Captain Tennille - Do That To Me One ...

That Spanish version was released on a U.S. 45 too, for
about a second. Back in '80, WKTU in NY started playing
it, then they created an in-house "Spang-lish" edit. At
that time i looked in Record World and at the end of the
45 wall they had 5 or 6 current hits in Spanish, this was
one. Held it in my hand..but put it back.
I figured I'd pick it up next trip. Nope, gone. Never saw
another copy again, and I looked on and off for like 30
years.. never found it, not even on E-bay.

Finally,'bout 2 months ago my friend Chris bought some
foreign hits online as 45's, and shipped them to me so I
could dub them to digital for him.   This was one! Yay,
after 30 plus years.   
The copy he found is a promo, stereo/mono and the # is
NB2247DJ. Title is listed as "Do That To Me One More Time
(Amame Una Vez Mas)"
And as Ron mentioned, it is indeed 4:02 with a cold
ending.
MM

MMathews wrote: Back in '80,...i looked in Record World and at the end of the 45 wall they had 5 or 6 current hits in Spanish, this was one.

...'bout 2 months ago my friend Chris bought some foreign hits online as 45's, and shipped them to me so I could dub them to digital for him.

So 34 years later, by chance do you remember what any of those other hits you saw at Record World sung in Spanish were??? Also, could you share what the other titles were that your friend recently bought on-line??? :-) I ask because by coincidence, about six months ago, as a personal project I started compiling a list of '70s & '80s hits that were also recorded in Spanish by the original artists at the time, and needless to say, assembling such a list has been fairly tough. There was definitely a peak for this "fad" in the late '70s/early '80s, w/ the trend settling down for about 5-6 years before making a big comeback in the late '80s, w/ the explosion of the Latin freestyle movement and Gloria Estefan, among others (which continued through the early '90s - think Gerardo, Jon Secada, and even Wilson Phillips). Over the years, it seems like I've been sporadically learning about "new" Spanish-language singles/versions of hit songs that I didn't previously know about, so just for kicks, last Fall I decided it was finally time to make a list of the ones I could confirm - and yes, "Do That to Me One More Time" ("Amame Una Vez Mas") was one of them. So far, my research indicates that these Spanish-language versions weren't always released here in the U.S., while others - when they were issued here - were relegated to 12" singles only. I've also indicated which ones I know to exist on CD, and to my surprise, it seems very few dating prior to the late '80s do (starting in the late '80s, most exist on promo CD singles, at the very least)...

The copy he found is a promo, stereo/mono and the # is NB2247DJ. Title is listed as "Do That To Me One More Time (Amame Una Vez Mas)"

Yep, that's definitely the U.S. 45. I happen to have a commercial/stock copy of Casablanca 2247, and the title is shown the exact same way there. BTW, the B-side is "Deep in the Dark" (sung in English) - same as what appeared on the flip of Casablanca 2215 (i.e., the hit English version of "DTTMOMT"). The stereo/mono promos of Casablanca 2247 aren't extremely hard to find, but commercial/stock copies definitely are...

And as Ron mentioned, it is indeed 4:02 with a cold ending.

Printed time on commercial/stock copies was also (4:02), although I haven't actually timed or listened to my copy (yet)...

crapfromthepast wrote: I doubt that [the Spanish-language version of "DTTMOMT"] has been, or will be, released on CD.

So far, I've come up empty on this one as well (domestic or import). Of course, as you rightly noted, the Captain & Tennille re-recorded their entire debut album in Spanish (as Por Amor Viviremos), which was released here in the U.S. on A&M 4561 in late 1975. The reason??? On a whim, earlier that Summer, they'd recorded their #1 hit, "Love Will Keep Us Together", in Spanish, and released it as a commercial single here in the U.S., on A&M 1715. Guess what??? Apparently to the label's surprise, it actually charted in its own right, hitting #49 pop in Billboard and #57 in Cash Box! So A&M rushed them back into the studio to re-do the entire album in Spanish. And while it appears the Spanish-language album has never been re-issued on CD, the hit Spanish version of "LWKUT" is actually included on 2001's Ultimate Collection CD...

In closing, I'll now leave you all w/ the Spanish-language version of America's 1975 hit, "Sister Golden Hair", as found on YouTube (haven't confirmed if this was ever released in the U.S., though - but if anyone can, please post the info here!): America - "Sister Golden Hair" (1975 Spanish-language version) :-)

crapfromthepast wrote: In working my way through 1980, so far I've found the following tracks in Spanish.

