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{{Infobox single
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Don't Know Why
| Name = Don't Know Why
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| Artist = [[Norah Jones]]
| Cover = Dontknowwhy.JPG
| Cover = Dontknowwhy.JPG
| from Album = [[Come Away with Me]]
| Cover size =
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| Border =
| Alt =
| Caption =
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| Artist = [[Norah Jones]]
| Album = [[Come Away with Me]]
| A-side =
| B-side =
| Released = July 2002
| Released = July 2002
| Format = [[Compact Disc single|CD]]
| Format = [[Compact Disc single|CD]]
| Recorded = 2001 <br />Sorcerer Sound <br /><small>([[New York City]])</small> <br />Allaire Studios <br /><small>([[Shokan, New York]])</small><ref name=liner>''[[Come Away with Me]]'' liner notes. [[Blue Note]] (2002)</ref>
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| Recorded = 2001
| Genre = [[Smooth jazz]], [[Pop music|Pop]]
| Genre = [[Smooth jazz]], [[Pop music|Pop]]
| Length = 3:09
| Length = 3:09
| Label = [[Blue Note]]
| Label = [[Blue Note]]
| Producer = [[Norah Jones]],<br />[[Arif Mardin]],<br />Jay Newland
| Writer =
| Producer = [[Norah Jones]], [[Arif Mardin]], Jay Newland
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Don't Know Why'''"<br/>(2002)
| This single = "'''Don't Know Why'''"<br/>(2002)
| Next single = "[[Feelin' the Same Way]]"<br/>(2003)
| Next single = "[[Feelin' the Same Way]]"<br/>(2003)

Revision as of 17:45, 6 May 2010

"Don't Know Why"
Song

"Don't Know Why" is a smooth jazz song written by Jesse Harris and originally appears on his 1999 album, Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos. It was the second single by Norah Jones from her breakthrough 2002 album Come Away with Me. Although Jones's version only peaked at number thirty on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, it was a critical success for her that helped established her as a respected new artist, and subsequently her album sold extremely well. The single went on to win three Grammy Awards in 2003 for "Record of the Year", "Song of the Year", and "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance". The song charted at 459 in Blender magazine's 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born.[2]

Covers

  • Pat Metheny: Jazz guitarist played "Don't Know Why" on his solo album One Quiet Night.
  • Smokey Robinson covered the song on his 2009 solo album Time Flies When You're Having Fun.
  • Aya Matsuura covered the song for her album Naked Songs.
  • Ken Hirai: Japanese R&B singer performed the song on his album of covers entitled Ken's Bar.
  • JUJU: Japanese jazz/soul/R&B singer included the cover on her single "Donna ni tokutemo" as a B-side.
  • Vania Borges covered the song on the compilation album Rhythms del Mundo.
  • Aliya Parcs covered the song on the compilation album Jam and Jive.
  • It was featured on the video game Karaoke Revolution as a cover.
  • The sketch comedy show MADtv parodied the song in a commercial for the fictitious album Monotonous. The joke of the sketch is that the song sets the mood for wild parties despite its slow pace.

Charts

"Don't Know Why"

Chart (2002/2003) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[3] 5
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 56
Dutch Singles Chart[4] 86
French Singles Chart[5] 74
German Singles Chart[3] 82
New Zealand Singles Chart[3] 24
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 30
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 4
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 8
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 32
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks 21
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 Recurrents 1

"Don't Know Why" / "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"

Chart (2003) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[6] 67

Other appearances

References

  1. ^ Come Away with Me liner notes. Blue Note (2002)
  2. ^ The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born: 51–100
  3. ^ a b c d http://acharts.us/song/36
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ [2]
  6. ^ http://acharts.us/song/8877

External links

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