Why Not Me (Fred Knoblock song)

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"Why Not Me"
Single by Fred Knobloch
from the album Why Not Me
B-side "Can I Get a Wish"
Released1980
Genre Soft rock [1]
Length3:43
Label Scotti Brothers
Songwriter(s)
  • Fred Knobloch
  • Carson Whitsett
Producer(s) James Stroud
Fred Knobloch singles chronology
"Why Not Me"
(1980)		"Let Me Love You"
(1980)

"Why Not Me" is a 1980 single by Fred Knobloch. The song was written by Knobloch along with Carson Whitsett. The song is sung from the point of view of a man attending the wedding of his former girlfriend and sadly wondering why he's not in the groom's position.

"Why Not Me" received its most airplay on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States, spending two weeks at number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. [2] The single peaked at number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and number thirty on the country singles chart. [3]

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 10018
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary1
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles30

References

  1. ↑ "Explore: Soft Rock | Top Songs | AllMusic". 2011-11-12. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 138.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 193.


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