Don't Do Me Like That
| "Don't Do Me Like That" | ||||
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U.S. 7" vinyl | ||||
| Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | ||||
| from the album Damn the Torpedoes | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | November 5, 1979 | |||
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| Length | 2:44 | |||
| Label | Backstreet | |||
| Songwriter | Tom Petty | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Iovine | |||
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology | ||||
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"Don't Do Me Like That" is a song by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on November 5, 1979 as the lead single from their third studio album, Damn the Torpedoes. Written by the band's eponymous frontman, the song was first recorded as a demo with his band, Mudcrutch, in 1974. Tom Petty considered giving the song to The J. Geils Band, but producer Jimmy Iovine convinced him to include it on Damn the Torpedoes.
The single is one of the band's most popular in North America, and is their only song to reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. It was even more popular in Canada, peaking at No. 3, but in the UK, despite airplay by Capital Radio in the summer of 1980, the track failed to make the Top 75 chart.