What Does It Take is a 1969 crossover single by Jr. Walker & The All Stars

Jr. Walker & the All Stars

Junior Walker & the All Stars were signed to the Motown label in the 1960s, and became one of the label's signature acts.-Biography:...

. The single was one of Jr. Walker's most successful releases becoming a hit on the both the R&B and pop singles chart. "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)," written by Johnny Bristol

Johnny Bristol

Johnny Bristol , was an American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s...

, Harvey Fuqua

Harvey Fuqua

Harvey Fuqua, was an African-American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive.Fuqua founded the seminal R&B/doo-wop group the Moonglows in the 1950s...

 and Vernon Bullock, made it into the top five on the Hot 100, and became Jr. Walker's second number one on the R&B charts.

Chart positions

Chart (1969)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	1
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	13

Instrumentalist Kenny G (with Johnny Bristol on vocals) covered this tune in his 1986 album "Duotones."
Alton Ellis

Alton Ellis

Alton Nehemiah Ellis, OD, was a Jamaican musician best known as one of the innovators of rocksteady music and was often referred to as the "Godfather of Rocksteady". In 2006, he was inducted into the International Reggae And World Music Awards Hall Of Fame.-Biography:Ellis was born in 1938 and...

 also covered the song on his 1967 album Mr. Soul of Jamaica

Mr Soul of Jamaica

Mr Soul of Jamaica is the debut album by Jamaican rocksteady singer Alton Ellis. It was produced by Duke Reid and originally released on his Treasure Isle label in 1967...