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“One More Time” by Joe Jackson

From the album Look Sharp! (1979)

“One More Time” by Joe Jackson appears on 16 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2014. It was first released in 1979 on the album Look Sharp!. Its best result is #464 on the Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,872 alternative song of all time.

16countdowns

2stations

#464best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1999–2014years charted

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"One More Time" came out in 1979 as the third single from Look Sharp!, Joe Jackson's debut album, and it's a young man's breakup blown up to widescreen. Jackson took one moment from the end of his own relationship with a girlfriend named Jill and exaggerated it as he worked the song out on a cheap secondhand upright piano: a guy who simply can't accept that she's leaving.

David Kershenbaum produced it lean and nervy, Gary Sanford's guitar riff drives it hard, David Houghton keeps the drums tight, and Graham Maby's bass line bounces all over the place; that bass line has been singled out for praise ever since. It never charted as a single, but it's often counted among the best things on the album.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#1,872 of all time

All Rock Formats

#3,292 of all time

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	1710	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	1710	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	1710	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	1702	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2002	464	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2003	1687	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2003	581	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)	2044
2004	1687	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	1686	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	1315	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1246	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1264	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	1301	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	1352	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	1405	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1469	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013

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