One More Time (Joe Jackson song)

"One More Time"
Single by Joe Jackson
from the album Look Sharp!
B-side "Don't Ask Me"
Released 18 May 1979 (1979-05-18)
Recorded 1978
Genre Rock, new wave
Length 3:15
Label A&M - AMS 7433
Songwriter(s) Joe Jackson
Producer(s) David Kershenbaum
Joe Jackson singles chronology
"Sunday Papers"
(1979)		 "One More Time"
(1979)		 "I'm the Man"
(1979)

"Sunday Papers"
(1979)		 "One More Time"
(1979)		 "I'm the Man"
(1979)

"One More Time" is a song by the British new wave musician Joe Jackson. It was released as the third single from his debut album, Look Sharp!, in 1979.

Background

The lyrics of "One More Time" feature the singer asking his ex-lover to truthfully tell him that she never loved him. Musically, the song is one of Jackson's more aggressive rock songs, featuring Joe Jackson on lead vocals and a prominent guitar riff to open the song.

"One More Time" was released as the follow-up single to "Sunday Papers," also from Look Sharp!, in May 1979. Backed with the non-album track "Don't Ask Me" (which later appeared as a bonus track on some releases of Look Sharp!), the single, like "Sunday Papers," was unable to chart in Britain. The single was not released in America or any countries in continental Europe, although an alternate single, "Fools in Love," was released in the Netherlands in June 1979.

Reception

Rolling Stone critic Bud Scoppa described "One More Time" as a "welcome merger of edginess and ear candy, which connected immediately with fans who couldn't abide the brutal fun of 'God Save the Queen.'"[1] The song was ranked #5 on Ultimate Classic Rock's list of the "Top 10 Joe Jackson Songs."[2]

References

  1. ↑ Scoppa, Bud (7 January 2004). "Joe Jackson Look Sharp! > Music Review". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2006. Published in a revised form as Scoppa, Bud (5 February 2004). "The Rolling Stone Hall of Fame: The Greatest Albums Ever Made: Joe Jackson Look Sharp! > Review". Rolling Stone (941). p. 62.
  2. ↑ Lifton, Dave. "Top 10 Joe Jackson Songs". ultimateclassicrock.com.
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