"Do What You Do"
European release cover
Single by Jermaine Jackson
from the album Jermaine Jackson
B-side"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)"
ReleasedOctober 1984 (US)
February 1, 1985 (UK)[1]
Recorded1984
GenreR&B
Length4:46
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Larry Ditommaso, Ralph Dino
Producer(s)Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine Jackson singles chronology
"Dynamite"
(1984)		 "Do What You Do"
(1984)		 "When the Rain Begins to Fall"
(1985)
Music video
"Do What You Do" on YouTube

"Do What You Do" is a song by American R&B singer Jermaine Jackson, sibling of singers Michael and Janet Jackson and former member of The Jackson 5. It was released as the second single from his 1984 album, entitled Jermaine Jackson in the United States but marketed as Dynamite in the United Kingdom and other countries.

This was one of Jermaine's first releases with Arista Records after a long recording career with Motown Records, first as a member of The Jackson 5, then later as a solo artist. Although Jermaine Jackson never achieved the same level of solo success as sister Janet or brother Michael, "Do What You Do" was one of six top 20 solo hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the singer. The song peaked at No. 13 on the Hot 100,[2] No. 14 on the Billboard R&B chart, and spent three weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart.[3] In Canada it peaked on the RPM Top Singles chart at No. 29. The song was one of Jackson's biggest hits in the UK, where it reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart.[4]

In the ballad, Jackson is requesting that his lover continue with certain enjoyable events they have both experienced in the past: Why don't you do what you do / when you did what you did to me?

Samples and covers

The song was sampled by Lil Wayne for "How Could Something" and by Chamillionaire for "Void In My Life".

French Singer/Songwriter and multi instrumentalist, Ethel Lindsey has also did a successful short cover of the tune on YouTube in 2013. This unplugged cover has been immediately praised and approved by fans and Larry DiTommaso himself on Facebook.

Music video

The music video, directed by Bob Giraldi and produced by Anthony Payne, was an imitation of The Godfather and supermodel Iman played Jackson's love interest who eventually betrays him by trying to shoot him. After his henchmen take her away, it is not revealed what happened to her.

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[19] Silver 250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BPI".
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 309.
  3. ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 289.
  4. ↑ Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Jermaine Jackson – Do What You Do" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Jermaine Jackson – Do What You Do" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 8, 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Jermaine Jackson – Do What You Do" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Jermaine Jackson: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Jermaine Jackson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Jermaine Jackson Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Jermaine Jackson Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jermaine Jackson – Do What You Do" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1985". Ultratop. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1985". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1985". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  17. ↑ "1985 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 52. December 28, 1985. p. T-21.
  18. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  19. ↑ "British single certifications – Jermaine Jackson – Do What You Do". British Phonographic Industry.
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