Billy Squier : Don't Say No

Don't Say No 

is the second 

album by

 Billy Squier

released on 

April 13, 1981.

 It stands as 

Squier's biggest

 career album,

 including the hits

 "In the Dark",

 "Lonely Is the Night",

 "My Kinda Lover" 

and

 "The Stroke". 

The album hit 

the Top Five 

on the Billboard album chart 

and remained on

 the chart for over

 two years (111 weeks).

"The Stroke" 

was the first single, 

reaching number 17

 on the Billboard Hot 100, 

and an even bigger hit

 at rock radio, 

hitting number 3 

on the Mainstream Rock chart. 

The song even dented

 the British Pop charts, 

rising to number 52. 

The video for

 "The Stroke" 

as most of the music videos

 from both

 Don't Say No 

and its follow-up, 

Emotions In Motion 

 is a straight-ahead

 performance piece,

 featuring Squier on

 an arena stage.

 Billy's many videos

 were staples on

 the then brand-new

 channel known as

 MTV which brought him

 increased popularity.

"In The Dark"

 followed

 "The Stroke"

 into the Billboard Top 40, 

and the Top 10 

of the Album

Rock Tracks chart.

 "Lonely Is The Night" 

and many other tracks 

from the album were

 hugely popular on AOR 

(Album Oriented Rock) 

radio stations.

The album was 

certified Gold by the

 RIAA for 500,000 sales 

in July 1981 

and Platinum

two months later. 

Though multi-platinum awards

 weren't certified prior to 1984, 

Don't Say No 

belatedly received a

 Triple Platinum award in 1992,

 certifying sales of over

 3 million US copies.

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