Debby Boone "You Light Up My Life" what was "you light up my life"? The song became the biggest hit of the 1970s did it make it to the top charts? spending ten consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100
what did she do after this song success?
What did Debby Boone do after "You Light Up My Life" became the biggest hit of the 1970's
With her older sisters married and younger sister Laury in college, Boone was actively encouraged by producer Mike Curb to launch a solo career. Boone released her first solo effort, "You Light Up My Life" (which had been featured in the film of the same name) in 1977. The song became the biggest hit of the 1970s spending ten consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 -- longer than any other song in Hot 100 history to that point. (In 2008, Billboard ranked the song No. 7 among all songs that charted in the 50-year history of the Hot 100.) The song earned Boone a Grammy Award for Best New Artist and an American Music Award for Favorite Pop Single of 1977. She also received Grammy nominations for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female and Record of the Year won by, respectively, Barbra Streisand ("Love Theme From "A Star Is Born" (Evergreen)") and the Eagles ("Hotel California"). "You Light Up My Life" also succeeded on Billboard's Adult Contemporary (No. 1 for one week) and Country (No. 4) singles charts. The single and the album (No. 6 Pop, No. 6 Country) of the same name were both certified platinum.  The song, written and produced by Joe Brooks, was from the film of the same name. Brooks earned Song of the Year awards at both the 1978 Grammys and Oscars for writing the song. (Boone performed the song at both awards shows.) Boone's version was not used in the movie or featured on its soundtrack. The song was lip-synched in the film by its star, Didi Conn, performing to vocals recorded by Kacey Cisyk. It was written as a love song, but Boone interpreted the song as inspirational and stated that she recorded the song for God.  Boone's overnight success led to a tour with her father and frequent television appearances, but she was unable to maintain her success in pop music after "You Light Up My Life". Her follow-up single, "California" (also written and produced by Joe Brooks), peaked at No. 50 Pop and No. 20 AC. "California" was included on Boone's second album, Midstream, which faltered at No. 147 Pop. Her next single, the double-sided "God Knows"/"Baby I'm Yours", also struggled, peaking at No. 74 Pop, becoming her last entry on the Hot 100. However, the single charted AC (No. 14) and returned Boone to the country chart (No. 22). Boone then released another movie theme, "When You're Loved", from The Magic of Lassie. Like "You Light Up My Life", the song was nominated for an Academy Award for its composers, the Sherman Brothers, but it failed to replicate the success of her first single charting only No. 48 AC. Boone's wholesome persona contrasted with the image-conscious pop-music industry, leading her career in different musical directions. CANNOTANSWER
Boone's overnight success led to a tour with her father and frequent television appearances,
Deborah Anne Boone (born September 22, 1956) is an American singer, author, and actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, "You Light Up My Life", which spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist the following year. Boone later focused her music career on country music, resulting in the 1980 No. 1 country hit "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again". In the 1980s, she recorded Christian music which garnered her four top 10 Contemporary Christian albums as well as two more Grammys. Throughout her career, Boone has appeared in several musical theater productions and has co-authored many children's books with her husband  Gabriel Ferrer.

Biography

Beginnings
Debby Boone was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the third of four daughters born to singer-actor Pat Boone and Shirley Foley Boone, daughter of country music star Red Foley. When Boone was 14 years old, she began touring with her parents and three sisters: Cherry, Lindy, and Laury. The sisters first recorded with their parents as The Pat Boone Family and later as the Boones or Boone Girls. They primarily recorded gospel music, although the sisters also released singles for the Motown and Curb labels that were remakes of secular pop music featuring Debby as the lead vocalist.

The Boones twice reached Billboard's AC charts with 1975's "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" (No. 25), a remake of the Supremes' first top 40 hit, and 1977's "Hasta Mañana" (No. 32), a cover of a track from ABBA's Waterloo album.

