Why Not (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Why Not

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Artist = Hilary Duff
from Album = The Lizzie McGuire Movie" and " Metamorphosis
A-side = "Come Clean" (UK)
B-side =
Released = 2003
Format = CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Teen pop, pop rock
Length = 2:59 (Album)
= 2:50 (Video Mix/McMix)
Label = Hollywood
Writer = Charlie Midnight, Matthew Gerrard
Producer = Andre Recke, Jay Landers
Certification =
Chart position =
* #14 (Australia)
* #15 (New Zealand)
* #18 (UK)
* #20 (Netherlands)
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Hilary Duff
Type = U.S./Australian singles
Last single =
This single = "Why Not"
(2003)
Next single = "So Yesterday"
(2003)

"Why Not" is a song written by Charlie Midnight and Matthew Gerrard, and recorded by Hilary Duff. It was a single from the soundtrack of "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" (2003), in which Duff starred. "Why Not" is an inspirational song that encourages individuals to be themselves instead of worrying what others think. The chorus — "why not/take a crazy chance" — urges listeners to take a risk and do something big.

Disney International released the single internationally on June 23, 2003 (see 2003 in music). The CD single release included a remix of "Why Not", a remix of "I Can't Wait" and the music video. Later in 2003 a different version of "Why Not" was released on Duff's first album, "Metamorphosis". In the UK the song was released as the second single from "Metamorphosis", as a double A-side with "Come Clean".

Singer Michelle Branch said in a 2003 interview with "Rolling Stone" that she felt it was, at the time, the worst song she had heard recently: "One lyric stuck in my head: "You always dress in yellow when you wanna dress in gold"", she said. "I heard that and I was like, "Oh, man, what is going on with music these days?" But, hey, whatever floats your boat." [Scaggs, Austin. [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5936324/michelle_branch_gets_happy "Michelle Branch Gets Happy"] . "Rolling Stone". June 17 2003.]

"Why Not" was Duff's mainstream debut single. It was re-recorded with new lyrics, and re-released as the first single off her album, Metamorphosis.

The re-recorded version was remixed, with a little rocker arrangement, and released on Most Wanted.

Music video and chart performance

The video, shot in Downtown Los Angeles, first premiered on Disney Channel in June 2003, and its premiere drew 3.2 million viewers.Fact|date=July 2007 The song first broke into MTV when a viewer requested it on the popular show "Total Request Live". The video debuted on the show's countdown at number six the next day. The video shows Duff singing from a rooftop with scenes from "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" accompanying it.

The single debuted on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number forty in week twenty-six of 2003, and it peaked at number fourteen in its twelfth week, remaining on the chart for sixteen weeks. The song also reached the top twenty in New Zealand and the Netherlands. [http://acharts.us/song/2365 "Hilary Duff - Why Not"] . aCharts.us.]

* ¹ "Come Clean"/"Why Not".

Track listings

;Australia/New Zealand single
# "Why Not" 2:58
# "Why Not" (McMix) 2:50
# "I Can't Wait" (dance mix)
# "Why Not" (music video)

;UK single 1
# "Come Clean"
# "Why Not"

References