Do to Me

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"Do to Me"
Single by Smokie
from the album The Other Side of the Road
B-side "Cryin'"
Released1979 (1979)
Length3:18
Label RAK
Songwriter(s) Chris Norman, Pete Spencer
Producer(s) Smokie
Smokie singles chronology
"Mexican Girl"
(1978)
"Do to Me"
(1979)
"Babe It's Up to You"
(1979)

"Do to Me" is a song by the British rock band Smokie from their 1979 studio album The Other Side of the Road . It was the album's first single.

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Background and writing

The song was written by Chris Norman and Smokie drummer Pete Spencer and produced by Smokie.

Commercial performance

The song reached no. 10 in Germany. [1]

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 16
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [3] 6
Germany [1] 10
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [4] 7

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References

  1. 1 2 "spanishcharts.com - Smokie - Do To Me" . Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  3. "Austriancharts.at – Smokie – Do to Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  4. "Swisscharts.com – Smokie – Do to Me". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved October 20, 2017.