"You Light Up My Life"
With her older sisters married and younger sister Laury in college, Boone was actively encouraged by producer Mike Curb to launch a solo career. Boone released her first solo effort, "You Light Up My Life", (which had been featured in the film of the same name) in 1977. The song became the biggest hit of the 1970s lasting ten consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 – longer than any other song in Hot 100 history to that point. (In 2008, Billboard ranked the song No. 7 among all songs that charted in the 50-year history of the Hot 100.) The song earned Boone a Grammy Award for Best New Artist and an American Music Award for Favorite Pop Single of 1977. She also received Grammy nominations for Best Pop Vocal Performance – Female and Record of the Year won by, respectively, Barbra Streisand ("Love Theme From "A Star Is Born" (Evergreen)") and the Eagles ("Hotel California"). "You Light Up My Life" also succeeded on Billboards Adult Contemporary (No. 1 for one week) and Country (No. 4) singles charts. The single and the album (No. 6 Pop, No. 6 Country) of the same name were both certified platinum.

The song, written and produced by Joe Brooks, was from the film of the same name. Brooks earned Song of the Year awards at both the 1978 Grammys and Oscars for writing the song. (Boone performed the song at both awards shows.) Boone's version was not used in the film, nor featured on its soundtrack. The song was lip-synched in the film by its star, Didi Conn, performing to vocals recorded by Kacey Cisyk. It was written as a love song, but Boone interpreted the song as inspirational and stated that she recorded the song for God.

Boone's overnight success led to a tour with her father and frequent television appearances, but she was unable to maintain her success in pop music after "You Light Up My Life". Her follow-up single, "California" (also written and produced by Joe Brooks), peaked at No. 50 Pop and No. 20 AC, and was included on Boone's second album, Midstream, which faltered at No. 147 Pop. Her next single, the double-sided "God Knows"/"Baby I'm Yours", also struggled, peaking at No. 74 Pop, becoming her last entry on the Hot 100. However, the single charted AC (No. 14) and returned Boone to the country chart (No. 22). Boone then released another film theme, "When You're Loved", from The Magic of Lassie. Like "You Light Up My Life", the song was nominated for an Academy Award for its composers, the Sherman Brothers, but it failed to replicate the success of her first single, charting only No. 48 AC. Boone's wholesome persona contrasted with the image-conscious pop-music industry, leading her career in different musical directions.

Country music
With the crossover success of "You Light Up My Life" and "God Knows/Baby, I'm Yours", Boone began to focus on country music. (Her maternal grandfather, Red Foley, and her father had also recorded in that genre.) Her first country single, "In Memory of Your Love" (1978), fizzled at No. 61. But, she then hit No. 11 in 1979 with a remake of Connie Francis' "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own". Boone released another Connie Francis cover, "Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart" (No. 25), before releasing her 1979 eponymous album. Although the album included the two Francis remakes, her next two singles were not culled from this album—a remake of the Happenings' "See You in September" (No. 41 Country, No. 45 AC), and another Connie Francis cover, "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" (No. 48). (To date, "See You in September" has never been featured on any of Boone's albums, while "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" was included on her 1986 compilation The Best of Debby Boone.)

Her next album, 1980's Love Has No Reason (No. 17 Country), was produced by Larry Butler who helmed many of Kenny Rogers' records during the late 1970s. It resulted in the No. 1 Country and No. 31 AC hit, "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again". Two weeks before Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again ascended to No. 1, Boone was part of a historic Top 5 on the Billboard Country chart. For the week ending April 19, 1980, the Top 5 positions were all held by women:

Crystal Gayle (It's Like We Never Said Goodbye)
Dottie West (A Lesson in Leaving)
Debby Boone (Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again)
Emmylou Harris (Beneath Still Waters)
Tammy Wynette (Two Story House with George Jones)

The album generated two more country singles, "Free to Be Lonely Again" (No. 14) and "Take It Like a Woman" (No. 44). The latter single charted simultaneously with her father's "Colorado Country Morning" (No. 60). Butler also produced Boone's next album, 1981's Savin' It Up (No. 49 Country), which yielded two more country singles, "Perfect Fool" (No. 23 Country, No. 37 AC) and "It'll Be Him" (No. 46). Boone has not charted on either the Billboard AC or Country charts since the release of Savin' It Up.

