"What a Man Gotta Do"
Single by Jonas Brothers
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2020 (2020-01-17)
Length3:00
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ryan Tedder
  • David Stewart
Jonas Brothers singles chronology
"Like It's Christmas"
(2019) 		"What a Man Gotta Do"
(2020) 		"X" / "Five More Minutes"
(2020)
Music video
"What a Man Gotta Do" on YouTube

"What a Man Gotta Do" is a song by American pop rock group Jonas Brothers. It was released on January 17, 2020, through Republic Records.[1]

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.[2]

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 E3 to E5.[citation needed]

Critical reception

Peggy Sirota for Billboard described the song as a "catchy, toe-tapping" song accompanied by an "equally heart-melting music video".[3]

Music video

After several days of teasing, the group released the song alongside a video in which they recreate three well-known eighties films.[4] 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.[5] The music video was directed by Joseph Kahn.[6]

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....[4] The video features also a cameo from Full Metal Jacket actor Matthew Modine.[7]

Vegas Ride

An alternate video was released on January 21, 2020, in which the brothers ride around Las Vegas looking at the attractions.[8]

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.[9] They also performed the song live during the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards as well as a previous unreleased track called, "Five More Minutes".[10] They performed the song live during the first show of their European leg of the Happiness Begins Tour.[11] On February 7, 2020, they performed the song on BBC's The One Show.[citation needed] 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.[12] 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.[13]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[71] Platinum 70,000‡
Belgium (BEA)[72] Gold 20,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[73] Platinum 80,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[74] Gold 45,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[75] Gold 10,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[76] Gold 5,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[77] Gold 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[78] Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[79] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various January 17, 2020
Republic [80]
Australia Contemporary hit radio Universal [81]
United Kingdom January 18, 2020 Island [82]
United States January 20, 2020 Hot/Modern/AC radio Republic [83]
January 21, 2020 Contemporary hit radio [84]
Russia January 24, 2020 Universal [85]
United Kingdom January 25, 2020 Adult contemporary radio Island [86]

See also

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