2020 single by Jonas Brothers
"What a Man Gotta Do " is a song by American
pop rock group
Jonas Brothers . It was released on January 17, 2020, through
Republic Records .
[1]
Background
The group announced the song's name and release date on January 13, 2020, through social media. They promoted the song the next day through a scratch card on
Spotify .
[2]
The piece is set in the key of E major in a moderate 4/4 beat. The vocal range of the brothers span two whole octaves from E3 to E5.[
citation needed ]
Critical reception
Peggy Sirota for
Billboard described the song as a "catchy, toe-tapping" song accompanied by an "equally heart-melting music video".
[3]
Music video
After several days of teasing, the group released the song alongside a video in which they recreate three well-known eighties films.
[4] In the rollout to the visual's Friday, January 17, 2020 release, hints about the video's themes were revealed via retro movie posters mirroring classic late seventies and eighties films.
[5] The music video was directed by
Joseph Kahn .
[6]
Synopsis
The clip stars
Nick Jonas and
Priyanka Chopra Jonas recreating the dancing-half-naked-in-the-living-room scene from
Risky Business ,
Joe Jonas and
Sophie Turner playing Danny and Sandy and then Cha-Cha at the school dance from
Grease , and
Kevin Jonas holding a boombox outside his wife
Danielle's bedroom window in homage to the scene from
Say Anything... .
[4] The video features also a cameo from
Full Metal Jacket actor
Matthew Modine .
[7]
Vegas Ride
An alternate video was released on January 21, 2020, in which the brothers ride around Las Vegas looking at the attractions.
[8]
Live performances
On January 25, 2020, the group performed the song live for the first time at the Hollywood Palladium during the Citi Sound Vault.
[9] They also performed the song live during the
62nd Annual Grammy Awards as well as a previous unreleased track called, "Five More Minutes".
[10] They performed the song live during the first show of their European leg of the
Happiness Begins Tour .
[11] On February 7, 2020, they performed the song on BBC's
The One Show .[
citation needed ] On February 12, 2020, just like their March 2019 number-one song, "
Sucker ", they performed the song live on
The Late Late Show with James Corden .
[12] The Jonas Brothers performed the song along "X" (without Karol G) and "Sucker" as Exclusive 'home' sessions recorded especially for Radio 1's Big Weekend.
[13]
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
See also
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