Tell Me Why (Earl Thomas Conley song)

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"Tell Me Why"
Single by Earl Thomas Conley
from the album Fire & Smoke
B-side "Too Much Noise (Trucker's Waltz)"
ReleasedOctober 17, 1981
Genre Country
Length3:21
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) John Booth Aclin
Producer(s) Nelson Larkin, Earl Thomas Conley
Earl Thomas Conley singles chronology
"Fire and Smoke"
(1981)
"Tell Me Why"
(1981)
"After the Love Slips Away"
(1982)

"Tell Me Why" is a song written by John Booth Aclin, and recorded by the American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in October 1981 as the third single from the album Fire & Smoke. The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Track chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1981-1982)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 10

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 88.
  2. "Earl Thomas Conley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.