Why Me? (Irene Cara song)

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"Why Me?"
Single by Irene Cara
from the album What a Feelin'
B-side"Talk Too Much"[1]
Released10 October 1983 (1983-10-10)
Recorded1983
GenrePost-disco, synth-pop
Length3:55 (Single Edit)
7:03 (12" Mix)
4:37 (Album Version)
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara, Keith Forsey
Producer(s)Giorgio Moroder
Irene Cara singles chronology
"Flashdance... What a Feeling"
(1983)
"Why Me?"
(1983)
"The Dream (Hold on to Your Dream)"
(1983)

"Why Me?" is a song written by Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara, and Keith Forsey and performed by Irene Cara.

The song was the first official single to be lifted from Cara's 1983 album, What a Feelin', although the album also featured the worldwide number one single "Flashdance... What a Feeling", which had been released six months earlier.

"Why Me?" continued Cara's run of hit singles, reaching the Top 20 on the Hot 100. It was even more successful in Australia and several European countries, where it peaked within the Top 5.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 5
songid field is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS 17
Norway (VG-lista)[3] 5
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[4] 4
UK Singles Chart[5] 86
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 13
US Dance Chart 7
US Cash Box Top 100[7] 15

Year-end charts

Chart (1984) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 43

References

  1. ^ "7" Why Me? at discogs.com". Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 239. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Irene Cara – Why Me". VG-lista. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "Irene Cara – Why Me". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  5. ^ "OfficialCharts.com". Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  6. ^ "Irene Cara Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  7. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending December 17, 1983". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Cash Box magazine.
  8. ^ BigKev. "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 22, 2017.