Add to your list "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" - Police

I have a promo 45 of it, b/w DDDD,DDDD in Japanese.

crapfromthepast wrote: In working my way through 1980, so far I've found the following tracks in Spanish. I don't know in what format these were originally released, or in what countries. But I can confirm that these actually exist, and are recorded by the original artists. CALL ME [in Spanish] - Blondie AMAMA UNA VEZ MAS [Do That To Me One More Time in Spanish] - Captain and Tennille POR FAVOR NO TE VAYAS [Please Don't Go in Spanish] - KC and the Sunshine Band YES I'M READY [in Spanish] - Teri DeSario with KC NO TE ENAMORES DE UN LOCO [Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer in Spanish] - Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes STEAL AWAY [in Spanish] - Robbie Dupree LET'S GET SERIOUS [in Spanish] - Jermaine Jackson MAS AMOR [More Love in Spanish] - Kim Carnes HOT ROD HEARTS [in Spanish] - Robbie Dupree

Wow, cftp - that's quite a list, for just a single year! The ones I put in bold, I didn't yet know about - but I'll take those, and see if I can't find more details, such as format, U.S. release, availability on CD, etc. (Thanks for the leads.) About six months ago, I originally spent a couple of my weekends researching my list, and since then have only added a few new notes to it, but if you have this many from just a single year, then you're definitely way ahead of me! (Haven't focused on any particular year; just the '70s & '80s, although I have notes on additional titles up through the late '90s, many of which I learned about through posts by fellow members of this board.) But if there were this many from just a single year (adding in the ones I can also contribute from 1980 - see below), this will clearly be a bigger project than I originally bargained for, lol...

There may be more; I'm still working through the 1980 tracks.

Yes, there are definitely others, just from 1980. In addition to the one that Hykker mentioned by The Police (which I was already previously aware of), you can include the following:

TOMMY JAMES - "No Hay Dos Sin Tres" ("Three Times in Love") (commercial U.S. 45 issued on Millennium 11787, w/ unique picture sleeve)
POINTER SISTERS - "Es Tan Timido" ("He's So Shy") (commercial U.S. 45 issued on Planet 47918)
KOOL & THE GANG - "Celebremos" ("Celebration") (commercial U.S. 12" single issued on De-Lite 503)

I actually have a commercial/stock copy of the U.S. 45 by Tommy James listed above (complete w/ ps) - definitely another toughie, just like the one by Captain & Tennille. YOU'VE actually mentioned the one by the Pointer Sisters here on this board previously, lol. (To quote you from a post made on 09 January 2008 in the Wilson Phillips - "You're In Love" thread: "Foreign language re-recordings are my specialty on the radio show. There's nothing like a little Pointer Sisters in Spanish ["He's So Shy"] or Chicago in Japanese ["Questions 67 and 68"] to wake you up!") The Kool & the Gang song could arguably be from 1981 (first hit the charts in October of '80, but peaked on the pop chart in February of '81, although it did hit #1 r&b in December of '80, so take your pick...)

The Spanish version of "Celebration" ("Celebremos") is another one that IS available on CD here in the U.S., as it was included on 1999's The 12" Collection and More. So this begs the following: When the Spanish-language versions of these top 40 hits are available on a U.S. CD, should they also be listed in Pat's book/database??? Over the years, he has been inconsistent: e.g., Kool & the Gang IS listed - as is Blondie's "Call Me" - but the Captain & Tennille ISN'T (referring to "Love Will Keep Us Together", of course - not "Do That To Me One More Time"). The Spanish-language version of Toni Basil's 1982 hit, "Mickey", is also on TWO U.S. CDs, but they're not listed, either. Personally, I'd like to see these all listed, just for the sake of completeness. :-) Opinions???

Hykker wrote: Add to your list "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" - Police I have a promo 45 of it, b/w DDDD,DDDD in Japanese.

Yep, commercial/stock copies also exist; it was issued here in the U.S. on A&M 25000, w/ a unique picture sleeve. Interesting thing about this one: The 45 was issued here in the U.S. w/ both small and large center holes (although the version w/ the small center hole seems to be more common). So far, I've found no evidence that either the Spanish- or Japanese-language versions of this hit are available on CD (domestic or import), which somewhat surprises me...

Ringmaster_D wrote: You can find "Si No Estás Tú" - the Spanish version of Harry Nilsson's "Without You" - on the recent remastering of the Nilsson Schmilsson album.

Hmmm, didn't yet know about that one, either, but it definitely falls in the '70s, so I'll add it to my list. Thanks!

80smusicfreak wrote: MMathews wrote: Back in '80,...i looked in Record World and at the end of the 45 wall they had 5 or 6 current hits in Spanish, this was one. ...'bout 2 months ago my friend Chris bought some foreign hits online as 45's, and shipped them to me so I could dub them to digital for him. So 34 years later, by chance do you remember what any of those other hits you saw at Record World sung in Spanish were??? Also, could you share what the other titles were that your friend recently bought on-line??? :-) [/URL] :- )

Sorry I missed this Q until now.... sadly I only
remember one other 45 of the ones Record World had in the
Spanish section, that I also wanted, but did not buy:
Lady by Kenny Rogers. It was yet another one that 'KTU
in NY made a Spanglish edit for.

The other tracks Chris asked me to dub for him are all
older:

Young Rascals - "Groovin" (Promo 45 with Spanish one
side, and Italian on the other)
Petula Clark - "Mon Amour" (My Love in French)
Petula Clark - "Si Tu Prenais Le Temps" (A Sign Of The
Times in French)

MM