| What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin' | |
| Cover: | What_Cha_Gonna_Do_with_My_Lovin'_-_Stephanie_Mills.jpg |
| 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 |
| Genre: | Disco, funk |
| Length: | 8:03 (12") 4:06 (7") |
| Label: | 20th Century-Fox Records |
| Producer: | James Mtume Reggie Lucas |
| Prev Title: | This Empty Place |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | You Can Get Over |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
| What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin' | |
| Cover: | What_Cha_Gonna_Do_with_My_Lovin'_-_Inner_City.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Inner City |
| Album: | Paradise (UK) Big Fun (US) |
| B-Side: | Put Your Body in It |
| Released: | November 1989 |
| Recorded: | 1989 |
| Genre: | Disco, funk |
| Label: | Virgin |
| 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 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.[1] It was also a top 10 hit on the Billboard R&B chart, as well as a minor hit in Canada.[2]
| Chart (1979) | Peak position[3] | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] | 82 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 22 | |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) | 8 |
In 1989, the song was recorded by American dance group Inner City. It was 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 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.[6]
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."[7] 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?"[8] 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."[9]
| Chart (1989–90) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[10] | 86 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] | 22 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] | 9 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) | 12 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[13] | 12 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[14] | 76 |
| US Disco/Dance (Billboard)[15] | 8 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[16] | 77 |
