Do What You Gotta Do is the eighteenth studio album American singer Bobby Vee and was released in October 1968 by Liberty Records. "Do What You Gotta Do" was the album's lead single. Dallas Smith arranged and produced the album.

It contain several Motown covers including "I Can't Help Myself","That's What Love Songs Often Do", "Do What You Gotta Do". Vee also recorded different mix of "Run Like The Devil", which he recorded as a single in 1965

According to Robert Reynolds, in The Music of Bobby Vee, there are some good tracks besides “My Girl/Hey Girl” and “Just Keep it Up”, but even a similar medley attempt at combining the Four Tops splendid classics “I Can’t Help Myself/The Same Old Song”, does not capture the freshness of “My Girl/Hey Girl”. a R&B LP was planned, Regardless, of what might have been done with those tracks, the best songs on the Just Today and Do What You Gotta Do albums were the new tracks.

The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On on February 14, 2001, as tracks 12 through 22 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 11 consisting of Vee's 1968 album Just Today.

Singles "Run Like a Devil" bubbled under Billboard'''s Hot 100, reaching number 124, and also peaked at number 106 on the Cashbox Looking Ahead singles chart.

"Do What You Gotta Do" debuted on the Hot 100 on August 31, 1968, peaking at number 83 during a 4-week stay on the chart. It reached number 92 on the Cashbox Top 100 singles chart, and number 84 in Canada.

Reception

Bruce Eder of AllMusic writes, "Vee proceeds with a surprisingly Motown-heavy (and surprisingly good) album of white pop-soul". Robert Reynolds, in The Music of Bobby Vee called it a "Good album".Billboard called it "an appealing, gentle rocker". Cashbox'' gave the album a positive review, saying that it "showcases him in a performance of honest, strong ballads and rhythmic numbers."

Track listing

Charts Singles SingleYearChartPeakposition"Run Like a Devil"1965US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100124US Cashbox Looking Ahead106"Do What You Gotta Do"1968US Billboard Hot 10098US Cashbox Top 10092Canada Top Singles (RPM)84

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