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What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin' (song)

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"What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'"
Single by Stephanie Mills
from the album What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'
B-side"Put Your Body in It"
ReleasedJuly 1979
Recorded1978
GenreDisco, funk
Length8:03 (12")
4:06 (7")
Label20th Century-Fox Records
Songwriter(s)Reggie Lucas
James Mtume
Producer(s)James Mtume
Reggie Lucas
Stephanie Mills singles chronology
"This Empty Place"
(1976)
"What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'"
(1979)
"You Can Get Over"
(1979)
"What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'"
Single by Inner City
from the album Paradise (UK)
Big Fun (US)
B-side"Put Your Body in It"
ReleasedNovember 1989
Recorded1989
GenreDisco, funk
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Reggie Lucas
James Mtume
Inner City singles chronology
"Do You Love What You Feel"
(1989)
"What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'"
(1989)
"That Man (He's All Mine)"
(1990)

"What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'" is a 1979 song by American singer and songwriter Stephanie Mills, released as the first single from the album of the same name (1979). It became a hit, reaching No. 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[1] It was also a top 10 hit on the Billboard R&B chart, as well as a minor hit in Canada.[2]

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position[3]
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] 82
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 22
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) 8

Inner City recording

In 1989, the song was recorded by American dance group Inner City. It was the group's fifth single and their fifth consecutive UK top 20 hit, reaching No. 12. Along with "Good Life", this is the only other Inner City song to make the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 76. While all the group's previous singles had topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the US, this was the first not to do so, although it still reached No. 8.[6]

Charts

Chart (1989–90) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts)[7] 86
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 22
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 24
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 9
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 12
UK Singles (OCC)[11] 12
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 76
US Disco/Dance (Billboard)[13] 8
US Cash Box Top 100[14] 77

References

  1. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  2. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-11-10. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  3. ^ Stephanie Mills chart history singles.www.billboard.com
  4. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-11-10. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 128.
  7. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 137.
  8. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Inner City". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 110. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Whatcha Gonna Do". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  10. ^ "Inner City – Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin'". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  11. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1989-11-18. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  12. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  13. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 128.
  14. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 31, 1990