What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin' (song)
{{Infobox song
| name = What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'
| cover = What_Cha_Gonna_Do_with_My_Lovin'_-_Stephanie_Mills.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Stephanie Mills
| album = What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'
| B-side = Put Your Body in It
| released = July 1979
| recorded = 1978
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length =
- 8:03 (12")
- 4:06 (7")
| label = 20th Century-Fox Records
| writer =
| producer =
- James Mtume
- Reggie Lucas
| prev_title = This Empty Place
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = You Can Get Over
| next_year = 1979
}}
{{Infobox song
| name = What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'
| cover = What_Cha_Gonna_Do_with_My_Lovin'_-_Inner_City.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Inner City
| album = Paradise (UK)
Big Fun (US)
| B-side = Put Your Body in It
| released = November 1989
| recorded = 1989
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length =
| label = Virgin
| writer =
| producer =
| prev_title = Do You Love What You Feel
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = That Man (He's All Mine)
| next_year = 1990
}}
"What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'" is a song by American singer and songwriter Stephanie Mills, released in July 1979 by 20th Century-Fox Records as the first single from the album of the same name (1979). It became a hit, reaching No. 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100.Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}} The song was also a top-10 hit on the Billboard R&B chart, as well as a minor hit in Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6856b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6856b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6856b|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1979-11-10 |accessdate=2019-08-02}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1979) !Peak |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6856b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6856b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6856b|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1979-11-10 |accessdate=2019-08-02}}
| style="text-align:center;"|82 |
| US Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}
|align="center"|22 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)
|align="center"|8 |
Inner City version
In 1989, the song was recorded by American dance group Inner City. It was released in November by Virgin Records as the group's fifth single and their fifth consecutive UK top 20 hit, reaching No. 12. Along with "Good Life", this is the only other Inner City song to make the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 76. While all the group's previous singles had topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the US, this was the first not to do so, although it still reached No. 8.{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=128}}
=Critical reception=
David Stubbs from Melody Maker wrote about the song, "A bit subdued, a bit derivative, a bit like Chaka Kahn feeling a bit faint after a month on the Cambridge diet."{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Stubbs|work=Melody Maker|title=Singles|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/51817195434/|date=November 11, 1989|access-date=February 24, 2023|author-link=David Stubbs}} Ian McCann from NME felt it "is the usual Kevin Saunderson sound slowed down 15 beats a minute. Paris is in her usual seductive self, but can Inner City hit with an Mtume song at his slack tempo and not theirs?"{{cite magazine|first=Ian|last=McCann|work=NME|title=Singles|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/51826530365/|date=November 18, 1989|access-date=February 24, 2023}} Chris Heath from Smash Hits remarked that the song "is quite different" from their earlier singles, "and is much more subtle, a bit like Soul II Soul in fact."{{cite magazine|first=Chris|last=Heath|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/37776742632/in/album-72157661668005138/|title=Singles|work=Smash Hits|date=November 1, 1989|page=71|access-date=March 8, 2023|author-link=Chris Heath}}
=Charts=
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Stephanie Mills}}
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Category:Stephanie Mills songs
Category:Inner City (band) songs
Category:Songs written by Reggie Lucas
Category:20th Century Fox Records singles
Category:Songs written by James Mtume
Category:Virgin Records singles
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