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Whatcha Gonna Do? (song)

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"Whatcha Gonna Do?"
Single by Pablo Cruise
from the album A Place in the Sun
B-side"Atlanta June"
ReleasedMarch 1977[1]
GenrePop[2]
Length3:29 (single version)
4:21 (album version)
4:59 (disco version)
LabelA&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.

Chart performance

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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

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References

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  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
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