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Do to Me

song by Smokie

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 7, 2025
Entity authorityQ42296959 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Do to Me" is a song by the British rock band Smokie from their 1979 studio album The Other Side of the Road. It was the album's first single.

Background and writing

The song was written by Chris Norman and Smokie drummer Pete Spencer and produced by Smokie.

Commercial performance

The song reached no. 10 in Germany.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Do to Me” as song by Smokie. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around song and Smokie.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with song and Smokie providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Do to Me”, the useful work is to connect “song by Smokie” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 7, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q42296959. The first chronological checks are 1979.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Do to Me”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Do to Me primary sources, Do to Me archive and song research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Do to Me”?
  2. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
  3. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Do to Me” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.