Do That to Me One More Time

{{Infobox song

| name = Do That to Me One More Time

| cover = Captain & Tennille - Do That To Me One More Time (single).jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Captain & Tennille

| album = Make Your Move

| B-side = Deep in the Dark

| released = October 1979 (US)
January 1980 (UK)

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

Soft rock{{cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/explore/metastyle/soft-rock-d4494/songs/tier-asc/50 |title=Explore: Soft Rock | Top Songs | AllMusic |website=AllMusic |date=November 12, 2011 |access-date=June 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112170238/http://allmusic.com/explore/metastyle/soft-rock-d4494/songs/tier-asc/50 |archive-date=November 12, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.stereogum.com/5507/40_most_softsational_softrock_songs/franchises/list/ |title=VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs |date=May 31, 2007 |website=Stereogum |publisher=SpinMedia |access-date=July 31, 2016}}
easy listening{{cite web |first=Tom |last=Breihan |title=The Number Ones: The Captain & Tennille's "Do That To Me One More Time" |website=Stereogum |date=March 16, 2020 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2076627/the-number-ones-the-captain-tennilles-do-that-to-me-one-more-time/columns/the-number-ones/ |quote=The music, which the Captain produced, is ugly and antiseptic late-’70s easy-listening nothingness... |access-date=July 14, 2023}}
middle-of-the-roadMunk, D. (2016) Captain & Tennille-a-palooza!: The life lesson I learned from Toni Tennille, plus a recipe for her rice Creole dish in Eating With The Stars. Stargayzing. [online] Available at: https://stargayzing.com/captain-tennille-a-palooza-the-life-lesson-i-learned-from-toni-tennille-plus-a-recipe-for-her-rice-creole-dish/ (Accessed: December 26th 2023).

| length = 3:45 (single version)
4:17 (album version)

| label = Casablanca

| writer = Toni Tennille

| producer = Daryl Dragon

| prev_title = You Need a Woman Tonight

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Love on a Shoestring

| next_year = 1980

}}

"Do That to Me One More Time" is a song performed by the American pop duo Captain & Tennille. It was their 13th charting hit in the United States, and their second number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was included on the duo's 1979 studio album, Make Your Move, and was written by Toni Tennille. It features a Lyricon solo by saxophonist Tom Scott.

The duo also recorded a version of the song in Spanish, translated as Ámame una vez más.

History

After a decline in popularity from the height of their success in the mid-1970s, the Captain and Tennille signed with Casablanca Records under the guidance of Neil Bogart. "Do That to Me One More Time" was a comeback for the duo, but they failed to achieve further success on Casablanca and their contract was not renewed. Vocalist and songwriter Toni Tennille played the song for Bogart at her house with husband Daryl Dragon in Pacific Palisades, California on an electric piano. Bogart reacted enthusiastically, saying: "That's a smash! There's no doubt in my mind that's going to be your first single."Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of #1 Hits, 5th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 521. According to Billboard, the song is about sex, specifically "male virility."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/959432/the-50-sexiest-songs-of-all-time|title=The 50 Sexiest Songs Of All Time|author=M. Tye Comer|author2=Mariel Concepcion|author3=Monica Herrera|author4=Jessica Letkemann|author5=Evie Nagy|author6=David J. Prince|name-list-style=amp |magazine=Billboard |date=February 11, 2010 |access-date=October 13, 2016}} According to Toni Tennille, she wrote the song about how she felt for Daryl Dragon; however as she put it, "the funny thing was, later on he told me that he never paid any attention to the lyrics... so he didn't know what I was saying".Studio 10. (2016) Toni Tennille on Studio 10. YouTube. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw0kA7h4VZE (Accessed: December 24th 2023).

Composition

The song is performed in the key of C major. The key changes to D major for the final chorus and ending. It moves at a tempo of 90 beats per minute in common time. The vocals span from E₄ to B₅.{{cite web |last=Tennille |first=Toni |title=Captain & Tennille "Do That To Me One More Time" Sheet Music |url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0068714 |access-date=September 5, 2022 |website=Musicnotes|date=October 20, 2008 }}{{cite web |title=Key & BPM for Do That To Me One More Time by Captain & Tennille |url=https://tunebat.com/Info/Do-That-To-Me-One-More-Time-Captain-Tennille/0m4jVVZrsv0bLkAr1uM6UG |website=Tunebat}}

