"What She's Doing Now" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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. It was released in December 1991 as the third single from his album ''

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''. It spent four weeks at the top of the ''

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chart. It was co-written by

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Content

The song is a ballad about a man who wonders what his former lover is currently doing and what her whereabouts are ("last I heard she had moved to

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"). While the singer has no idea what she is doing now, he proclaims "what she's doing now is tearing imapart".

Background and production

Brooks provided the following background information on the song in the CD booklet liner notes from ''

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'':

"What She's Doing Now" was an idea I had a long, long time about a man wondering what a woman was doing. And it was very simple. What is she doing now? Is she hanging out the clothes? Is she running a business? Is she a mother? Is she married? Who is she with? When I told the idea to Pat Alger, he looked at me with a smile and said, "I wonder if she knows what she's doing now to me?" When I heard that, the bumps went over my arms and the back of my neck, and I knew that he had something. Crystal Gayle cut this song back in 1989. It came back to us for the ''Ropin' The Wind'' album. It is a song that has crossed all boundaries and borders around the world. This has made me extremely happy because the greatest gift a writer can ask for is to relate to someone. I can't help but think that this song might relate to a lot of people.Garth Brooks – ''The Hits'': transcription from the CD booklet (bar code 7-2438-29689-2-4)

Other versions

While Garth Brooks penned the song, he was not the first person to release it. On the 1990 release '' Ain't Gonna Worry'',

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recorded the song as "What He's Doing Now"; her version was not released as a single.

Track listing

;European CD single Liberty CDCL 656 #"What She's Doing Now" #"Shameless" #"We Bury The Hatchet" ;US 7" Jukebox single Liberty S7-57784 #"What She's Doing Now" #"

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Chart positions

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 1991 singles 1990s ballads Crystal Gayle songs country ballads Garth Brooks songs Songs written by Pat Alger Songs written by Garth Brooks Song recordings produced by Allen Reynolds Liberty Records singles 1990 songs