Tell Me Why (Wynonna Judd song)

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"Tell Me Why"
Wynonna Tell Me Why single.png
Single by Wynonna
from the album Tell Me Why
B-side "A Little Bit of Love (Goes a Long, Long Way)" [1]
ReleasedApril 3, 1993
Genre Country
Length3:50
Label MCA/Curb
Songwriter(s) Karla Bonoff
Producer(s) Tony Brown
Wynonna singles chronology
"My Strongest Weakness"
(1992)
"Tell Me Why"
(1993)
"A Bad Goodbye"
(1993)

"Tell Me Why" is a song written by Karla Bonoff and recorded by American country music artist Wynonna. It was released in April 1993 as the first single and title track from Judd's album Tell Me Why . The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in May 1993 [2] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada the following month. [3]

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Chart performance

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 77
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [6] 24
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [8] 5
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 27

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