Christian music
Boone turned her music career to contemporary Christian music, winning two GMA Dove Awards and two more Grammys. She first recorded in this genre in 1980, with the Grammy-winning With My Song. Subsequent Christian albums included Surrender (1983), Choose Life (1985), Friends For Life (1987), and Be Thou My Vision (1989).

In 1989, Boone released her Christmas album Home For Christmas, which boasted a duet with her mother-in-law, Rosemary Clooney, on Clooney's signature song "White Christmas".

Television/theatrical career

Boone debuted as a screen actress in 1978, in an original television musical adaptation of O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi co-starring John Rubinstein. A frequent variety show guest star, Boone also headlined two of her own NBC television music specials – The Same Old Brand New Me (1980) and One Step Closer (1982). In 1984, Boone co-starred in the television movie Sins of the Past as Clarissa Hope, a call girl who is born again and becomes an evangelical singer: also co-starring Kirstie Alley, Barbara Carrera, Kim Cattrall and Anthony Geary, Sins of the Past became a Top 10 Nielsen hit. Boone has since made guest appearances on several television shows including Step by Step and Baywatch Nights and was featured in the television films Come on, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story and Treehouse Hostage.

In 1981, Boone made her debut as a stage musical actress in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers with a June showcase engagement in the Akron-based Kenley Players season followed by an eighteen-month US tour launched with a December 1981 engagement at the Fox Theater (San Diego). A critical and commercial success on tour, the production opened on Broadway in July 1982 to generally lackluster reviews, with a particularly scathing critique by Frank Rich in The New York Times being blamed for the show's closure after five performances.

Boone has remained an occasional stage musical actress mostly in regional theater productions, although she did play the lead role of Maria in the 1990 revival of The Sound of Music mounted at Lincoln Center (nominated as Outstanding Musical Revival by the Drama Desk Awards): Boone had earlier played Maria on tour in both 1987 and 1988 with 1987 dates including the Sacramento Music Circus (premiere), the O'Keefe Centre (Toronto), the Starlight Theater in Kansas City (Missouri), and the Westbury (New York) Music Fair, and 1988 dates including the Fox Theatre (Atlanta) (premiere), Benedum Center (Pittsburgh), Fair Park Music Hall (Dallas), Hilton U. Brown Theatre at Butler University (Indianapolis), and also four dates in Japan. Boone returned to the Broadway stage in 1996 to play—cast in opposition to her own wholesome image—"bad girl" Rizzo in the Eugene O'Neill Theatre revival of Grease, and on March 7, 2011, performed at the Gramercy Theater in the 24 Hours Musicals original production Things Can't Always Be Awesome. Her regional theater credits include lead roles in Meet Me in St. Louis (Fair Park Music Hall, Dallas; Fox Theatre, St. Louis; Orange County Performing Arts Center/ 1991), South Pacific (Valley Forge Music Fair/ 1995), The King and I (Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Center/ 2001; Tucson Music Hall/ 2002; California Center for the Arts (Escondido, California)/ 2002; San Jose Center for the Performing Arts/ 2006), Mississippi Love (Mark Twain Playhouse, Branson/ 2001), and Camelot (North Carolina Theatre/ 2005), with more recent theatrical credits in ensemble musicals: The Human Comedy (Barrington Stage Company, Berkshire County/ 2006), Into the Woods (Candlelight Dinner Theater, Denver/ 2016), and 42nd Street (Tempe Center for the Arts/ 2018).

