What I Need to Do

"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 album Everywhere We Go. It 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 needs 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

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[2]	7
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	56
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	8

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	36

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 91. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7242." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 12, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
↑ "Kenny Chesney – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Kenny Chesney.
↑ "Kenny Chesney – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Kenny Chesney.
↑ "Best of 2000: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Kenny Chesney singles

In My Wildest Dreams	"Whatever It Takes" "The Tin Man" "Somebody's Callin'"

All I Need to Know	"Fall in Love" "All I Need to Know" "Grandpa Told Me So"

Me and You	"Back in My Arms Again" "Me and You" "When I Close My Eyes"

I Will Stand	"She's Got It All" "A Chance" "That's Why I'm Here" "I Will Stand"

Everywhere We Go	"How Forever Feels" "You Had Me from Hello" "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" "What I Need to Do"

Greatest Hits	"I Lost It" "Don't Happen Twice" "The Tin Man" (re-release)

No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems	"Young" "The Good Stuff" "A Lot of Things Different" "Big Star" "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"

When the Sun Goes Down	"There Goes My Life" "When the Sun Goes Down" (w/ Uncle Kracker) "I Go Back" "The Woman with You" "Anything but Mine" "Keg in the Closet"

The Road and the Radio	"Who You'd Be Today" "Living in Fast Forward" "Summertime" "You Save Me" "Beer in Mexico"

Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates	"Never Wanted Nothing More" "Don't Blink" "Shiftwork" (w/ George Strait) "Better as a Memory"

Lucky Old Sun	"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" (w/ The Wailers) "Down the Road" (w/ Mac McAnally)

Greatest Hits II	"Out Last Night" "I'm Alive" (w/ Dave Matthews) "Ain't Back Yet"

Hemingway's Whiskey	"The Boys of Fall" "Somewhere with You" "Live a Little" "You and Tequila" (w/ Grace Potter) "Reality"

Welcome to the Fishbowl	"Feel Like a Rock Star" (w/ Tim McGraw) "Come Over" "El Cerrito Place"

Life on a Rock	"Pirate Flag" "When I See This Bar"

The Big Revival	"American Kids" "Til It's Gone" "Wild Child" (w/ Grace Potter) "Save It for a Rainy Day"

Cosmic Hallelujah	"Noise" "Setting the World on Fire" (w/ Pink) "Bar at the End of the World"

Guest singles	"Hey, Good Lookin'" (w/ Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait) "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" (w/ Tracy Lawrence and Tim McGraw) "Every Other Weekend" (w/ Reba McEntire)

See also	Discography "Back Where I Come From" "Baptism" "Some People Change" "Take Me There" "Turning Home"

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