Song · Lianne La Havas
“What You Don't Do” by Lianne La Havas
From the album Blood (2015)
“What You Don't Do” by Lianne La Havas appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2015 and 2018. It was first released in 2015 on the album Blood. Its best result is #34 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #63 indie & aaa song of 2015.
"What You Don't Do" followed "Unstoppable" as the second single from Blood, Lianne La Havas's 2015 album on Warner Bros., and it's a slow-building rush of R&B, jazz and doo-wop that keeps her voice front and center.
The road to Blood ran through Jamaica. After touring her debut, Is Your Love Big Enough?, La Havas went there with her mother to reconnect with her roots, and ended up playing for the family with dancehall and reggae producer Stephen McGregor, who went on to helm most of the album. This one came from another camp. Aqualung produced it, Al Shux added extra production, and the credits list Aqualung and Sam Dew as writers. The verses come through deliberately canned until the choruses kick in, with horns, piano, brass and gospel-choir backing vocals filling it out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 63 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2015 | 90 |
| 2015 | 37 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 | 104 |
| 2015 | 34 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 731 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
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