Why Tell Me, Why

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"Why Tell Me, Why"
Anita-Meyer-Why-Tell-Me-Why.jpg
Single by Anita Meyer
from the album Shades of Desire
B-side "The Wind Will Come In Time"
ReleasedAugust 1981
Label Ariola
Songwriter(s) Piet Souer, Gregory Elias, Martin Duiser
Producer(s) Martin Duiser

"Why Tell Me, Why" is a 1981 song performed by Dutch singer Anita Meyer and it is one of her most notable songs. The song was composed by Piet Souer, Gregory Elias and Martin Duiser, and produced by Martin Duiser. [1] It charted for 14 weeks. [2]

Contents

Cover versions

Further versions can be found at Hitparade.ch. [1]

Other versions and remixes

The single has been remixed twice, first in 2009 by Offer Nissim and in 2011 by Dutch DJ Gailliano (with Meyer getting credit in the latter). The song is also sampled heavily in F.R.A.N.K.'s single "Discotex (Yah!)", which reached number one on Belgium's Ultratop 50 chart in January 2011.

Charts

See also

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  2. ↑ "Nationaal Pop Instituut". 15 March 2005. Archived from the original on 15 March 2005. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Främling | Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB)". smdb.kb.se. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Så blev Carolas låt från 1983 en partyhit för millennials". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 11 August 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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  6. 1 2 3 "Carola etta på Svensktoppen efter 37 år". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). TT News Agency. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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  10. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 39, 1981" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "Anita Meyer – Why Tell Me, Why" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Anita Meyer – Why Tell Me, Why". Top 40 Singles.
  13. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1981". Ultratop. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  14. ↑ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1981". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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