One More Time (Blink-182 song)

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"One More Time"
Single by Blink-182
from the album One More Time...
Released September 21, 2023 (2023-09-21)
Recorded 2023
Genre
Length 3:28
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Travis Barker
Script error: The function "ucfirst" does not exist. singles chronology
"Edging"
(2022)		 "One More Time" / "More Than You Know"
(2023)		 "Dance with Me"
(2023)
Music video
"One More Time" on YouTube

"One More Time" is a song recorded by American rock band Blink-182. The song was released on September 21, 2023, through Columbia Records as the second single for their ninth album of the same name, and released simultaneously with another song, "More Than You Know". It was written by bassist Mark Hoppus, guitarist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker, with Barker co-producing the song alongside songwriters Andrew Goldstein and Aldae.

Background

The song focuses on the band's history, and the interpersonal relationships between the three members of the classic line-up. DeLonge opens the song by addressing his exits from the band and how they impacted his relationship to both Hoppus and Barker: "Strangers, from strangers into brothers / From brothers into strangers once again."[1] Hoppus answers in his second verse, directly referencing his own battle with cancer, as well as Barker's survival of a deadly 2008 plane crash.[2][3] While recording, DeLonge had considered the song building to a guitar-heavy climax, but erred on keeping it simple, feeling as though the song worked better without a build-up.[4]

In an interview, DeLonge expanded on the song's concept and themes:

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With Blink, I always feel like we're the guys next door. A lot of people knew more about us individually, and our stories in the band. So I feel like our story as a band is a little more present than a lot of rock bands. Having a song like ["One More Time"], I think a lot of people can relate, because we all get older and look back [...] I think it was a good moment for us to relate on a really human level and bring people more into our story. Which is essentially punk rock [...] it's a vehicle for emotion, it's a vehicle for kind of eternal youth with our band.[5]

Composition

Sadie Bell of People described the song as an "emotional, pop-punk ballad."[6] The song is based around an acoustic guitar riff, and later incorporates piano.[1] "One More Time" is also notable for being one of the few Blink-182 songs to feature Barker's vocals.[citation needed]

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Carlos López Estrada,[7] and features the band performing the song on a set that switches between backgrounds from the band's previous music videos—including "All the Small Things", "Adam's Song", "First Date", "Feeling This" and more. It also incorporates other key memories from the group's career,[2] including sets emulating stages at Warped Tour 1999, MTV Spring Break at Daytona Beach from 2000,[8] the TRL studio,[9] and the front cover of their live album The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!). As the song reaches its conclusion, the clip shifts to archival footage of the group from their youth.[10] The video concept originated at Columbia, the band's record label.[4]

Chart performance

In the U.S., "One More Time" performed well; its first weekend notched two million plays on radio and a million streams, allowing it to top the Billboard's Hot Trending Songs chart for an inaugural time.[11] "One More Time" became the group's highest-charting single on the UK Singles Chart in nearly two decades, debuting at number 28 on the all-genre ranking; the band's last single to reach the top 30 of that chart was "Down" in 2004.[12]

Release and reception

The song debuted alongside "More Than You Know",[13] another single from One More Time..., with both issued to digital outlets as a joint single.[3] Rolling Stone's Jon Blistein wrote that the tune "finds Blink indulging in a bit of endearing, well-earned pop-punk nostalgia."[2] NME contributor Liberty Dunworth viewed it as "one of the more heartfelt and reflective tracks of their extensive discography."[14] Dustin Nelson of Entertainment Weekly dubbed it a "fitting" comeback single,[9] while Billboard's Starr Bowenbank viewed it as "heart-wrenching."[8] Brian Davids of The Hollywood Reporter joked that the song "makes grown men cry," praising its "impact and emotion".[4] Bobby Olivier from Spin viewed it as a "ballad successor to 'I Miss You'",[15] while Helen Brown of The Independent found the "funereal" track to be too "soppy".[16] In context of the album, NME's Emma Wilkes wrote that the title track is "the emotional apex of an album doused in sentimentality."[17]

Paolo Ragusa from Consequence opined that the tune "may be sappy, but it doesn’t feel obligatory or performative. It’s interesting enough for the band to be writing songs about being in the band instead of half-hearted youthful anguish."[18] Pitchfork's Arielle Gordon considered the band using their own "lore" for lyrics cheap: "The story is one of enduring friendship, reduced to vacuous balladry that reads like a high school poetry assignment [...] it sounds self-congratulatory, like a band doing cheap covers of its own songs, the rest of the album is unlikely to convince you otherwise."[19] Pranav Trwen at Stereogum felt similarly: "The sentiment of the plainspoken ballad is powerful, lived in, and undoubtedly earned [...] But why must that sentiment be attached to a song so uninspired, paint-by-numbers, and just overwhelmingly milquetoast? Treacly and heavy-handed, it suggested that Blink were letting the narrative drive their reunion instead of any innate musical curiosity still existing between the three."[20]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the song's YouTube video.[21]

Blink-182

Additional Musician

Technical

  • Aldae – songwriting, co-producer
  • Andrew Goldstein – songwriting, co-producer
  • Nick Morzov – recording engineer
  • Eric Emery – recording engineer
  • John Warren – recording engineer
  • Kevin Gruft – recording engineer
  • Aaron Rubin – recording engineer
  • Mark "Spike" Stent – mix engineer
  • Matt Wolach – assistant engineer
  • Randy Merrill – mastering

Charts

Chart performance for "One More Time"
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[22] 51
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[23] 41
Canada Rock (Billboard)[24] 2
Costa Rica (Monitor Latino)[25] 18
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[26] 34
German Download (Official German Charts)[27] 18
105
Ireland (IRMA)[28] 70
Latvia Airplay (LAIPA)[29] 19
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[30] 9
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[31] 28
US Billboard Hot 100[32] 62
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[33] 28
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[34] 10
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[35] 2
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[36] 1
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[37] 39
US Digital Songs (Billboard)[38] 2
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[39] 1

References

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  29. ↑ "Archive Chart: 20230929" UK Singles Chart.
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