What's a Guy Gotta Do

"What's a Guy Gotta Do"
Single by Joe Nichols
from the album Revelation
Released November 8, 2004
Recorded 2004
Genre Country
Length 2:22
Label Universal South
Writer(s) Don Sampson, Joe Nichols, Kelley Lovelace
Producer Brent Rowan
Joe Nichols singles chronology
"If Nobody Believed in You"
(2004)		 "What's a Guy Gotta Do"
(2005)		 "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off"
(2005)

"What's a Guy Gotta Do" is the title of a song co-written, and recorded by American country music artist Joe Nichols. It was released in November 2004 as the second and final single from his 2004 album Revelation. It peaked at number 4 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and number 64 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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Content

The song is an up-tempo in which the narrator asks himself, "what's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town?"

Music video

The music video was directed by Peter Zavadil, and features a man who tries unsuccessfully to get a girlfriend, from being maced in the eyes to getting arrested for being accused of harassment at Wal-Mart. The video was shot on December 2, 2004.

Chart performance

"What's a Guy Gotta Do" debuted at #55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 20, 2004.

Chart (2004-2005) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 64
US Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 4

References

  1. ^ "Joe Nichols Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Joe Nichols. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  2. ^ "Joe Nichols Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Country Songs for Joe Nichols. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
Joe Nichols
Studio albums
Compilations
Top 40 singles
"The Impossible" · "Brokenheartsville" · "She Only Smokes When She Drinks" · "Cool to Be a Fool" · "If Nobody Believed in You" · "What's a Guy Gotta Do" · "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" · "Size Matters (Someday)" · "I'll Wait for You" · "Another Side of You" · "It Ain't No Crime" · "Believers" · "Gimmie That Girl" · "The Shape I'm In" · "Take It Off"
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