What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (song)

"What Cha' Gonna Do For Me" is the title track of Chaka Khan's third solo-album from 1981. The single was written by Ned Doheny and Hamish Stuart.^[1]

The song was the second of four number-one singles on the R&B chart for Khan and was at the top spot for two weeks. The single was also her second entry on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 53.^[2] On the Cash Box Top 100, "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me" reached number 49.^[3]

In New Zealand, the song peaked at #21.^[4]

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
New Zealand	21
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	53
U.S. Billboard R&B^[5]	1
U.S. Billboard Dance	22
US Cash Box Top 100^[6]	49

References

↑ White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 286.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 321.
↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/80s_files/19810620.html
↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=2954
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 321.
↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/80s_files/19800329.html

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)" by Ray Parker Jr.	Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single May 30 - June 6, 1981	Succeeded by "Give It to Me Baby" by Rick James

Chaka Khan

Albums with Rufus	Rufus (1973) Rags to Rufus (1974) Rufusized (1974) Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (1975) Ask Rufus (1977) Street Player (1978) Numbers (1979) Masterjam (1979) Party 'Til You're Broke (1981) Camouflage (1981) The Very Best of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (1982) Seal in Red (1983) Stompin' at the Savoy – Live (1983)

Studio albums	Chaka (1978) Naughty (1980) What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (1981) Echoes of an Era (1982) Chaka Khan (1982) I Feel for You (1984) Destiny (1986) CK (1988) The Woman I Am (1992) Come 2 My House (1998) ClassiKhan (2004) Funk This (2007)

Compilations	Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project (1989) Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1 (1996) I'm Every Woman: The Best of Chaka Khan (1999) Dance Classics of Chaka Khan (1999) The Platinum Collection (2006)

Notable singles and songs	"Tell Me Something Good" "You Got the Love" "Once You Get Started" "Sweet Thing" "Jive Talkin'" "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)" "I'm Every Woman" "Do You Love What You Feel" "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" "We Can Work It Out" "And the Melody Still Lingers On (Night in Tunisia)" "Got to Be There" "Ain't Nobody" "I Feel for You" "This Is My Night" "Through the Fire" "Higher Love" "I'll Be Good to You "Love You All My Lifetime" "My Funny Valentine" "Missing You" "Never Miss the Water" "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" "Angel" "Disrespectful"

Related articles	Discography Rufus (band) Here Come the Girls

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