One More Time (Blink-182 song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = One More Time
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = Blink-182
| album = One More Time...
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| released = {{Start date|2023|09|21}}
| recorded = 2023
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| genre = * Pop-punk
| length = 3:28
| label = Columbia
| writer = * Mark Hoppus
| producer = * Travis Barker
| prev_title = Edging
| prev_year = 2022
| title2 = More Than You Know
| next_title = Dance with Me
| next_year = 2023
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|fSKQRDq3RkM|"One More Time"}}
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"One More Time" is a song recorded by American rock band Blink-182. The song was released on September 21, 2023, through Columbia Records as the second single for their ninth album of the same name. It was written by bassist Mark Hoppus, guitarist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker, with Barker co-producing the song alongside songwriters Andrew Goldstein and Aldae. "One More Time" is a ballad that centers on concepts of friendship, time, and reflecting on the past. It proceeds at a gentle tempo, incorporating acoustic guitar, piano, bells, and brushes.
"One More Time" received mainly positive reviews from music critics; many found it touching while others viewed it as overly saccharine. It became one of the band's biggest modern radio singles in the U.S., where it peaked for a record-setting 20 weeks atop Billboard{{'s}} Alternative Airplay chart; it also became their first crossover hit since 2004's "I Miss You".
Background
"One More Time" originated in a session between drummer/producer Travis Barker and songwriter Gregory Hein, writing intentionally for Blink-182. The song's lyrics were originally about a relationship, but Barker suggested a more self-referential concept, focusing on the band's history, and the interpersonal relationships between the three members.
The song was mostly completed when Barker presented it to his bandmates. Barker was reticent to send them a piece that felt completed as he wanted their creative input, but the band was largely receptive. DeLonge in particular was touched by the song, telling Barker that he and his wife felt emotional after listening to it. The three worked through "20 or 30" different versions of the song, ranging from renditions with guitar-heavy outros. "We’re always like, 'When does it get big? When do the big guitars come in?'," DeLonge noted, but they erred on keeping it simple, feeling as though the song worked better without a build-up.{{cite web | last=Davids | first=Brian | title=Tom DeLonge Talks Directing 'Monsters of California' and Taking Some "Left Turns" with Blink-182's New Record | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=October 2, 2023 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/blink-182-one-more-time-monsters-california-tom-delonge-1235606372/ | access-date=October 4, 2023}} Barker kept it simple on the final track, which employs a brush-stroked fill that was recorded on a vintage Ludwig Black Beauty snare from 1938.{{cite web | title=In the Studio With Travis Barker | website=reverb.com | date=March 17, 2025 | url=https://reverb.com/featured/in-the-studio-with-travis-barker?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blog-travisbarker | access-date=March 18, 2025}}
In an interview, DeLonge expanded on the song's concept and themes:
{{cquote|With Blink, I always feel like we're the guys next door. A lot of people knew more about us individually, and our stories in the band. So I feel like our story as a band is a little more present than a lot of rock bands. Having a song like ["One More Time"], I think a lot of people can relate, because we all get older and look back [...] I think it was a good moment for us to relate on a really human level and bring people more into our story. Which is essentially punk rock [...] it's a vehicle for emotion, it's a vehicle for kind of eternal youth with our band.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN3Z-9x6q8k|title=New Tom DeLonge Interview - Talks blink-182 reunion, One More Time, Monsters of California |people=McCarthy, Kevin; DeLonge, Tom |date=October 3, 2023|type=Television production|language=English|access-date=October 4, 2023|format= |time= |location= |publisher=WTTG (Fox 5 D.C.)}}}}
Composition
