"Whatcha Gonna Do?"
Single by Pablo Cruise
from the album A Place in the Sun
B-side"Atlanta June"
ReleasedMarch 1977[1]
GenreRock, disco
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,[2] two of the band's members. "Whatcha Gonna Do?" was a track from their album A Place in the Sun in 1977.

Chart performance

It was released as a single and reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] "Whatcha Gonna Do" was also a minor hit on the Billboard's Hot Soul Singles chart, where it peaked at #46.[4]

In Canada, "Whatcha Gonna Do?" reached #1 on the pop singles chart.[5] It is ranked as the 24th biggest Canadian hit of 1977.[6] Billboard ranked it as the #16 song of 1977.

Chart history

References

  1. ↑ "Pablo Cruise - Whatcha Gonna Do?".
  2. ↑ "Original versions of Whatcha Gonna Do? Written by Cory Lerios, David Jenkins | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
  3. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 447.
  5. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  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. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  9. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 447.
  10. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 20, 1977
  11. ↑ "Top 200 Singles of '77 – Volume 28, No. 14, December 31 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  12. ↑ Musicoutfitters.com
  13. ↑ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 31, 1977


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