"Take Your Time (Do It Right)"
A-side label of US 12-inch vinyl single
Single by The S.O.S. Band
from the album S.O.S.
A-side"Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1"
B-side"Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 2"
ReleasedMarch 18, 1980 (1980-03-18)
Recorded1979
Genre
Length7:40
LabelTabu
Songwriter(s)
  • Harold Clayton
  • Sigidi
Producer(s)Sigidi
The S.O.S. Band singles chronology
"Take Your Time (Do It Right)"
(1980)		 "S.O.S. (Dit Dit Dit Dash Dash Dash Dit Dit Dit)"
(1980)
Release from overseas
Artwork for European 7-inch vinyl single, also used for the S.O.S. album

"Take Your Time (Do It Right)" is the debut single by American R&B group the S.O.S. Band. It was released as the lead single from their debut studio album, S.O.S. (1980) on March 18, 1980 through Tabu Records, three months before the album's release.

"Take Your Time (Do It Right)" was a hit at discothèques and became a disco classic.

Chart performance

In the United States, it reached the number-one spot on the Billboard R&B singles chart and number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in mid-1980.[1] On the Billboard dance chart, it went to number one for four non-consecutive weeks.[2] The single was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies.[3] It spent five months (21 weeks) on the US charts. "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" was a worldwide hit; however, only in New Zealand did its popularity match that of the US, peaking there likewise at number three. It was moderately successful elsewhere, reaching number 40 in Australia, number 27 in Canada and number 10 in Norway. In the UK it missed the top 40 entirely, peaking at number 51. It is ranked as the 36th biggest American hit of 1980,[4] and the 42nd in New Zealand.[5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 40
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders) 19
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 27
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 26
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 3
Norway (VG-lista) 10
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 20
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 51
US Billboard Hot 100 3
US Disco Top 100 (Billboard) 1
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard) 1
US Cash Box Top 100[7] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1980) Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 42
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[8] 37
US Cash Box Top 100[9] 16

Max-A-Million version

"Take Your Time (Do It Right)"
Single by Max-A-Million
from the album Take Your Time
ReleasedJuly 5, 1995
Recorded1994
GenreEurodance
Length3:39
LabelSOS Records
Songwriter(s)Harold Clayton, Sigidi
Producer(s)20 Fingers
Max-A-Million singles chronology
"Fat Boy"
(1994)		 "Take Your Time (Do It Right)"
(1995)		 "Sexual Healing"
(1995)

In 1995, Max-A-Million recorded the song which peaked in the top 20 on the US dance club play chart and also charted on the Hot 100. The song was the title track to their Take Your Time LP.[10]

Track listing

CD-Maxi

  1. Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Radio Mix) 3:39
  2. Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Charlie's Mix) 4:35
  3. Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Extended Mix) 5:41
  4. Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Euro Mix) 4:44
  5. Take Your Time (Do It Right) (J.J.'s Club Mix) 4:47
  6. Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Do It Underground) 6:36
  7. Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Onofrio's Message) 6:33

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 64
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play[12] 18

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 540.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 239.
  3. ↑ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. 1980-09-29. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  4. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  5. 1 2 "Top Selling Singles of 1980 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1980-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 262. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ↑ "Top 100 1980-08-23". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  8. ↑ "1980 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 51. December 20, 1980. p. TIA-10. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1980". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  10. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  11. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 548.
  12. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 170.


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