Sadie Bell of People described the song as an "emotional, pop-punk ballad."{{Cite web |title=Blink-182 Releases Emotional Song 'One More Time' About the Band's Reunion: Watch Video |url=https://people.com/blink-182-release-one-more-time-reunion-single-7971290 |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}} The song is based around an acoustic guitar riff, and later incorporates piano.{{cite web | last=Breihan | first=Tom | title=Blink-182 Announce New Album 'One More Time...', Share Title Track & "More Than You Know": Listen | website=Stereogum | date=September 21, 2023 | url=https://www.stereogum.com/2236910/blink-182-one-more-time-more-than-you-know/music/ | access-date=September 21, 2023}} DeLonge opens the song by addressing his exits from the band and how they impacted his relationship to both Hoppus and Barker: "Strangers, from strangers into brothers / From brothers into strangers once again." Hoppus answers in his second verse, directly referencing his own battle with cancer, as well as Barker's survival of a deadly 2008 plane crash.{{cite web | title=Blink-182 releases emotional music video for new song 'ONE MORE TIME' | website=ABC News | date=September 21, 2023 | url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/blink-182-releases-emotional-music-video-new-song/story?id=103377181 | access-date=September 21, 2023}} Each chorus asks questions: "Do I have to die to hear you miss me?"{{cite web | last=Garvey | first=Marianne | title=Blink-182 drops an emotional new music video | website=CNN | date=September 22, 2023 | url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/22/entertainment/blink-182-music/index.html | access-date=April 2, 2024}} In the shortened second verse, the duo resolve to overcome, observing that time is short. The song's soft tone and natural instrumentation, as well as refrain of "I miss you" was widely interpreted as a reference to the band's seminal 2004 hit.{{cite web | last=Mensah | first=Jenny | title=Blink-182 release emotional One More Time single complete with nostalgic video | website=Radio X | date=September 21, 2023 | url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/news/music/blink-182-one-more-time-single-watch-video/ | access-date=April 2, 2024}}{{cite web | last=America | first=Good Morning | title=Blink-182 releases emotional music video for new song 'ONE MORE TIME' | website=Good Morning America | date=September 21, 2023 | url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/blink-182-releases-emotional-music-video-new-song-103377181 | access-date=April 2, 2024}} As the song climaxes, the band's three members—Barker included, in a rare vocal spot—sing the song's refrain.{{cite web | last=Bellamy | first=Ana | title=Blink 182’s new album "ONE MORE TIME" makes me want to listen several more times | website=Point Park Globe | date=January 20, 2017 | url=https://ppuglobe.com/2023/10/blink-182s-new-album-one-more-time-makes-me-want-to-listen-several-more-times/ | access-date=April 2, 2024}}
Music video
The song's music video was directed by Carlos López Estrada,{{cite web | title=Blink-182 Share New Songs "One More Time" and "More Than You Know" | website=Pitchfork | date=September 21, 2023 | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/blink-182-share-new-songs-one-more-time-and-more-than-you-know-listen/ | access-date=September 21, 2023}} and features the band performing the song on a set that switches between backgrounds from the band's previous music videos—including "All the Small Things", "Adam's Song", "First Date", "Feeling This" and more. It also incorporates other key memories from the group's career, including sets emulating stages at Warped Tour 1999, MTV Spring Break at Daytona Beach from 2000,{{cite magazine | last=Bowenbank | first=Starr | title=Blink-182 Reflects on Its Music Videos & Rocky History in 'One More Time': Watch | magazine=Billboard | date=September 21, 2023 | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/blink-182-one-more-time-video-band-history-1235418178/ | access-date=September 21, 2023}} the TRL studio,{{cite web | title=Blink-182 get emotional about cancer and friendship on new single | website=EW.com | date=September 21, 2023 | url=https://ew.com/music/blink-182-one-more-time-new-song-music-video-cancer-friendship/ | access-date=September 21, 2023}} and the front cover of their live album The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!). As the song reaches its conclusion, the clip shifts to archival footage of the group from their youth.{{cite web | title=Blink-182 reveal two new songs from reunion album ONE MORE TIME... | website=Consequence | date=September 21, 2023 | url=https://consequence.net/2023/09/blink-182-one-more-time-stream/ | access-date=September 21, 2023}} The video concept originated at Columbia, the band's record label.
