"[2] Keith Wallace from Columbia Daily Spectator said that "Why" "wants to be a soulful ballad, but it's so drippy and goofy that it doesn't come anywhere close.
[6] Brandon Yu of SFGate regarded the song as "a catchy electro-pop tune", and that it "sounds like a surefire summer radio staple". The music video for the song was directed by British director Sophie Muller and was filmed during the shoot for the Diva album cover. The music video, directed by Sophie Muller, features Lennox getting ready for the album cover photo shoot. It held the peak before falling to No. [3], The song was written and recorded in March 2017 at Big Noize Studios (Hollywood Hills, California) by Carpenter, Brett McLaughlin and Jonas Jeberg.
Carpenter takes a picture of it. Here’s my new music video for my single “WHY… The song was interpreted by Amii Stewart and Dee Dee Bridgewater on the 1994 Italian song festival. The track was written by Carpenter, Brett McLaughlin, and its producer Jonas Jeberg. "[4], Music & Media commented that Lennox "confidently goes AC on her first solo effort" and that the song is "gently moving and highly polished.
This song gently grows, throwing in some extra soft beats, but generally keeps itself a little low-key. Cott picked up the salt and pepper and said "this is you [the salt] and this is me [the pepper], at first glance it might not look like we go together but everybody knows that we belong together.". And why you'd leave the stage in the middle of a song. "Why" peaked at No. [6] Pop Rescue noted that "a soft brushed beat and gentle percussion sit comfortably beneath Annie's sad vocals. In 2005 "Why" was covered by Spanish producer DJ Sammy with vocals by German singer Britta Medeiros.
"Why" is a song recorded by American country music band Rascal Flatts. Hey Daddy I smack these hoes I stuck my pee-pee in some Cherrios I got a pencil in my nose And I beat my dipar everywhere I go.
The movie "Hope Springs" released 2012 starring Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones uses the song in one of its last scenes. It was also a big hit internationally, reaching No. Why? "Don't feel rejected Dave, she needs you", "HuffPost Reviews : The Annie Lennox Collection", "REVIEW: "DIVA" BY ANNIE LENNOX (CD, 1992)", http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=16391, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG7I4oniOyA, "Annie Lennox - Why (Official Music Video)", Australian-charts.com – Annie Lennox – Why", Offiziellecharts.de – Annie Lennox – Why", The Irish Charts – Search Results – Annie Lennox", Norwegiancharts.com – Annie Lennox – Why", "Annie Lennox Chart History (Adult Contemporary)", "Annie Lennox Chart History (Alternative Airplay)", "The RPM Top 100 Adult Contemporary tracks of 1992", The Irish Charts – Search Results – DJ Sammy", "Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 16 June 2005", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Why_(Annie_Lennox_song)&oldid=977299201, MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, Song recordings produced by Stephen Lipson, Articles with dead external links from May 2020, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Singlechart usages for Canadaadultcontemporary, Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary, Singlechart usages for Billboardalternativesongs, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 8 September 2020, at 02:35. [5] The song was mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia and John Hanes served as a mix assistant. Her exaggerated facial features (capped off with a most spectacular set of cheekbones that she wisely never allowed her hair to grow long enough to cover) are matched in androgen-fabulousness only by her tremulously guttural alto. [50] Ukrainian singer Ani Lorak covered the song in May 2012. Roughstock gave the song a favorable review.
"Why" is a two minutes and fifty-one seconds synthesizer-driven electropop and dark pop song. Was there anything I could have said or done.
At Christmas season 2010 it was covered by Patrice Pike in a live recording Sudden Light: Christmas at the Carillon with Conspirare (Craig Hella Johnson and Company of Voices). I like to say it's very conversational, which some of my other songs haven't been before." Like to hop hop like a bunny Pooped my pants now its runny I go Ungnt-Ungnt, think thats funny? Carpenter asked him to leave.
It was written by Rob Mathes and Allen Shamblin. Sabrina said that they started with the first line "You like New York City in the daytime / I like New York City in the nighttime" and once they found that line, they started going off on finding things that make people different from each other, but they’re not deal-breakers. During that, the music video has shots of Carpenter taking photos in the streets. The music video begins with Carpenter and her love interest, Casey Cott, having a conversation where both don’t have the same likes in movies.
The song did not reach the Billboard Hot 100 proper, but peaked at number 2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, which is equivalent to number 102 on Hot 100. The song was released on July 7, 2017, through Hollywood Records. "Why" is the second single from the album The Rise. Outside Europe, "Why" reached number 7 on the RPM Singles Chart in Canada, number 15 in New Zealand, number 17 in Australia and number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
Lyrically, "Why" talks about her and a guy being completely opposite, but they’re made for each other. The during the music video, shows Carpenter and Cott in an apartment in New York City. Lyrics to 'Why, Why, Why' by Billy Currington. "Why" is the first solo single by the Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released in 1992.
She could hardly move farther away from the stirring rock of Eurythmics. Billboard US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of October 10, 2009. "Why" is a two minutes and fifty-one seconds synthesizer-driven electropop and dark pop song. "I think 'Why' has a little of that. The studio version of Aprile's cover was later included in the Italian X-Factor compilation. He wants to know why fish have gills, And why we cannot fly, "[3] HuffPost wrote that Lennox' vocal approach "evokes" Sting and Paul Simon and added "she declares, "This is the book I never read, these are the words I never said, this is the path I'll never tread", then went on to say, "These are the dreams I'll dream instead", making this her sideways stab at creating her own "My Way" (as the artist points out in the notes [of her 2009 collection]).