What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (song)

"What Cha' Gonna Do for Me"
Side A of the US single
Single by Chaka Khan
from the album What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
B-side"Lover's Touch"
ReleasedMay 1981
Recorded1980–81
GenreSynth-funk
Length3:54
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Ned Doheny
Hamish Stuart
Chaka Khan singles chronology
"Get Ready, Get Set"
(1980)
"What Cha' Gonna Do for Me"
(1981)
"We Can Work It Out"
(1981)

"What Cha' Gonna Do For Me" is the title track of Chaka Khan's third solo album from 1981. The song was written by Ned Doheny, and Hamish Stuart of the Average White Band. They had recorded the song a year earlier and released it on their LP Shine.

The song was the second of four number-one singles on the R&B chart for Khan and was at the top spot for two weeks. The single was also her second entry on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 53. On the Cash Box Top 100, "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me" reached number 49.

In New Zealand, the song peaked at #21.