2005–present
Once her children were grown, Boone revived her recording career in 2005 with the release of Reflections Of Rosemary. The CD, a fond tribute to her mother-in-law Rosemary Clooney, features songs performed by Clooney as well as other songs not thus associated, but which Boone felt showed Clooney as the person she and her family knew and loved. Boone toured extensively for the album, including several nights at New York's famed cabaret Feinstein's, where Clooney had often performed. In 2011, Boone released an album—and subsequent concert tour—called Swing This!, celebrating the swing music and culture of 1960s Las Vegas.

In 2012, Boone's profile, as well as her most popular hit song, were enhanced when she became the official spokesperson for Lifestyle Lift, a company that provides facial and neck cosmetic procedures. She appears in extended TV commercials and hosts a 30-minute infomercial. In all promotions, her signature song, "You Light Up My Life", is pervasively featured throughout. In the infomercial, Boone is portrayed recording the song, because she indeed re-recorded the 35-year-old song, with full orchestration. However, at no time does the songstress state that she has personally utilized the company's services.

Personal life
Boone married Gabriel Ferrer on September 1, 1979. He is an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church. Like Boone, Ferrer is a member of a well-known Hollywood family: he is the son of José Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney, the brother of actors Miguel Ferrer and Rafael Ferrer, the nephew of journalist Nick Clooney and the cousin of actor George Clooney. The couple has four children: son Jordan (born July 8, 1980), twin daughters Gabrielle and Dustin (born September 17, 1983), and daughter Tessa (born March 30, 1986).

Discography

 You Light Up My Life (1977)
 Midstream (1978)
 Debby Boone (1979)
 Love Has No Reason (1980)
 With My Song (1980)
 Savin' It Up (1981)
 Surrender (1983)
 Choose Life (1985)
 Friends for Life (1987)
 Be Thou My Vision (1989)
 Reflections of Rosemary (2005)
 Swing This (2013)

Books
Boone and her husband collaborated on several children's books, all of them illustrated by Ferrer.

1981: Debby Boone So Far (autobiography) 
1988: Bedtime Hugs for Little Ones 
1989: Tomorrow Is a Brand New Day 
1991: The Snow Angel 
1996: Welcome to This World 
1998: Counting Blessings 

The Snow Angel was released both in book form and in a special audio edition featuring original songs by Mari Falcone, Boone's musical director for many years. Boone also released the two-volume children's video series entitled Debby Boone's Hug-a-Long Songs. She and her children appeared frequently on the cover of Good Housekeeping magazine during their childhood.

Awards

Academy of Country Music
1977: Top New Female Vocalist

Dove Awards
1981: Best Album by a Secular Artist, With My Song
1984: Best Album by a Secular Artist, Surrender

Grammys
1977: Best New Artist
1980: Best Inspirational Performance: With My Song
1983: Best Gospel Performance – Duo/Group for Keep The Flame Burning (with Phil Driscoll)

Nominations:
1977: Record of the Year, You Light Up My Life
1977: Best Pop Vocal Performance – Female
1984: Best Gospel Performance – Female
1985: Best Gospel Performance – Female
1987: Best Gospel Performance – Female
1989: Best Gospel Performance – Female

Music City News
1978: Best New Female Artist

Record World
1977: Pop New Female Vocalist – Albums
1977: Pop New Female Vocalist – Singles
1977: Pop Single (Solo Artist), "You Light Up My Life"
1977: Special Achievement
1978: Pop New Female Vocalist – Albums
1978: Pop New Female Vocalist – Singles
1978: Pop Single (Solo Artist), "You Light Up My Life"

See also
List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States

References

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1956 births
Actresses from New Jersey
American evangelicals
American women country singers
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American women pop singers
American musical theatre actresses
American performers of Christian music
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Living people
Actors from Hackensack, New Jersey
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American children's writers
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"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, No. 14 on the Billboard R&B chart, and spent three weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart. 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.

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".

Music video
The music video 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

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

See also
 List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1984 (U.S.)

