Whatcha Gonna Do? (song)

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"Whatcha Gonna Do?"
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Single by Pablo Cruise
from the album A Place in the Sun
B-side "Atlanta June"
ReleasedMarch 1977 [1]
Genre Pop [2]
Length3:29 (single version)
4:21 (album version)
4:59 (disco version)
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) David Jenkins / Cory Lerios
Producer(s) Bill Schnee
Pablo Cruise singles chronology
"Whatcha Gonna Do?"
(1977)
"A Place in the Sun"
(1977)

"Whatcha Gonna Do?" is a song by American rock group Pablo Cruise. This song was written by David Jenkins and Cory Lerios, [3] two of the band's members. "Whatcha Gonna Do?" was a track from their album A Place in the Sun in 1977.

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Chart performance

It was released as a single and reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. [4] "Whatcha Gonna Do" was also a minor hit on the Billboard's Hot Soul Singles chart, where it peaked at #46. [5]

In Canada, "Whatcha Gonna Do?" reached #1 on the pop singles chart. [6] It is ranked as the 24th biggest Canadian hit of 1977. [7] Billboard ranked it as the #16 song of 1977.

Chart history

References

  1. "Pablo Cruise - Whatcha Gonna Do?".
  2. Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "The Six Million Dollar Tan: West Coast Pop". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 49. ISBN   978-0-312-19821-3.
  3. "Original versions of Whatcha Gonna Do? Written by Cory Lerios, David Jenkins | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
  4. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 447.
  6. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  7. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  8. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  9. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  10. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 447.
  11. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 20, 1977
  12. "Top 200 Singles of '77 – Volume 28, No. 14, December 31 1977". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  13. Musicoutfitters.com
  14. Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 31, 1977