Don't Do Me Like That

{{Infobox song

| name = Don't Do Me Like That

| cover = Don't do me like that tom petty US.jpg

| alt =

| caption = U.S. 7" vinyl

| type = single

| artist = Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

| album = Damn the Torpedoes

| B-side = {{ubl|"Casa Dega" (US)|"Century City" (UK)}}

| released = {{Start date|1979|11|5}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

Rock
boogie rock{{Cite podcast|url=https://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/hit_parade/2017/10/how_tom_petty_and_prince_led_parallel_careers.html|title= Le Petty Prince Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=October 30, 2017|access-date=July 9, 2023}}
R&B{{cite book|first=Andrea M.|last=Rotondo|title=Tom Petty: Rock 'n' Roll Guardian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ufjAgAAQBAJ&pg=PP110|date=February 12, 2014|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-868-3|page=110}}

| length = 2:44

| label = Backstreet

| writer = Tom Petty

| producer = Jimmy Iovine

| prev_title = Listen to Her Heart

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Refugee

| next_year = 1980

}}

"Don't Do Me Like That" is a song written by Tom Petty and recorded by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was released in November 1979 as the first single from the album Damn the Torpedoes (1979). It was the first of three of their songs to be in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/tom-petty-top-songs-billboards-hot-100/stop-draggin-my-heart-around-by-stevie-nicks-with-tom-petty-the-heartbreakers-hot-100-peak-no-3-peak-date-9-5-1981/|title=Tom Petty's Top 25 Billboard Hot 100 Hits|first=Fred|last=Sahai|date=April 28, 2022|magazine=Billboard}} The single also peaked at number 3 in Canada. In the UK, despite airplay by Capital Radio in the summer of 1980, the track failed to make the Top 75 chart.

Background

Petty wrote the song and recorded a demo version with his previous band Mudcrutch in 1974. At one point he strongly considered giving the song to The J. Geils Band because he thought it had their sound. During the Damn the Torpedoes sessions he was convinced by producer Jimmy Iovine to include it on the album because he sensed it would be a hit.{{cite web |last=Bosso |first=Joe |url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/tom-petty-damn-the-torpedoes-deluxe-edition-review-track-by-track-292565/7/1 |title=Tom Petty: Damn The Torpedoes Deluxe Edition review track-by-track |publisher=MusicRadar |access-date=October 14, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Reception

Billboard praised the song for its "strong lyrical hook backed up by some solid mid to fast rock instrumentation" and its "urgent" vocal.{{cite news|title=Top Single Picks|newspaper=Billboard|page=76|date=November 17, 1979|access-date=July 7, 2020|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1979/Billboard%201979-11-17.pdf}} Cash Box said that it "bounces along to a rock steady, engaging beat, bopping hook, staccato guitar chords with lively production".{{cite news|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=November 17, 1979|page=22|newspaper=Cash Box|accessdate=January 1, 2022|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1979/CB-1979-11-17.pdf}} Record World called the hook "irresistible".{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=November 17, 1979|accessdate=2023-02-11|title=Hits of the Week|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/79/RW-1979-11-17.pdf}}

The Fort Worth Star Telegram rated it to be the 4th best single of 1979.{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2022-06-18|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|author=Kaye, Roger|date=January 13, 1980|pages=1D, 10D|title=The best albums, singles and concerts of 1979|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104005068/fort-worth-star-telegram/}}

Single track listings

"Don't Do Me Like That" b/w "Casa Dega"
Backstreet 41138 (US)
"Don't Do Me Like That" b/w "Century City"
"Something Else" (Live) b/w "Stories We Could Tell" (Live)
Backstreet MCA 596 (UK 2x7" single)

Chart performance

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1979–80) ! Peak position
Canadian RPM Top Singles \| style="text-align:center;"\| 3
New Zealand \| style="text-align:center;"\| 17
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 10
U.S. Cash Box Top 100{{cite web\|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19800209.html \|title=Top 100 1980-02-09 \|work=Cash Box \|access-date=May 18, 2015 }} \| style="text-align:center;"\| 7

class="wikitable sortable"

Chart (1979–80)

! Peak
position

Canadian RPM Top Singles

| style="text-align:center;"| 3

New Zealand

| style="text-align:center;"| 17

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

| style="text-align:center;"| 10

U.S. Cash Box Top 100{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19800209.html |title=Top 100 1980-02-09 |work=Cash Box |access-date=May 18, 2015 }}

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

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
align="left"\|Chart (1980) ! style="text-align:center;"\|Rank
Canada \| style="text-align:center;"\|37
U.S. Billboard Hot 100"Pop Singles" Billboard December 20, 1980: TIA-10 \| style="text-align:center;"\|64
U.S. Cash Box \| style="text-align:center;"\|56

class="wikitable sortable"

align="left"|Chart (1980)

! style="text-align:center;"|Rank

Canada

| style="text-align:center;"|37

U.S. Billboard Hot 100"Pop Singles" Billboard December 20, 1980: TIA-10

| style="text-align:center;"|64

U.S. Cash Box

| style="text-align:center;"|56

References

Category:1979 singles

Category:American rhythm and blues songs

Category:Tom Petty songs

Category:Songs written by Tom Petty

Category:Song recordings produced by Jimmy Iovine

Category:1979 songs