References

1984 singles
Jermaine Jackson songs
Music videos directed by Bob Giraldi
Contemporary R&B ballads
1984 songs
1980s ballads "What Do I Have to Do" is a song performed by Australian singer and songwriter Kylie Minogue taken from her third studio album, Rhythm of Love (1990). The song was written and produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Originally, the song was planned to be released after the single "Better the Devil You Know", but instead "Step Back in Time" was released and this was released as the third single on 21 January 1991. The song received positive reviews from most music critics, who thought the song was an instant rave classic.

The song peaked at number eleven in her native Australia. The song did however peak at number six in the United Kingdom, becoming a success there. The song was also hit in France and The Netherlands.

The song has been performed on most of Minogue's concert tours, including her Rhythm of Love Tour, Let's Get to It Tour and Intimate and Live Tour. The song has also been performed at the Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour and the Homecoming Tour, and has been most recently been performed at her Aphrodite World Tour.

Background
There are three official promotional mixes of the song. The early unreleased first version is synth orienated and has multilayered vocals. Much of the synth was omitted and the drums, bass and vocals were toned down for the second album version. The third version, the 7" Mix, contains a newer drum track, multilayered vocals in the chorus and relies much less on the synthesizers than on the album version. This version of the song also contains samples from American comedian Sam Kinison, and was used for the music video. In the UK a limited edition 7″ single came with postcards with shots from the video.

Originally, "What Do I Have To Do" was planned to be released as the follow-up single to "Better the Devil You Know", but was later released as the third single off the album instead, and the track was specially remixed for single release. The 1999 biographical book Girl Next Door identified this track as Kylie's favourite to perform live.

The single artwork was photographed by Robert Erdmann.

Reception

Critical response
"What Do I Have To Do?" received very positive reviews from many music critics. Jason Shawahn from About.com said the song, along with "Better The Devil You Know" and "Wouldn't Change a Thing", "are nothing if not pop masterpieces." He also labeled it as a "pop classic". Quentin Harrison from Albumism noted it as "luxuriant electro-pop", adding that Ian Curnow and Phil Harding "rework it into an appetizing, but accessible house ditty that emphasizes unity between the single's beat and Minogue's supple vocal." While reviewing Rhythm of Love, Chris True from AllMusic highlighted the song as an album standout. NME voted it as the thirtieth best track of 1991. Eleanor Levy from Record Mirror described it as "more mature, in a Hi-NRG, Bronski Beatish way." She added, "More straightforward rhythm than formula pop song, it fizzes predictably rather than sparkles but, like Kylie's ever-elongating fringe, will no doubt grow and grow." Caroline Sullivan from Smash Hits called it "supreme", and said the song "sees a return to the reassuring old Kylie-sound". While reviewing Ultimate Kylie, Mark Edwards from Stylus Magazine gave it a positive remark, saying that along with "Shocked" and "Give Me Just a Little More Time", they "were great songs and suddenly Kylie was a little bit cool."

Chart performance
"What Do I Have to Do" debuted at number twenty-seven on the Australian Singles Chart, until rising and peaking at number eleven, staying there for two consecutive weeks. The song then debuted at number ninety-nine on the Dutch Top 40, until peaking at number eighty-one for one week. The song then debuted and peaked at number fifty on the French Singles Chart.

Impact and legacy
English DJ and record producer Nicky Holloway chose "What Do I Have to Do" as one of his top 10 vinyl thrills in 1996, saying, "I've had so much fun with this over the years. You don't realise what you're dancing to until it's too late to stop! It's got a long intro so people are dancing away and don't realise that it's Kylie Minogue until they're sucked into it."

