Don't Ask Me Why (Billy Joel song)

"Don't Ask Me Why" is a Billy Joel song released in 1980. The track contains all acoustic and Latin percussion instruments performing in an Afro-Cuban rhythmic style. An eclectic, instrumental "Latin Ballroom" piano solo, played over the bridge section after the second verse, is also featured in part of the song; Joel states that the mix for the midsection includes "fifteen pianos overdubbed on top of each other."[1] The song spent two weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

"Don't Ask Me Why"
Single by Billy Joel
from the album Glass Houses
ReleasedJuly 24, 1980
Format7"
Recorded1979
Length2:59
LabelColumbia Records
Songwriter(s)Billy Joel
Producer(s)Phil Ramone
Billy Joel singles chronology
"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
(1980)		 "Don't Ask Me Why"
(1980)		 "Sometimes a Fantasy"
(1980)

It was released as the third single from the album Glass Houses and later included on Greatest Hits Volume 2.

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1980) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[3] 4
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[4] 1
Dutch Singles Chart 42
French Singles Chart[5] 42
US Billboard Hot 100 19
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 1
US Cash Box Top 100 21

Year-end charts
Chart (1980) Rank
Canada[6] 45
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[7] 122

Personnel

See also
  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1980 (U.S.)

References
  1. Bordowitz, Hank (2006). Billy Joel: The Life & Times of an Angry Young Man. New York: Billboard Books. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-8230-8248-3. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 127.
  3. "RPM 100 Singles (Vol. 34, No. 2, October 25, 1980)". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  4. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0244&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0244.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0244
  5. "InfoDisc : Bilan des Ventes par Artiste". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2017-02-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.


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