What I Need to Do explained

What I Need to Do
Cover:Kenny Chesney - What I Need to Do.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Kenny Chesney
Album:Everywhere We Go
Released:January 31, 2000
Recorded:1999
Genre:Country
Length:4:04
Label:BNA
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.[1]

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

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 91. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Web site: Best of 2000: Country Songs . . . 2000 . August 15, 2012.