A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)

"A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)"
Single by Mindy McCready
from the album Ten Thousand Angels
B-side	"Maybe He'll Notice Her Now"[1]
Released	February 24, 1997
Recorded	1995
Genre	Country pop[2]
Length	2:43
Label	BNA
Songwriter(s)	Robert Byrne Rick Bowles
Producer(s)	David Malloy Norro Wilson
Mindy McCready singles chronology
"Maybe He'll Notice Her Now" (1996) "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)" (1997) "What If I Do" (1997)
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Promotional cover

"A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)" is a song by American country music recording artist Mindy McCready. The track, written by Robert Byrne and Rick Bowles and produced by David Malloy and Norro Wilson, was released on February 24, 1997, as the fourth and final single from McCready's debut studio album Ten Thousand Angels (1996). Unlike the previous singles from the album, "A Girl's Gotta Do" did not have a music video.

A commercial success, "A Girl's Gotta Do" peaked at number four on both the Canadian RPM Country Tracks and US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, becoming her last top-ten hits on both. McCready performed the song at the 32nd ACM Awards in 1997 as part of a "Top New Female Vocalist Medley" alongside nominees Deana Carter and LeAnn Rimes, who performed their hit songs "We Danced Anyway" and "Blue". She performed a shortened version of the single at the Stars of Tomorrow special.^[3]