What Can I Do (The Corrs song)
"What Can I Do" is a song by Irish band the Corrs, from their breakthrough album "Talk on Corners" (1997). The song was originally released in January 1998, but its moderate charting success was limited, due to the time of the shooting of the video. The song was later re-released in August the same year in a remixed form by Tin Tin Out, which generated more attention, reaching number three in the United Kingdom. The song received generally favorable reviews from music critics, some of whom felt it was not as strong  as their previous songs. An accompanying music video was released, which was shot in New Zealand during their world tour. Background. The original version of the song, which appeared on the original release of "Talk on Corners", is a slow doo-wop style song, which is much lighter. However, the Tin Tin Out remix, which later appeared on the album's special edition release, is more guitar riffed with the addition of orchestral strings in the latter half of the song performed by the Duke Quartet. The voice range is a chord of A major and spans from G3 to  C5. The Corrs have regularly performed this song live in concert since the start of the Talk on Corners World Tour in November 1997, originally performing the album version, but later switching to the Tin Tin Out version on an on-off basis in May 1998, then permanently from September 1998 onwards. Critical reception. "What Can I Do" received generally favourable reviews from music critics, although the group did not initially favour the track. Becky Byrkit from AllMusic had praised the remix version saying along with "So Young" that its "trademark glass voices and barely discernible acoustic musical instruments." She  also highlighted the song as an album standout. Dave Karger from "Entertainment Weekly" called it a "sluggishly sweet tune" and added that the guitar riff is "a bit too reminiscent" of Edie Brickell's "What I Am" and the lyrics "shamelessly swiped" from Elton John's "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word". Dave Fawbert from "ShortList" described "What Can I Do" as a "absolutely brilliant song" and "really lovely slice of folky pop". Chart performance. Upon its release in January 1998, the song debuted at number 44 on the Swedish Singles Chart, until it rose to number 27, its  peak. The song was then re-released a few months later, remixed by Tin Tin Out. The remix was even more successful than "Dreams" and managed to enter the top 3 on the UK Singles Chart, at number 3. It remained on the charts for 13 weeks.