Release and reception

"Do That to Me One More Time" became Captain & Tennille's second and final number-one hit (also their final Top 40 song in the U.S.) when it reached the pinnacle of the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week ending February 16, 1980. The song had logged four consecutive weeks in the runner-up position on this chart behind Michael Jackson's hit "Rock with You" before ascending to the top of the chart. The song spent a single week in the pole position before being succeeded on February 23 by Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". Overall, "Do That to Me One More Time" spent 27 weeks on the Hot 100.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/captain-tennille/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Captain & Tennille - Chart History {{!}} Billboard |publisher=Billboard |date= |access-date=9 February 2018}}

The song also achieved some crossover success on the Billboard adult contemporary and R&B charts. It was their highest-charting hit on the UK Singles Chart, where it reached number seven in March 1980. It also peaked at number three in Australia and was number one in the Netherlands.{{cite web |title=Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?year=1980&date=19800308&cat=s |access-date=September 5, 2022 |website=dutchcharts.nl}}

Record World called "Do That to Me One More Time" a "warm & tender pop-a/c gem."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=October 27, 1979|access-date=February 11, 2023 |title=Hits of the Week|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/79/RW-1979-10-27.pdf}} Writing for Stereogum, Tom Breihan criticized the song due to perceiving the lyrics about married sex to be too sleazy and described the production as "ugly and antiseptic late-'70s easy-listening nothingness", scoring the song 2/10.{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=2020-03-16 |title=The Number Ones: The Captain & Tennille’s “Do That To Me One More Time” |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2076627/the-number-ones-the-captain-tennilles-do-that-to-me-one-more-time/columns/the-number-ones/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}

Charts and certifications

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
style="text-align:center;"\|Chart (1980) ! style="text-align:center;"\|Peak position
align=left\|Argentina \|align=center\|6
align=left\|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web \|url=https://imgur.com/a/kTGdGUZ \|title=National Top 100 Singles for 1980\|publisher=Kent Music Report \|issue=341 \|via=Imgur \|date=January 5, 1981 \|access-date=January 17, 2022}} \|align=center\|3
{{single chart\|Flanders\|1\|artist=Captain & Tennille\|song=Do That To Me One More Time\|access-date=September 9, 2016}}
{{single chart\|Canadatopsingles\|4\|artist=Captain & Tennille\|song=Do That To Me One More Time\|chartid=9470a\|access-date=July 13, 2024}}
{{single chart\|Canadaadultcontemporary\|1\|artist=Captain & Tennille\|song=Do That To Me One More Time\|chartid=9498\|access-date=July 13, 2024}}
align="left"\|Dutch Top 40{{cite web\|url=http://www.top40.nl/top40/1980/week-10 \|title=Top 40-lijst van week 10, 1980 \|website=Top40.nl \|access-date=October 16, 2016\|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311111048/http://www.top40.nl/top40/1980/week-10 \|archive-date=March 11, 2016}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|2
align=left\|Germany \|align=center\|33
align=left\|Ireland (Irish Singles Chart){{cite web\|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement \|title=Captain & Tennille}} \|align=center\|5
{{single chart\|Dutch100\|1\|artist=Captain & Tennille\|song=Do That to Me One More Time\|refname=}}
align="left"\|New Zealand Singles Chart{{cite web \|author=Steffen Hung \|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Captain+%26+Tennille&titel=Do+That+To+Me+One+More+Time&cat=s \|title=Captain & Tennille - Do That To Me One More Time \|website=charts.nz \|date= \|access-date=October 16, 2016}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|5
South Africa (Springbok){{cite web\|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989\|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(C).html\|access-date=September 5, 2018}} \|align="center"\|1
Spain (AFYVE){{cite book \|first=Fernando \|last=Salaverri \|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 \|edition=1st \|date=September 2005 \|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE \|location=Spain \|isbn=84-8048-639-2 \|language=es}} \|align="center"\|7
align="left"\|UK Singles Chart{{cite web\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/do-that-to-me-one-more-time/ \|title=Official Charts Company \|website=Official Charts \|access-date=September 13, 2020}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|7
align="left"\|US Billboard Hot 100[{{AllMusic\|class=artist\|id=p3836/charts-awards/billboard-singles\|pure_url=yes}} U.S. chart peak positions] AllMusic.com. Retrieved August 1, 2009. \| style="text-align:center;"\|1
align="left"\|US Billboard Adult Contemporary \| style="text-align:center;"\|4
align="left"\|US Billboard Hot Soul Singles \| style="text-align:center;"\|58

class="wikitable sortable"

style="text-align:center;"|Chart (1980)

