Why (Gabrielle song)

Infobox Single
Name = Why


Artist = Gabrielle
from Album = Always
Released = 17 September, 2007 (digital download)
24 September, 2007 (physical release)
Format = CD single
Digital download
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Pop, R&B, Soul
Length =
Label = Universal Records
Writer = Gabrielle, Paul Weller, Ben Wolff, Andy Dean
Producer = The Boilerhouse Boys
Reviews =
Last single = "You Used to Love Me"
(2004)
This single = "Why"
(2007)
Next single = "Every Little Teardrop" (2007)Extra chronology 2
Artist = Paul Weller singles
Type = single
Last single = "Are You Trying To Be Lonely" (2007)
This single = "Why" (2007)
Next single = "Echoes Round The Sun / Have You Made Up Your Mind" (2008)

"Why" is the lead single from Gabrielle's fifth studio album, "Always" [ [http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1481&Itemid=206 Popjustice article on "Why" and "Always"] ] . It was released on 17 September, 2007 as a digital download and one week later (24 September, 2007) on CD single. The single was first played on BBC Radio 2 by Ken Bruce and has since been added to the Radio 2 B-list. The single charted at number forty-two on the UK Singles Chart, her second consecutive single to miss the top forty.

"Why" was one of the final songs recorded for "Always" and was produced by The Boilerhouse Boys. The song was written around a sample of the Paul Weller song "Wild Wood", which reached number fourteen on the UK singles chart. Weller enjoyed Gabrielle's interpretation of the song so much, he recorded new vocals for the track following Gabrielle's recording of the original demo version of "Why" [ [http://www.gabrielle.co.uk Official Gabrielle web site] ] .

Charts

Track listings

CD:
# "Why" (featuring Paul Weller)
# "Nothing Hurts Like Goodbye"

Music video

The music video for "Why" premiered on UK music channels on 31st August, 2007. It features footage of Gabrielle and Weller in a recording studio producing and recording the song.

References