What a Man Gotta Do

"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]

"What a Man Gotta Do"
Single by Jonas Brothers
Released	January 17, 2020 (2020-01-17)
Length	3:00
Label	Republic
Songwriter(s)	Nicholas Jonas Joseph Jonas Kevin Jonas II Ryan Tedder David Stewart Jessica Agombar
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

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

Weekly charts Chart (2020) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[14] 22 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[15] 33 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[16] 21 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[17] 14 Bolivia (Monitor Latino)[18] 13 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[19] 19 Canada AC (Billboard)[20] 24 Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[21] 9 Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[22] 8 CIS (TopHit)[23] 26 Croatia (HRT)[24] 23 Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[25] 23 Ecuador (National-Report)[26] 27 Estonia (Eesti Tipp-40)[27] 35 Euro Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[28] 8 France (SNEP)[29] 152 Germany (Official German Charts)[30] 67 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[31] 10 Hungary (Single Top 40)[32] 18 Hungary (Stream Top 40)[33] 24 Iceland (Tónlistinn)[34] 25 Ireland (IRMA)[35] 18 Israel (Media Forest)[36] 5 Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard)[37] 11 Mexico Airplay (Billboard)[38] 27 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[39] 9 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[40] 37 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[41] 31 Panama (Monitor Latino)[42] 14 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[43] 16 Portugal (AFP)[44] 73 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[45] 15 Scotland (OCC)[46] 4 Singapore (RIAS)[47] 30 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[48] 4 Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[49] 34 Slovenia (SloTop50)[50] 33 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[51] 64 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[52] 33 UK Singles (OCC)[53] 22 US Billboard Hot 100[54] 16 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[55] 21 US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[56] 11 US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[57] 14 US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[58] 30 US Rolling Stone Top 100[59] 22

Year-end charts Chart (2020) Position Australia (ARIA)[60] 54 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[61] 50 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[62] 76 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[63] 64 CIS (Tophit)[64] 180 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[65] 52 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[66] 47 Russia Airplay (Tophit)[67] 174 UK Singles (OCC)[68] 87 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[69] 50 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[70] 38

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[71]	Platinum	70,000‡
Belgium (BEA)[72]	Gold	20,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[73]	Platinum	40,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[74]	Platinum	80,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[75]	Gold	45,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[76]	Gold	10,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[77]	Gold	5,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[78]	Gold	30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[79]	Platinum	600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[80]	2× Platinum	2,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	January 17, 2020	Digital download streaming	Republic	[81]
Australia		Contemporary hit radio	Universal	[82]
United Kingdom	January 18, 2020		Island	[83]
United States	January 20, 2020	Hot/Modern/AC radio	Republic	[84]
	January 21, 2020	Contemporary hit radio		[85]
Russia	January 24, 2020		Universal	[86]
United Kingdom	January 25, 2020	Adult contemporary radio	Island	[87]

See also

• List of number-one digital songs of 2020 (U.S.)

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