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Dave Hogan. In relation to this video, Minogue is quoted as saying "how many Hollywood stars can you look like in three and a half minutes...". Her younger sister Dannii Minogue also appears in the video. The music video begins with clips of the dance scene intercut with Minogue emerging from a swimming pool and her love interest seeing her with another man. The love interest is played by Zane O'Donnell, the same model who would appear in the video for Minogue's subsequent single "Shocked". 
Minogue then goes out to the balcony overlooking a fairground and the man follows. The video then shifts to the man watching Minogue dancing with a female friend in a club. The next scene is Minogue waking up in her lover's bed as he prepares to leave the bedroom. After this, Minogue singing on the bed is intercut with scenes of her singing and dancing in front of a white backdrop. The video goes back to her and her friend having fun in the club as the man stares at her again. Later, she sits on the bench overlooking the scene and takes a glance at a lookalike of her lover next to her. Following this, she gets up to dance as the man watches. Finally, she gets a tattoo of a black panther on her back and shows it to her lover. The video concludes with all of Minogue's performance scenes intercut with her doing the ironing in a Gingham Apron and on a date with her lover. The final shot is of Minogue and her lover walking across a bridge.

While reviewing the DVD version of Greatest Hits for Amazon.co.uk, John Galilee said "Her most outrageous but greatest video moment is where she parodies certain movie stars in the chic video for "What Do I Have to Do?", and because of her heavy eye make-up almost earns herself the title drag-queen Kylie (watch out for sister Dannii who briefly stars in the video, wearing a blonde wig)."

Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "What Do I Have to Do".

 7" vinyl single
 "What Do I Have to Do" (7" Mix) – 3:32
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Instrumental) – 3:48

 12" vinyl single
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Pumpin' Mix) – 7:48
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Extended Instrumental) – 5:08

 CD single
 "What Do I Have to Do" (7" Mix) – 3:32
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Pumpin' Mix) – 7:48
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Extended Instrumental) – 5:08

 iTunes Digital EP – Remixes
(Not available at time of original release. Released for the first time as part of iTunes PWL archive release in 2009)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (12" Instrumental)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (7" Mix)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (7" Backing Track)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (7" Instrumental)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Album Backing Track)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Album Instrumental)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Between the Sheets Mix)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Extended Album Mix)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Movers & Shakers 12" Backing Track)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Movers & Shakers 12" Instrumental)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Movers & Shakers 7" Backing Track)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Movers & Shakers 7" Instrumental)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Movers & Shakers 7" Mix)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Movers & Shakers 12" Mix)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Movers & Shakers Do the Dub)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Pumpin' Mix)

 iTunes Digital EP – The Original Synth Mixes (released 8 November 2010)
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Billy The Fish Mix: Part I) 3:44
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Billy The Fish Mix: Part II) 7:30
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Original 12" Mix) 7:09
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Extended Album Mix II) 8:42

 iTunes Digital EP – What Do I Have to Do?
 "What Do I Have to Do" (7" Mix) — 3:33
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Pumpin' Mix) — 7:47
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Extended Album Mix) — 8:07
 "What Do I Have to Do" (7" Instrumental) — 3:33
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Extended Instrumental) — 5:07
 "What Do I Have to Do" (7" Backing Track) — 3:33
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Album Instrumental) — 3:43
 "What Do I Have to Do" (Album Backing Track) — 3:43
 "Things Can Only Get Better" (Album Instrumental) — 3:55
 "Things Can Only Get Better" (Album Backing Track) — 3:55

Live performances
Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours:
 Rhythm of Love Tour
 Let's Get to It Tour
 Intimate and Live Tour
 On a Night Like This Tour
 Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour (as part of the "Smiley Kylie Medley")
 Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour (as part of the "Everything Taboo Medley")
 For You, for Me (as part of the "Everything Taboo Medley")
 Aphrodite World Tour
Summer 2019

The song was also performed on:
 An Audience with Kylie Minogue 2001 TV special, performed as part of the hits medley.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1991 singles
Kylie Minogue songs
Song recordings produced by Stock Aitken Waterman
Songs written by Mike Stock (musician)
Songs written by Matt Aitken
Songs written by Pete Waterman
1990 songs
Mushroom Records singles
Pete Waterman Entertainment singles
Torch songs
Eurodance songs