Chart performance
In the US, "One More Time" performed well, debuting and peaking at number 62 on the main Billboard Hot 100; its first weekend notched two million plays on radio and a million streams, allowing it to top the Billboard{{'s}} Hot Trending Songs chart for an inaugural time.{{cite magazine | last=Rutherford | first=Kevin | title=Blink-182's 'One More Time' Leads Hot Trending Songs Chart | magazine=Billboard | date=September 26, 2023 | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/blink-182-one-more-time-number-1-hot-trending-songs-1235425951/ | access-date=September 29, 2023}} "One More Time" ultimately became an airplay juggernaut on Billboard{{'s}} Alternative Airplay chart, where it peaked at number one for a record-setting twenty consecutive weeks, tied for the longest reign in the ranking's history. It also marked the first time Blink-182 achieved back-to-back number ones on that chart.{{cite magazine | last=Rutherford | first=Kevin | title=Blink-182 Notches Second Straight Alternative Airplay No. 1 With 'One More Time' | magazine=Billboard | date=October 13, 2023 | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/blink-182-one-more-time-number-1-alternative-airplay-chart-1235441877/ | access-date=November 26, 2023}} It also topped the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, and peaked at number two on Mainstream Rock Airplay. As the group entered the Adult Pop Airplay chart for the first time in 18 years, "One More Time" ultimately became the group's first crossover hit since "I Miss You". It peaked at number 13 on that chart, marking their highest rank in their career. It also became the band's first-ever charting song on Adult Contemporary, where it ranked at number 27, as well as Adult Alternative Airplay, where it peaked at number 36.{{cite web | last=Rutherford | first=Kevin | title=Blink-182’s ‘One More Time’ Ties Record for Longest Alternative Airplay No. 1 Run | website=Billboard | date=February 23, 2024 | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/blink-182-one-more-time-ties-longest-alternative-airplay-number-one-1235614014/ | access-date=February 25, 2024}}
Internationally, it became the group's highest-charting single on the UK Singles Chart in nearly two decades, debuting at number 28 on the all-genre ranking; the band's last single to reach the top 30 of that chart was "Down" in 2004.{{cite web | last=Griffiths | first=George | title=Doja Cat's Paint the Town Red wins straight month at Number 1 despite competition from Kenya Grace's breakthrough hit Strangers | website=Official Charts | date=September 29, 2023 | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/doja-cat-paint-town-red-number-1-four-weeks/ | access-date=September 29, 2023}}
Release and reception
The song debuted alongside "More Than You Know",{{cite web | last=Darville | first=Jordan | title=Blink-182 share new songs "One More Time" and "More Than You Know" | website=The FADER | date=September 21, 2023 | url=https://www.thefader.com/2023/09/21/blink-182-share-new-songs-one-more-time-and-more-than-you-know | access-date=September 21, 2023}} another single from One More Time..., with both issued to digital outlets as a joint single. Rolling Stone{{'s}} Jon Blistein wrote that the tune "finds Blink indulging in a bit of endearing, well-earned pop-punk nostalgia."{{cite magazine | last=Blistein | first=Jon| title=Blink-182 Reflect on Enduring Friendships and Brushes with Death on 'One More Time' | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=September 21, 2023 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/blink-182-new-songs-one-more-time-more-than-you-know-1234828765/ | access-date=September 21, 2023}} NME contributor Liberty Dunworth viewed it as "one of the more heartfelt and reflective tracks of their extensive discography."{{cite web | last=Dunworth | first=Liberty | title=Blink-182 drop two new songs, 'One More Time' and 'More Than You Know' | website=NME | date=September 21, 2023 | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/blink-182-share-songs-one-more-time-and-more-than-you-know-listen-3501982 | access-date=September 21, 2023}} Dustin Nelson of Entertainment Weekly dubbed it a "fitting" comeback single, while Billboard{{'s}} Starr Bowenbank viewed it as "heart-wrenching." Brian Davids of The Hollywood Reporter joked that the song "makes grown men cry," praising its "impact and emotion". Bobby Olivier from Spin viewed it as a "ballad successor to 'I Miss You'",{{cite web | last=Olivier | first=Bobby | title=Blink-182, 'One More Time...': Album Review | website=SPIN | date=October 20, 2023 | url=https://www.spin.com/2023/10/blink-182-one-more-time-album-review/ | access-date=October 28, 2023}} while Helen Brown of The Independent found the "funereal" track to be too "soppy".{{cite web | last=Brown | first=Helen | title=Blink-182's big reunion album is hardly revelatory – review | website=The Independent | date=October 20, 2023 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/blink-182-one-more-time-review-b2432574.html | access-date=October 28, 2023}} In context of the album, NME{{'s}} Emma Wilkes wrote that the title track is "the emotional apex of an album doused in sentimentality."{{cite web | last=Wilkes | first=Emma | title='One More Time' review: a surprisingly touching reunion | website=NME | date=October 19, 2023 | url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/blink-182-one-more-time-review-lyrics-tracklist-3517188 | access-date=October 28, 2023}}
