What Can I Do for You?

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"What Can I Do for You?"
Single by Labelle
from the album Nightbirds
B-side "Nightbird"
ReleasedApril 1975
Recorded1974
Genre Soul
Length4:03
Label Epic
50048
Songwriter(s) Edward Batts, James R. Budd Ellison
Producer(s) Allen Toussaint, Vicki Wickham
Labelle singles chronology
"Lady Marmalade"
(1975)
"What Can I Do for You?"
(1975)
"Messin' With My Mind"
(1975)

"What Can I Do for You?" is a song by R&B girl group Labelle. It was released as the follow-up single to the number-one charting song, "Lady Marmalade", in 1975. It peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 8 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart, and number 10 on the Cashbox Top 100 R&B chart.

Chart performance

Chart (1975)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [1] 48
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard) [2] 8

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