What I Can Do for You

1994 single by Sheryl Crow

"What I Can Do for You"

1995 UK re-release, CD1

Single by Sheryl Crow

from the album Tuesday Night Music Club

B-side

"Volvo Cowgirl 99"
"I Shall Believe"
"D'yer Mak'er"
"I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday"
"No One Said It Would Be Easy"

Released

February 7, 1994 (1994-02-07)

Studio

Toad Hall (Pasadena, California)

Genre

Rock^[1]

Length

4:15

Label

A&M

Songwriter(s)

David Baerwald, Sheryl Crow

Producer(s)

Bill Bottrell

Sheryl Crow singles chronology

"Run Baby Run"
(1993)

"What I Can Do for You"
(1994)

"Leaving Las Vegas"
(1994)

"What I Can Do for You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow from her debut studio album, Tuesday Night Music Club (1993), released on A&M Records. It was originally issued in February 1994, and the single includes a faster version of LP track "The Na-Na Song" under the name "Volvo Cowgirl 99". In the United Kingdom, the song reached number 84 in its first release in 1994, then number 43 following a re-release in late 1995. The song deals with sexual harassment, which Crow says she experienced during her rise to fame.^{[citation needed]}

The 1995 UK release sparked an industry controversy when the Official Charts Company initially refused to allow the single chart placing due to the free calendar in the packaging, which broke a chart rule about free gifts. After it was pointed out that the chart compilers had allowed Madonna's "You'll See" to chart (which also contained a free calendar, albeit configured differently within the single packaging as postcards, rather than ring-bound), the decision was reversed just before the week's chart was issued.^[2]

Track listings

Original UK CD single (Cat. No. 580 463-2) (1994)

"What I Can Do for You" (radio edit)
"What I Can Do for You" (LP version)
"Volvo Cowgirl 99"
"I Shall Believe"

Re-released UK CD single 1 (Cat. No. 581 221-2) (1995)

"What I Can Do for You" (UK edit)
"D'yer Mak'er"
"I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday"
"No One Said It Would Be Easy"

Re-released UK CD single 2 (Cat. No. 581 229-2) (1995)

"What I Can Do for You" (live in Madrid)
"All I Wanna Do" (live in Madrid)
"Strong Enough" (live in Madrid)
"Can't Cry Anymore" (live in Madrid)

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[3]	84

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Scotland (OCC)^[4]	36
UK Singles (OCC)^[3]	43

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	February 7, 1994	7-inch vinyl CD cassette	A&M	^[5]
United Kingdom (re-release)	1995	CD cassette	A&M

References

^ "Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow". Classic Rock Review. April 28, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
^ "CSC climbs down in Crowformat row" (PDF). Music Week. November 11, 1995.
^ ^a ^b "Sheryl Crow: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
^ "Single Releases". Music Week. February 5, 1994. p. 29.