What I Need to Do
{{Infobox song
| name = What I Need to Do
| cover = Kenny Chesney - What I Need to Do.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Kenny Chesney
| album = Everywhere We Go
| released = January 31, 2000
| format =
| recorded = 1999
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 4:04
| label = BNA
| writer = Tom Damphier
Bill Luther
| producer = Buddy Cannon
Norro Wilson
| prev_title = She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = I Lost It
| next_year = 2000
}}
"What I Need To Do" is a song written by Tom Damphier and Bill Luther, and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in January 2000 as the fourth and final single from Chesney's 1999 album Everywhere We Go. The song peaked at number 8 in the United States and number 13 in Canada in 2000.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=91|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}
Content
The song describes the narrator thinking about "what [he] need[s] to do" as he is driving away from his old hometown away from his former lover. He also thinks that he should "turn [his] car around" and go back to his lover, then hold her, and then tell her how sorry he is for what he did.
Chart positions
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!align="left"|Chart (2000) !align="center"|Peak |
{{singlechart|Billboardcanadacountry|13|artist=Kenny Chesney}} |
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|56|artist=Kenny Chesney|artistid=49903}} |
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|8|artist=Kenny Chesney|artistid=49903}} |
=Year-end charts=
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scope="col"|Chart (2000)
!scope="col"|Position |
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US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2000: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media |year=2000 | access-date=August 15, 2012}}
| align="center" | 36 |
References
{{reflist}}
{{Kenny Chesney singles}}
Category:Song recordings produced by Buddy Cannon
Category:Song recordings produced by Norro Wilson
Category:Songs written by Bill Luther (songwriter)
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