Do What You Gotta Do

"Do What You Gotta Do"
Brazilian release
Single by Garth Brooks
from the album Sevens
Released	January 3, 2000
Format	CD single, 7"
Genre	Country
Length	2:57
Label	Capitol
Writer(s)	Pat Flynn
Producer	Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks singles chronology
"That's the Way I Remember It" (as Chris Gaines) (1999) "Do What You Gotta Do" (2000) "When You Come Back to Me Again" (2000)

"Do What You Gotta Do" is the title of a song written by guitarist Pat Flynn and recorded by the New Grass Revival for their 1989 Capitol album Friday Night in America. The song was also recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in January 2000 as fourth and final single from the 1997 album, Sevens. The song reached number 13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaked at number 18 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.^[1]

Background

The song was issued over two years after the albums release by Capitol Records. This was due to a parcel of tepid reviews and soft sales for Garth Brooks side project, Chris Gaines.^[2]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "high-energy, uptempo, and buoyed by tasty fiddle and crisp, clean production." She goes on to say that the "positive message and infectious melody should make it a quick radio favorite." On Brooks' performance she says that it is "personality-packed" and "full of conviction and passion."^[3]

Chart performance

"Do What You Gotta Do" debuted at number 61 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of January 15, 2000.

Chart (2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	69
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	18

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
2. ^ Billboard, January 15, 2000^{[page needed]}
3. ^ Billboard, January 22, 2000^{[page needed]}