Song title 49 - Why?

This page lists the chart runs for songs called "Why?" in order of success. This list combines cover versions and distinct songs that happen to share the same title.

If, alternately, you are looking for songs which have the word "Why?" somewhere in the title a better alternative would be to look up the word in the site index for w.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Annie Lennox	Why?	1992	Italy 1 for 6 weeks - Apr 1992, Belgium 3 - Apr 1992 (10 weeks), Italy 3 of 1992, UK 5 - Mar 1992 (9 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 6 - Apr 1992 (21 weeks), Holland 6 - Apr 1992 (10 weeks), Sweden 6 - Apr 1992 (4 weeks), Switzerland 6 - Apr 1992 (21 weeks), Norway 6 - Apr 1992 (2 weeks), Poland 6 - Apr 1992 (17 weeks), ODK Germany 12 - Apr 1992 (19 weeks), Austria 13 - May 1992 (3 months), Germany 13 - Apr 1992 (2 months), Switzerland 21 of 1992, US Billboard 34 - May 1992 (20 weeks), Canada 41 of 1992, Scrobulate 43 of ballad, Europe 97 of the 1990s (1992), Holland free40 98 of 1992, US Radio 142 of 1992 (peak 19 2 weeks), WXPN 700, RYM 113 of 1992
2	Frankie Avalon	Why?	1960	US Billboard 1 - Nov 1959 (16 weeks), Norway 3 - Feb 1960 (9 weeks), Canada 5 - Nov 1959 (11 weeks), Flanders 11 - Feb 1960 (3 months), South Africa 19 of 1959, UK 20 - Jan 1960 (4 weeks), US Radio 22 of 1959 (peak 2 9 weeks), US BB 24 of 1960, Italy 27 of 1960, US CashBox 35 of 1960, RYM 50 of 1959
3	Bronski Beat	Why?	1984	Spain 1 for 1 week - Dec 1984, Holland 2 - Sep 1984 (11 weeks), Belgium 3 - Oct 1984 (10 weeks), KROQ 4 of 1984, ODK Germany 5 - Sep 1984 (17 weeks) (5 weeks in top 10), UK 6 - Sep 1984 (12 weeks), Switzerland 7 - Oct 1984 (9 weeks), Germany 7 - Oct 1984 (2 months), Springbok 7 - Dec 1984 (13 weeks), Sweden 17 - Oct 1984 (2 weeks), Poland 27 - Oct 1984 (3 weeks), Italy 51 of 1984, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Nov 1984), RYM 61 of 1984
4	Anthony Newley	Why?	1960	UK 1 - Jan 1960 (18 weeks), Record Mirror 1 for 6 weeks - Jan 1960, UKMIX 313, RYM 171 of 1959
5	3T & Michael Jackson	Why?	1996	UK 2 - Aug 1996 (9 weeks), Holland 10 - Aug 1996 (10 weeks), Switzerland 11 - Sep 1996 (12 weeks), Belgium 19 - Sep 1996 (9 weeks), Sweden 20 - Sep 1996 (1 week), Austria 21 - Oct 1996 (2 months), ODK Germany 29 - Sep 1996 (13 weeks), Poland 32 - Aug 1996 (7 weeks)
6	Carly Simon	Why?	1982	France 1 - Aug 1982 (3 weeks), UK 10 - Aug 1982 (13 weeks), Belgium 19 - Sep 1982 (2 weeks), Holland 29 - Aug 1982 (4 weeks), US Billboard 74 - Jul 1982 (6 weeks)
7	Donny Osmond	Why?	1972	UK 3 - Nov 1972 (20 weeks), US Billboard 13 - Aug 1972 (12 weeks), Record World 14 - 1972, Australia Goset 21 - Feb 1973 (6 weeks), US Radio 121 of 1972 (peak 13 4 weeks), UKMIX 977
8	DJ Sammy	Why?	2005	UK 7 - Jun 2005 (6 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 51 - Jan 2006 (3 weeks), ODK Germany 64 - Aug 2005 (3 weeks)
9	Jadakiss	Why?	2004	US Billboard 11 - Jul 2004 (20 weeks), US BB 62 of 2004, ODK Germany 98 - Nov 2004 (1 week), the MusicID revenue site song 74 of 2004
10	Cats	Why?	1969	Holland 1 - Mar 1969 (13 weeks), Flanders 8 - Apr 1969 (2 months)
11	Nat King Cole	Why?	1954	US Billboard 27 - Feb 1954 (1 week), US CashBox 28 - Jan 1954 (7 weeks), RYM 65 of 1954
12	Jason Aldean	Why?	2006	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jul 2006), US Billboard 43 - Mar 2006 (20 weeks)
13	Glamma Kid	Why?	1999	France 5 - Dec 1999 (1 week), UK 10 - Nov 1999 (10 weeks)
14	Sybil	Why?	1998	Japan (Tokyo) 29 - Feb 1998 (7 weeks)
15	Karen Chandler	Why?	1953	US Billboard 23 - Dec 1953 (2 weeks)
16	Smokey Robinson	Why?	1992	Japan (Tokyo) 71 - Jan 1992 (3 weeks)
17	Gabrielle	Why?	2007	UK 42 - Oct 2007 (3 weeks)
18	Kisha	Why?	1998	Switzerland 9 - Aug 1998 (14 weeks), ODK Germany 64 - Jul 1998 (9 weeks)
19	Mis-Teeq	Why?	2001	UK 8 - Jan 2001 (7 weeks)
20	D Mob & Cathy Dennis	Why?	1994	UK 23 - Feb 1994 (3 weeks)
21	Chartbusters	Why?	1964	Keener 4 - Oct 1964 (6 weeks)
22	The Cues	Why?	1957	US Billboard 77 - Jan 1957 (1 week)
23	Agent Sumo	Why?	2002	UK 40 - Apr 2002 (2 weeks)
24	Ricardo Da Force	Why?	1996	UK 58 - Aug 1996 (1 week)
25	Wide Mouth Mason	Why?	1999	Canada 94 of 1999
26	Sylver	Why?	2006	France 5 - Nov 2006 (1 week)
27	Tongue 'n' Cheek	Why?	1988	UK 77 - Sep 1988 (2 weeks)
28	The Beatles	Why?	1964	US Billboard 88 - Apr 1964 (1 week)
29	Natasha Thomas	Why?	2004	France 10 - Aug 2004 (1 week)
30	Roger Whittaker	Why?	1971	UK 47 - Apr 1971 (1 week)
31	Second Life	Why?	1979	Belgium 27 - Apr 1979 (2 weeks)
32	Michelle Chamuel	Why?	2013	US Billboard 92 - Jul 2013 (1 week)
33	Sonique	Why?	2005	ODK Germany 90 - Jun 2005 (2 weeks)
34	Avril Lavigne	Why?	2002	RYM 45 of 2002
35	The Specials	Why?	1981	RYM 2 of 1981
36	The Byrds	Why?	1966	RYM 8 of 1966
37	John Lennon	Why?	1970	RYM 18 of 1970

Comments

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7 Mar 2018

Double Listing - Jadakiss - Why?

#11 & #31 (Duet w/Anthony Hamilton) are the same.

Data fixed, thanks

16 Jun 2017

Double Listing - Jadakiss

#12 & #36 (w/Anthony Hamilton) are the same (Why?).

Data fixed, thanks