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"What Have You Done"
Single by Within Temptation featuring Mina Caputo
from the album The Heart of Everything
B-side"Blue Eyes"
Released14 February 2007 (Europe)
Genre
Length
  • 5:13 (album version)
  • 3:58 (radio edit with intro)
  • 3:24 (US edit and iTunes version)
LabelRoadrunner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Daniel Gibson
Within Temptation singles chronology
"Angels"
(2005) 		"What Have You Done"
(2007) 		"Frozen"
(2007)

"What Have You Done" is the first single from Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation's fourth studio album The Heart of Everything (2007). The song features guest vocals from Life of Agony's lead singer Mina Caputo and it was released as the album's first single in early 2007 (see 2007 in music). It became their first charting single in Canada and in the United States. A new edit and version of the song was released in the US through iTunes on 26 June 2007.

Music video

There are two music videos for "What Have You Done".

In the first video, Sharon den Adel is a spy. Mina Caputo is an FBI agent who has been assigned the task of capturing den Adel. They were formerly lovers, but an unconfirmed issue rose between them, causing them to separate. Caputo searches the world for Adel before finally locating her singing with the band in a bar in Thailand; however, she is thrown out by the bouncer and is refused re-entry. Den Adel stands behind the bouncer, grinning suspiciously. She makes her way through a jungle in the next scene, with Caputo following her. After reaching a cliff with no escape, den Adel faces Caputo and whispers "I love you." She turns and jumps off the cliff. Although Caputo is under the impression that den Adel did not survive the fall, at the end she is lying on rocks, smiling.

In the alternative video, den Adel seems to be leaving an abusive partner. Her partner is left behind in a house, and trashes it, smashing mirrors and vases. This video has a more sinister and dark atmosphere present. This video also contains footage of Caputo, although not together with any member of Within Temptation.

The first video was quickly replaced by this version. The band stated that they wanted to replace the video because the "band shots were too dark and the 'jungle' part didn't look very convincing."[1] Only the second version was released on DVD with the special edition of The Heart of Everything and with Black Symphony. A new edit of this version was also used to promote the single in the United States.

Live versions

Den Adel performing "What Have You Done" on tour.

"What Have You Done" (feat. Mina Caputo) was also released as a live version on the band's Black Symphony release. Roadrunner Records USA/Australia used this version to promote Black Symphony before its release. This recording with the Metropole Orchestra in Ahoy, Rotterdam, 2008 was one of the two only live performances of the song in which Mina Caputo sang along live (the other one being at the Dauwpop festival in 2007). In other performances, the band plays a video of Mina Caputo singing on screen and encourages the audience to sing the parts.

In acoustic performances of this song, as found on the "Frozen" maxi-single and the special edition of The Heart of Everything, Caputo's vocals are absent and Sharon den Adel sings Caputo's parts as well. On the live album An Acoustic Night at the Theatre, "What Have You Done" appears as a duet with Caputo once again, although Caputo's vocals were not recorded live.

"What Have You Done" in other media

This song is available as a downloadable song in the games Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero 5, and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. In 2008, Dutch TV program Koefnoen made a parody on this song titled "What Am I Doing Here".[2][3]

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "What Have You Done".

  • European CD promotional single
  1. "What Have You Done" (European radio version) a.k.a. (single version) (3:59)
  2. "What Have You Done" (rock mix) (3:52)
  • Canadian and European CD single
  1. "What Have You Done" (European radio version) a.k.a. (single version) (3:59)
  2. "What Have You Done" (album version) (5:16)
  • European maxi CD single
  1. "What Have You Done" (European radio version) a.k.a. (single version) (3:59)
  2. "What Have You Done" (album version) (5:16)
  3. "Blue Eyes" (non-album track) (5:26)
  4. "Aquarius" (Live at Java-eiland, Amsterdam) (4:46)
  5. "Caged" (Live at Java-eiland, Amsterdam) (5:44)
  • US promotional single number one
  1. "What Have You Done" (US edit) (3:24)
  • US promotional single number two
  1. "What Have You Done" (US pop mix) (4:00)
  1. "What Have You Done" (US edit) (3:24)
  2. "What Have You Done" (album version) (5:16)
  3. "What Have You Done" (acoustic live) (4:33)
  4. "What Have You Done" (video)

Charts

References

  1. ^ "The Metal Minute: Take 5 With Ruud Jolie of Within Temptation". rayvanhornjr.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Within Temptation - What Am I Doing Here [Koefnoen]". Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2015 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ "WT TV recommended: What am I doing here?". www.within-temptation.com. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Within Temptation feat. Keith Caputo – What Have You Done" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Within Temptation feat. Keith Caputo – What Have You Done" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Within Temptation: What Have You Done" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Within Temptation feat. Keith Caputo – What Have You Done" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 10, 2007" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  9. ^ "[1]" (in Dutch). Mega Top 50
  10. ^ "Within Temptation feat. Keith Caputo – What Have You Done" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  11. ^ "What Have You Done by within Temptation - Music Charts".
  12. ^ "Within Temptation feat. Keith Caputo – What Have You Done". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  13. ^ "Within Temptation feat. Keith Caputo – What Have You Done". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  14. ^ "Within Temptation - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2015.
  15. ^ "Myydyimmät levyt 2007". Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2007". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  17. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 2007". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Have_You_Done

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