Album: Private Eyes (1981)

Charted: 9

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• When you find yourself alone
  And when going out is coming home
  You can count on the kid
  'Cause there's nobody waiting around
  
  Oh, oh, if you're not an easy mark
  It's a shot in the dark that hits the heart
  And I know, I know when it's coming
  I thought so anyway
  
  Somethings stay the same
  And some are due for a change
  I thought I had them all nailed down
  
  But you turned it around, boy
  You did it, you did it
  You did it, you did it
  You did it in a minute
  You did it
  
  I know, I know, I know, I know
  You did it, you did it
  You did it, you did it
  You did it in a minute
  You did it
  
  Well, I still can't say I know
  When a love is real or touch and go
  And if two can be one
  Who is the one two becomes
  
  Oh, oh, am I quick enough to see
  When I'm ready and it's right for me
  I say, I say, I say, I say
  That I want it, I think so anyway
  
  Everybody always laughs at love
  But what they want is to be proven wrong
  Then you came along
  
  Oh, you did it, you did it
  You did it, you did it
  You did it in a minute
  You did it
  
  I know, I know, I know, I know
  Oh, you did it, you did it
  You did it, you did it
  You did it in a minute
  You did it, yeah
  
  I know, I know, I know, I know
  You did it, you did it
  You did it, you did it
  You did it in a minute
  You did it
  
  I didn't it really plan it
  But you did it, you did it
  You did it, you did it
  You did it in a minute
  You did it
  
  I know, I know, I know, I know
  Oh, you did it, you did it
  You did it, you did it
  You did it in a minute
  You did it
  
  I want someone that proves I am wrong
  You did it, you did it
  You did it, you did it
  You did it in a minute
  You did it
  
  I know, I know, I know, I know
  You did it, you did it
  You did it, you did it
  You did it in a minute
  You did it
  
  You're messing with my love life
  You did it, you did it
  You did it, you did it
  You did it in a minute
  You did it
  
  I know, I know, I know, I know
  You did it, you did it
  You did it, you did it
  You did it in a minute
  You did it Writer/s: DARYL HALL, JANNA M. ALLEN, SARA ALLEN
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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Comments: 2

• Kent Noseworthy from Nl CanadaI was learning to play the synth part for ‘Jump’ by Van Halen. I like to dig up interviews the artists give about their song writing and inspiration, and in doing so I stumbled upon an interview where Eddie VH was talking about Jump.
  He sad that he’d heard ‘Kiss on my List’ by Hall and Oates and was playing around with the synth part of that song when he came up with the basic riff structure of Jump.
  He later told Daryl Hall that he’d borrowed the chords from his song and Daryl was flattered and said “yeah, no problem”.
  I love how a lot of original music derives inspiration from other songs. It’s an organic process and may be intentional or subconscious.
  So I’m listening to H&O, being down that rabbit hole, and rediscovered the pop powerhouse of a song “Did it in a Minute’. Having also recently learned “great balls of fire” I noticed the similarity between a couple of lines in each song.
  Intentional or not there’s a cool synchronicity.
  
  Everybody always laughs at love
  But what they want is to be proven wrong
  Then you came along
  
  ‘I laughed at love 'cause I thought it was funny’
  ‘You came along’ and you moved me, honey
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 14th 1982, "Did It In A Minute" by Hall & Oates entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #66; and nine weeks later on May 16th, 1982 it peaked #9 {for 2 weeks} and spent 16 weeks on the Top 100...
  In reached #10 on the Canadian RPM Singles Pop chart...
  Between 1974 and 2004 the duo had thirty-five Top 100 records; fifteen made the Top 10 with six reaching #1, "Rich Girl" for 2 weeks in 1977, "Kiss On My List" for 3 weeks in 1981, "Private Eyes" for 2 weeks in 1981, “I Can’t Go for That (Can Do)” for 2 weeks in 1982, "Maneater" for 4 weeks in 1982, and "Out of Touch" for 2 weeks in 1984...
  They just missed having a seventh #1 record when "Say It Isn't So" peaked at #2* for two weeks in 1983...
  * The two weeks "Say It Isn't So" was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "Say Say Say" by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson.

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