"What Can I Do" | ||||
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Single by The Corrs | ||||
from the album Talk On Corners | ||||
B-side | "Little Wing"; "No Good for Me" | |||
Released | January 1998 17 August 1998 (Remix) |
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Format | CD single | |||
Recorded | September 1995 (original version); 1997 (remix) | |||
Genre | Pop rock, folk-rock | |||
Length | 4:21 | |||
Label | 143/Lava/Atlantic | |||
Writer(s) | The Corrs | |||
Producer(s) | Jim Corr, Tin Tin Out (remix) | |||
The Corrs singles chronology | ||||
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"What Can I Do" is a song by Irish band The Corrs, from their breakthrough album Talk on Corners (1998). The song was originally released in January 1998, but its moderate charting success was limited, due to the time of the shooting of the video. However, it was later re-released in August that year in a remixed form by Tin Tin Out, which generated more attention, particularly in the UK where it reached No.3, and became one of the band's most known hits worldwide. The song received generally favorable reviews from music critics, some of whom felt it wasn't as strong as their previous songs. An accompanying music video was released, but was a very quick video, as the video was shot on their world tour at the same time. The music video was shot in New Zealand.
The Corrs played this song at the Gala for the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize. The original version is a more slow doo-wop style song, which is much lighter. However, the re-release was a more guitar riffed song, which was a more pop rock and country style, with the addition of orchestral strings in the latter half of the song performed by the Duke Quartet. The voice range is a chord of A mj and spans from G#3 to C#5. Mostly, the Tin Tin Out version was used mostly in the song than the original. But to be correct, there are three official versions of the song. The first being the single version, which didn't generate as much attention. The second version was the Tin Tin Out remix, which was more successful in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. And a third version was the Talk on Corners and the LP version, which doesn't feature any main vocals in it.
"What Can I Do" received generally favorable reviews from music critics, although the group didn't favor the track. Becky Byrkit from Allmusic had praised the remix version saying along with "So Young" that its "trademark glass voices and barely discernible acoustic musical instruments." She also highlighted the song as an album standout.