Tell Me Why (Wynonna Judd song)

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"Tell Me Why"
Wynonna Tell Me Why single.png
Single by Wynonna
from the album Tell Me Why
B-side"A Little Bit of Love (Goes a Long, Long Way)"[1]
ReleasedApril 3, 1993
GenreCountry
Length3:50
LabelMCA/Curb
Songwriter(s)Karla Bonoff
Producer(s)Tony Brown
Wynonna singles chronology
"My Strongest Weakness"
(1992) 		"Tell Me Why"
(1993) 		"A Bad Goodbye"
(1993)

"Tell Me Why" is a song written and recorded by Karla Bonoff for her 1988 studio album New World. In 1993, the song was covered by American country music artist Wynonna and released in April 1993 as the first single and title track from her album Tell Me Why. The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in May 1993[2] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada the following month.[3]

Chart performance[]

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 77
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6] 24
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 3

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1993) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8] 5
US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 27

References[]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 480. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ Wynonna Judd Chart History
  3. ^ RPM Country Tracks
  4. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 0984." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 19, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  5. ^ "Wynonna Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Wynonna Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Wynonna Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993". RPM. December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  9. ^ "Best of 1993: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.


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