Why Lady Why

Infobox Single
Name = Why Lady Why


Artist = Alabama
from Album = My Home's in Alabama
B-side = "I Wanna Come Over"
Released = August 29, 1980 (U.S.)
Format = 7"
Recorded = March 28, 1980
Genre = Country
Length = 3:09 (single edit)
4:11 (album version)
Label = RCA Records 12091
Writer = Teddy Gentry, Rick Scott
Producer = Harold Shedd, Larry McBride and Alabama
Chart position =

• #1 (Billboard Hot Country Singles)
  Last single = "Tennessee River" (1980)
  This single = "Why Lady Why"
  (1980)
  Next single = "Old Flame"
  (1981)

  "Why Lady Why" is a song by the country music band Alabama. Written by Rick Scott and band member Teddy Gentry, the song was released in 1980, and eventually became the group's second No. 1 song on the "Billboard magazine" Hot Country Singles chart.

  This ballad is part of the band's first RCA album, "My Home's in Alabama".

  History

  Originally, "Why Lady Why" was issued as the B-side to the song "My Home's in Alabama," released by MDJ Records in January 1980. The song later was issued as a single in its own right in August 1980. The B-side: "I Wanna Come Over," the band's first Top 40 hit.

  ingle and album versions

  The single and album versions are noticeably different. The single version — which is included on Alabama's "For the Record" — can be distinguished by a shorter introduction, abridged or deleted musical interludes and an edited musical outro. The original album version is part of Alabama's 1986 "Greatest Hits" album.

  References

  *Morris, Edward, "Alabama," Contemporary Books Inc., Chicago, 1985 (ISBN 0809253062)
  *Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.
  * [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:k9fpxv8jldje All Music Guide — "Why Lady Why" by Alabama] .