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"What I Can Do for You"
1995 UK re-release, CD #1
Single by Sheryl Crow
from the album Tuesday Night Music Club
B-side"Volvo Cowgirl 99" "I Shall Believe" "D'yer Mak'er" "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" "No One Said It Would Be Easy"
ReleasedNovember 11, 1993
RecordedToad Hall, Pasadena, California, 1993
GenreRock[1]
Length4:15
Songwriter(s)David Baerwald, Sheryl Crow
Producer(s)Bill Bottrell
Sheryl Crow singles chronology
"Run Baby Run"
(1993) 		"What I Can Do for You"
(1993) 		"All I Wanna Do"
(1994)

"What I Can Do for You" is a single by Sheryl Crow from the album Tuesday Night Music Club released on A&M Records. It was originally released in 1993, and the single included a faster version of LP track "The Na-Na Song" under the name "Volvo Cowgirl 99". "What I Can Do for You" managed only number 97 when first released at the end of 1993, but was re-released after the success of "All I Wanna Do" and "Strong Enough". Two CD singles were released, with the second one being a limited edition including a 1996 mini-calendar. In the UK charts, it reached number 84 in its first release on February 19, 1994 and then number 43 on November 11, 1995.[2]

The 1995 UK release sparked an industry controversy when the Official Charts Company initially refused to allow the single chart placing due to the free calendar in the packaging, which broke a chart rule about free gifts. After it was pointed out that the chart compilers had allowed Madonna's "You'll See" to chart (which also contained a free calendar, albeit configured differently within the single packaging as postcards, rather than ring-bound), the decision was reversed just before the week's chart was issued.[3]

The song deals with sexual harassment, which Crow says[citation needed] she experienced during her rise to fame.

Track listing

Original UK CD single (Cat. No. 580 463-2) (1993)

  1. "What I Can Do for You" (Radio Edit)
  2. "What I Can Do for You" (LP Version)
  3. "Volvo Cowgirl 99"
  4. "I Shall Believe"

Re-released UK CD single #1 (Cat. No. 581 221-2) (1995)

  1. "What I Can Do for You" (UK Edit)
  2. "D'yer Mak'er"
  3. "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday"
  4. "No One Said It Would Be Easy"

Re-released UK CD single #2 (Cat. No. 581 229-2) (1995)

  1. "What I Can Do for You" (Live in Madrid)
  2. "All I Wanna Do" (Live in Madrid)
  3. "Strong Enough" (Live in Madrid)
  4. "Can't Cry Anymore" (Live in Madrid)

Chart performance

Chart (1995) Peak
position
United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart)[2] 43

References

  1. ^ "Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow". Classic Rock Review. April 28, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "What-I-Can-Do-for-You" search results at the Official Charts
  3. ^ "CSC climbs down in Crowformat row" (PDF). Music Week. 1995-11-11.
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