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“Whatcha Gonna Do About It“ is the debut single released by the English rock group Small Faces, released in the UK on 6 August 1965. The song peaked at number 14 in the UK Singles Chart, and stayed on chart for a total of 14 weeks. It reached number 28 in Canada.
The songwriting duo of the group Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane already had the melody for the song, the inspiration coming from Solomon Burke’s hit record “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love.“ However they had no lyrics, so their manager, Don Arden, brought in Ian Samwell and Brian Potter to provide the words for the song. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 27 and rose to number 14, just missing the all important Top Jones recalled to Uncut magazine: “We hadn’t fully established our own songwriting abilities – our stage show was mainly covers of things like Otis Redding’s ’Shake’ – and this r