"Do What You Do" is a song by American R&B singer Jermaine Jackson, sibling of singers Michael and Janet Jackson and former member of the Jackson 5. It was released as the second US single from his 1984 self-titled album in the United States but marketed as Dynamite in the United Kingdom and other countries.
The song was released as the fourth single in Europe, as the follow-up to the successful "When the Rain Begins to Fall" single.
The single was one of Jermaine's first releases with Arista Records after a long recording career with Motown Records, first as a member of the Jackson 5, then later as a solo artist. Although Jermaine Jackson never achieved the same level of solo success as sister Janet or brother Michael, "Do What You Do" was one of six top 20 solo hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the singer. The song peaked at No. 13 on the Hot 100,[2] No. 14 on the BillboardR&B chart, and spent three weeks atop the BillboardAdult Contemporary chart.[3] In Canada, it peaked on the RPM Top Singles chart at No. 29. The song was one of Jackson's biggest hits in the UK, where it reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart.[4]
In the ballad, Jackson is requesting that his lover continue with certain enjoyable events they have both experienced in the past: Why don't you do what you do / when you did what you did to me?.
Music video
The music video, directed by Bob Giraldi and produced by Anthony Payne, was an imitation of The Godfather, and supermodel Iman played Jackson's love interest who eventually betrays him by trying to shoot him. After his henchmen take her away, it is not revealed what happened to her.