! style="text-align:center;"|Peak
position

align=left|Argentina

|align=center|6

align=left|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web |url=https://imgur.com/a/kTGdGUZ |title=National Top 100 Singles for 1980|publisher=Kent Music Report |issue=341 |via=Imgur |date=January 5, 1981 |access-date=January 17, 2022}}

|align=center|3

{{single chart|Flanders|1|artist=Captain & Tennille|song=Do That To Me One More Time|access-date=September 9, 2016}}

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|4|artist=Captain & Tennille|song=Do That To Me One More Time|chartid=9470a|access-date=July 13, 2024}}

{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|1|artist=Captain & Tennille|song=Do That To Me One More Time|chartid=9498|access-date=July 13, 2024}}

align="left"|Dutch Top 40{{cite web|url=http://www.top40.nl/top40/1980/week-10 |title=Top 40-lijst van week 10, 1980 |website=Top40.nl |access-date=October 16, 2016|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311111048/http://www.top40.nl/top40/1980/week-10 |archive-date=March 11, 2016}}

| style="text-align:center;"|2

align=left|Germany

|align=center|33

align=left|Ireland (Irish Singles Chart){{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Captain & Tennille}}

|align=center|5

{{single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=Captain & Tennille|song=Do That to Me One More Time|refname=}}

align="left"|New Zealand Singles Chart{{cite web |author=Steffen Hung |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Captain+%26+Tennille&titel=Do+That+To+Me+One+More+Time&cat=s |title=Captain & Tennille - Do That To Me One More Time |website=charts.nz |date= |access-date=October 16, 2016}}

| style="text-align:center;"|5

South Africa (Springbok){{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(C).html|access-date=September 5, 2018}}

|align="center"|1

Spain (AFYVE){{cite book |first=Fernando |last=Salaverri |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |edition=1st |date=September 2005 |publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE |location=Spain |isbn=84-8048-639-2 |language=es}}

|align="center"|7

align="left"|UK Singles Chart{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/do-that-to-me-one-more-time/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Official Charts |access-date=September 13, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|7

align="left"|US Billboard Hot 100[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3836/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} U.S. chart peak positions] AllMusic.com. Retrieved August 1, 2009.

| style="text-align:center;"|1

align="left"|US Billboard Adult Contemporary

| style="text-align:center;"|4

align="left"|US Billboard Hot Soul Singles

| style="text-align:center;"|58

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
align="left"\|Chart (1980) !align="left"\|Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report) \|align="center"\|26
Canada{{cite web \|url= https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0272&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0272.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0272 \|title= Image – RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada \|website=Libraries and Archives Canada\|date= July 17, 2013 \|access-date=July 13, 2024 }} \| style="text-align:center;"\|25
South Africa {{cite web\|title=Top 20 Hit Singles of 19__\|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_19__.html\|access-date=December 26, 2018}} {{dead link\|date=July 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes}} \|align="center"\|14
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine \|date=December 20, 1980 \|title=1980 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GyUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT63 \|page=TIA-10 \|magazine=Billboard \|volume=92 \|issue=51\|access-date=April 5, 2020}} \|align="center"\|5

class="wikitable sortable"

align="left"|Chart (1980)

!align="left"|Rank

Australia (Kent Music Report)

|align="center"|26

Canada{{cite web |url= https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0272&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0272.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0272 |title= Image – RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada |website=Libraries and Archives Canada|date= July 17, 2013 |access-date=July 13, 2024 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|25

South Africa {{cite web|title=Top 20 Hit Singles of 19__|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_19__.html|access-date=December 26, 2018}} {{dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}

|align="center"|14

US Top Pop Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine |date=December 20, 1980 |title=1980 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GyUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT63 |page=TIA-10 |magazine=Billboard |volume=92 |issue=51|access-date=April 5, 2020}}

|align="center"|5

=All-time charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
Chart (1958-2018) ! Position
US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary\|title=Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=December 10, 2018}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|119

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

Chart (1958-2018)

! Position

US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary|title=Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2018}}

| style="text-align:center;"|119

= Certifications =

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|award=Gold|certyear=1980|title=Do That to Me One More Time|artist=Captain and Tenille|type=single|access-date=April 25, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Gold|certyear=1980|title=Do That to Me One More Time|artist=Captain & Tennille|type=single|access-date=September 5, 2022}}