What 'Cha Gonna Do For Me
by Chaka Khan

What 'Cha Gonna Do For Me by Chaka Khan
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 28,088th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 15 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1981 (376th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,497th)
Award Best albums of all time (28,088th)

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Chaka Khan bestography

What 'Cha Gonna Do For Me is ranked 4th best out of 15 albums by Chaka Khan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Chaka Khan is Chaka which is ranked number 11491 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 103.

Chaka Khan album bestography « Higher ranked (24,308th)
Hello Happiness
This album (28,088th)
What 'Cha Gonna Do For Me
Lower ranked (38,724th) »
Chaka Khan

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Overall rank: 28,088th | 1980s rank: 3,497th | 1981 rank: 376th

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09/08/2025 05:20 coday97  Ratings distribution  1,77381/100
 
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07/21/2025 04:38 dukeboxkool  Ratings distribution  2,18172/100
 
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From 07/21/2025 04:46 | #310223
Unbelievably 44 years on from its release and undoubtedly high time to re-assess Chaka Khan's musical career. Considering the history of Soul Music, it is probably all too easy to get stuck in the sixties, and early 1970s. i was a lot of very good Disco Music around too, in the early eighties, and Khan was undoubtedly one of its queens. This is very good soul music, and soul/funk fans would be unwise to miss out on this album. It quickly overcomes the disappointing cover of the Lennon & McCartney classic and moves on with energy & class. It is fast, furious and, overall, it exudes a content of very high quality.
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