Take Your Time (Do It Right)

"Take Your Time (Do It Right)"
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
Released	March 18, 1980
Format	7" single 12" single
Recorded	1980
Genre	Post-disco funk boogie
Length	7:40
Label	Tabu
Writer(s)	Harold Clayton Sigidi Abdallah
Producer(s)	Sigidi
Certification	Platinum (RIAA)
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)

"Take Your Time (Do It Right)" is a song by American R&B group The S.O.S. Band from their debut studio album S.O.S. (1980). It was released as the lead single from S.O.S. in March 1980, three months before the album's release. In the United States, it reached the number one spot on the soul chart and number three on the pop chart during the summer of 1980.^[1] On the disco chart, it went to number one for four non-consecutive weeks.^[2] The single was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of two million copies. 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 #40 in Australia, #27 in Canada and #10 in Norway. In the UK it missed the Top 40 entirely, peaking at #51. It is ranked as the 36th biggest American hit of 1980,^[3] and the 42nd in New Zealand.^[4]

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1980) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[5] 40 Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders) 19 Canada Top Singles (RPM) 27 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 3 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 26 Norway (VG-lista) 10 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 20 UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 51 US Billboard Hot 100 3 US Billboard Hot Disco Singles 1 US Billboard Hot Soul Singles 1 US Cash Box Top 100 [6] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1980) Rank Australia (ARIA)[7] 178 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 42 US Billboard Hot 100[9] 36 US Cash Box[10] 16

Cover versions

It was covered in 1995 by the group Max-A-Million, sampled in 2002 by Birdman on his self-titled album in the song "Baby You Can Do It" (featuring Toni Braxton) and again in 2004 by September on her debut self-titled album in the single "We Can Do It". Father MC sampled the song from the Close to You album from 1992. Alcazar sampled "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" in their song, "Paradise" from the album "Casino".

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. http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1980.htm
4. http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3869
5. http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275
6. http://50.6.195.142/archives/80s_files/19800823.html
7. http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275
8. http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3869
9. http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1980.htm
10. http://50.6.195.142/archives/80s_files/1980YESP.html

External links

• Song review from Allmusic