Don't Know Why
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| "Don't Know Why" | ||
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| Single by Norah Jones | ||
| from the album Come Away with Me | ||
| Released | July 2002 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | 2001 | |
| Genre | Pop/Jazz | |
| Length | 3:09 | |
| Label | Blue Note | |
| Producer(s) | Norah Jones, Arif Mardin & Jay Newland | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Norah Jones singles chronology | ||
| "Come Away with Me" (2002) |
"Don't Know Why" (2002) |
"Turn Me On" (2003) |
"Don't Know Why" is a song written by Jesse Harris and originally appears on his 1999 album, Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos. It was the second single by Blue Note artist 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 has since has been covered several times Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny played "Don't Know Why" on his solo album One Quiet Night, Aya Matsuura covered the song for her album Naked Songs, and Japanese R+B singer Ken Hirai performed the song on his album of covers entitled Ken's Bar.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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| 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 |
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents | 1 |
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