Don't Do Me Like That

"Don't Do Me Like That"

U.S. 7" vinyl
Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
from the album Damn the Torpedoes
B-side "Casa Dega" (US)
"Century City" (UK)
Released November 5, 1979 (1979-11-05)
Format 7"
Genre Rock
Length 2:44
Label Backstreet
Writer(s) Tom Petty
Producer(s) Tom Petty, Jimmy Iovine
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology
"Listen to Her Heart"
(1978)
"Don't Do Me Like That"
(1979)
"Refugee"
(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 reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's first Top 10 hit.[1] The single also peaked at number 3 in Canada.

Petty strongly considered giving the song to The J. Geils Band because he thought it had their sound, but was convinced by producer Jimmy Iovine to include it on the album because he sensed it would be a hit.[2]

In film

The song appeared in the 2009 romantic comedy It's Complicated starring Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin. Streep and Baldwin's character dance to the song in a bar. It also appeared in the movie My Best Friend's Girl.

Single track listings

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1979–80) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 10
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[3] 7
New Zealand 17

Year-end charts

Chart (1980) Rank
Canada 37
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 64
U.S. Cash Box 56

References

  1. Joel Whitburn, Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2010, Record Research, 2011.
  2. Bosso, Joe. "Tom Petty: Damn The Torpedoes Deluxe Edition review track-by-track". MusicRadar. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  3. "Pop Singles" Billboard December 20, 1980: TIA-10

External links

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