"What a Man Gotta Do" | ||||
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Single by Jonas Brothers | ||||
Released | January 17, 2020 | |||
Length | 3:00 | |||
Label | Republic | |||
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"What a Man Gotta Do" on YouTube |
"What a Man Gotta Do" is a song by American pop rock group Jonas Brothers. It was released on January 17, 2020, through Republic Records. [1]
The group announced the song's name and release date on January 13, 2020, through social media. They promoted the song the next day through a scratch card on Spotify. [2]
The piece is set in the key of E major in a moderate 4/4 beat. The vocal range of the brothers span two whole octaves from E3 to E5.[ citation needed ]
Peggy Sirota for Billboard described the song as a "catchy, toe-tapping" song accompanied by an "equally heart-melting music video". [3]
After several days of teasing, the group released the song alongside a video in which they recreate three well-known eighties films. [4] In the rollout to the visual's Friday, January 17, 2020 release, hints about the video's themes were revealed via retro movie posters mirroring classic late seventies and eighties films. [5] The music video was directed by Joseph Kahn. [6]
The clip stars Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas recreating the dancing-half-naked-in-the-living-room scene from Risky Business , Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner playing Danny and Sandy and then Cha-Cha at the school dance from Grease , and Kevin Jonas holding a boombox outside his wife Danielle's bedroom window in homage to the scene from Say Anything... . [4] The video features also a cameo from Full Metal Jacket actor Matthew Modine. [7]
An alternate video was released on January 21, 2020, in which the brothers ride around Las Vegas looking at the attractions. [8]
On January 25, 2020, the group performed the song live for the first time at the Hollywood Palladium during the Citi Sound Vault. [9] They also performed the song live during the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards as well as a previous unreleased track called, "Five More Minutes". [10] They performed the song live during the first show of their European leg of the Happiness Begins Tour. [11] On February 7, 2020, they performed the song on BBC's The One Show.[ citation needed ] On February 12, 2020, just like their March 2019 number-one song, "Sucker", they performed the song live on The Late Late Show with James Corden . [12] The Jonas Brothers performed the song along "X" (without Karol G) and "Sucker" as Exclusive 'home' sessions recorded especially for Radio 1's Big Weekend. [13]
Weekly charts | Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [71] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
Belgium (BEA) [72] | Gold | 20,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [73] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [74] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [75] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [76] | Gold | 5,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [77] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [78] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [79] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | January 17, 2020 | Republic | [80] | |
Australia | Contemporary hit radio | Universal | [81] | |
United Kingdom | January 18, 2020 | Island | [82] | |
United States | January 20, 2020 | Hot/Modern/AC radio | Republic | [83] |
January 21, 2020 | Contemporary hit radio | [84] | ||
Russia | January 24, 2020 | Universal | [85] | |
United Kingdom | January 25, 2020 | Adult contemporary radio | Island | [86] |
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