Paolo Ragusa from Consequence opined that the tune "may be sappy, but it doesn’t feel obligatory or performative. It’s interesting enough for the band to be writing songs about being in the band instead of half-hearted youthful anguish."{{cite web | title=On ONE MORE TIME..., Blink-182 Try Growing Up | website=Consequence | date=October 20, 2023 | url=https://consequence.net/2023/10/blink-182-one-more-time-review/ | access-date=October 28, 2023}} Pitchfork{{'s}} Arielle Gordon considered the band using their own "lore" for lyrics cheap: "The story is one of enduring friendship, reduced to vacuous balladry that reads like a high school poetry assignment [...] it sounds self-congratulatory, like a band doing cheap covers of its own songs."{{cite web | title=Blink-182: One More Time... | website=Pitchfork | date=October 24, 2023 | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/blink-182-one-more-time/ | access-date=October 28, 2023}} Pranav Trwen at Stereogum felt similarly: "The sentiment of the plainspoken ballad is powerful, lived in, and undoubtedly earned [...] But why must that sentiment be attached to a song so uninspired, paint-by-numbers, and just overwhelmingly milquetoast? Treacly and heavy-handed, it suggested that Blink were letting the narrative drive their reunion instead of any innate musical curiosity still existing between the three."{{cite web | last=Trewn | first=Pranav | title=Premature Evaluation: Blink-182 'One More Time...' | website=Stereogum | date=October 20, 2023 | url=https://www.stereogum.com/2239895/premature-evaluation-blink-182-one-more-time/reviews/premature-evaluation/ | access-date=October 28, 2023}}
=Accolades=
The song won the award for Alternative Song of the Year at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards.{{cite web | last=Irvin | first=Jack | last2=Michaud | first2=Sarah | title=iHeartRadio Music Awards 2024: See the Complete List of Winners! | website=Peoplemag | date=April 1, 2024 | url=https://people.com/iheartradio-music-awards-2024-winners-list-8622591 | access-date=April 2, 2024}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from the song's YouTube video.{{cite web | title=ONE MORE TIME | website=YouTube | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAOS-x41amQ | access-date=September 21, 2023}}
Blink-182
- Tom DeLonge – vocals, guitar, songwriting
- Mark Hoppus – vocals, bass guitar, songwriting
- Travis Barker – drums, backing vocals, producer, songwriting
Additional musician
- Kevin Bivona – piano, strings, recording engineer
Technical
- Gregory Hein – songwriting, co-producer
- Andrew Goldstein – songwriting, co-producer
- Nick Morzov – recording engineer
- Eric Emery – recording engineer
- John Warren – recording engineer
- Kevin Gruft – recording engineer
- Aaron Rubin – recording engineer
- Mark "Spike" Stent – mix engineer
- Matt Wolach – assistant engineer
- Randy Merrill – mastering
Charts
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| scope="row"| US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2024/adult-pop-songs/|title=Year-End Charts: Adult Pop Airplay Songs (2024)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 15, 2024}}
| 40 |
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| scope="row"| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard){{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2024/hot-rock-songs/|title=Year-End Charts: Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (2024)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 16, 2024}}
| 48 |
| scope="row"| US Rock Airplay (Billboard){{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2024/rock-airplay-songs//|title=Year-End Charts: Rock & Alternative Airplay Songs (2024)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 15, 2024}}
| 1 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|title=One More Time|artist=Blink-182|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=December 9, 2024}}
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References
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Category:Columbia Records singles