 1
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 5

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

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References
  1. "Australian-charts.com – Richard Marx – Satisfied". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  2. RPM Top Singles peak RPM Magazine
  3. "Musicline.de – Richard Marx Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Richard Marx – Satisfied" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  6. "Richard Marx Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  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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