"What a Man Gotta Do" is a song by American group Jonas Brothers. It was released as a single through Republic Records on January 17, 2020. All three of the Jonas Brothers members, Nick, Joe, and Kevin Jonas, wrote the song with producers Ryan Tedder and David Stewart, alongside Jess Agombar.
Background The group announced the song's name and release date on January 13, 2020, through social media. They promoted the song the next day through a scratch card on Spotify.
The piece is set in the key of E major in a moderate 4/4 beat. The vocal range of the brothers span two whole octaves from E to E.
Critical reception Peggy Sirota for Billboard described the song as a "catchy, toe-tapping" song accompanied by an "equally heart-melting music video".
Music video After several days of teasing, the group released the song alongside a video in which they recreate three well-known eighties films. In the rollout to the visual's Friday, January 17, 2020, release, hints about the video's themes were revealed via retro movie posters mirroring classic late seventies and eighties films. The music video was directed by Joseph Kahn.
Synopsis The clip stars Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas recreating the dancing-half-naked-in-the-living-room scene from Risky Business, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner playing Danny and Sandy and then Cha-Cha at the school dance from Grease, and Kevin Jonas holding a boombox outside his wife Danielle's bedroom window in homage to the scene from Say Anything... The video features also a cameo from actor Matthew Modine.
Vegas Ride An alternate video was released on January 21, 2020, in which the brothers ride around Las Vegas looking at the attractions.
Live performances On January 25, 2020, the group performed the song live for the first time at the Hollywood Palladium during the Citi Sound Vault. They also performed the song live during the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards as well as a previous unreleased track called, "Five More Minutes". They performed the song live during the first show of their European leg of the Happiness Begins Tour. On February 7, 2020, they performed the song on BBC's The One Show. On February 12, 2020, just like their March 2019 number-one song, "Sucker", they performed the song live on The Late Late Show with James Corden. The Jonas Brothers performed the song along "X" (without Karol G) and "Sucker" as Exclusive 'home' sessions recorded especially for Radio 1's Big Weekend.
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2020) Peakposition Bolivia (Monitor Latino) 13 Croatia (HRT) 23 Ecuador (National-Report) 27 Estonia (Eesti Tipp-40) 35 Euro Digital Song Sales (Billboard) 8 Iceland (Tónlistinn) 25 Ireland (IRMA) 18 Israel (Media Forest) 5 Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard) 11 Mexico Airplay (Billboard) 27 Panama (Monitor Latino) 14 Singapore (RIAS) 30 Slovenia (SloTop50) 33 US Rolling Stone Top 100 22
Year-end charts Chart (2020) Position Australia (ARIA) 54 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) 50 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia) 76 Canada (Canadian Hot 100) 64 CIS (Tophit) 180 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) 52 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 47 Russia Airplay (Tophit) 174 UK Singles (OCC) 87 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 50 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) 38
Certifications
Release history Region Date Format Label Various January 17, 2020 Republic Australia Contemporary hit radio Universal United Kingdom January 18, 2020 Island United States January 20, 2020 Hot/Modern/AC radio Republic January 21, 2020 Contemporary hit radio Russia January 24, 2020 Universal United KingdomJanuary 25, 2020Adult contemporary radioIsland
See also List of number-one digital songs of 2020 (U.S.)
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