Don't Know Why

"Don't Know Why" adalah lagu yang ditulis oleh Jesse Harris dan dirilis melalui albumnya, Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos (1999). Ini adalah singel kedua penyanyi asal Amerika Serikat, Norah Jones, dalam album studio perdananya, Come Away with Me (2002). Lagu versi Jones menempati peringkat 30 dalam U.S. Billboard Hot 100 dan mendapat banyak pujian, menaikkan reputasinya sebagai penyanyi baru, dan meningkatkan angka penjualan albumnya. Singel ini memenangi Grammy Award kategori Record of the Year, Song of the Year, dan Best Female Pop Vocal Performance pada tahun 2003. Lagu ini merupakan lagu terpopuler Jones di Amerika Serikat sampai sekarang dan satu-satunya lagu Jones yang masuk 40 besar Billboard Hot 100. Lagu ini juga populer di seluruh dunia dan masuk 10 besar di beberapa negara. Lagu ini menempati peringkat 459 dalam daftar 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born versi majalah Blender.^[2]

Video musik yang disutradarai Anastasia Simone dan Ian Spencer dirilis tahun 2002.

Parodi

Dalam acara televisi anak-anak Sesame Street, Elmo mencari temannya, huruf Y, dan menyanyikan lagu ini bersama Jones.
Acara komedi sketsa MADtv memparodikan lagu ini dalam sebuah iklan album fiktif berjudul Monotonous.

Tangga lagu

"Don't Know Why"

Tangga lagu (2002–03)	Posisi puncak
Australian Singles Chart^[3]	5
Austrian Singles Chart^[3]	56
Brazilian Singles Chart (ABPD)^[4]	28
Dutch Singles Chart^[5]	86
French Singles Chart^[5]	74
German Singles Chart^[3]	82
New Zealand Singles Chart^[3]	24
US Billboard Hot 100	30
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	4
US Billboard Adult Pop Songs	8
US Billboard Pop Songs	32

"Don't Know Why" / "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"

Tangga lagu (2003)	Posisi puncak
UK Singles Chart^[6]	67

Tangga lagu akhir tahun

Tangga lagu (2003)	Posisi
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	97

Penampilan lain

WYEP Live and Direct: Volume 4 – On Air Performances (2002)

Referensi

↑ Come Away with Me liner notes. Blue Note (2002)
↑ "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born: 51-100 Article on Blender :: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More". Web.archive.org. 2009-03-06. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2009-03-06. Diakses tanggal 2016-07-27.{{cite web}}: Parameter tidak dikenal |dead-url= diabaikan (|url-status= disarankan)
1 2 3 4 "Don't Know Why by Norah Jones - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Diakses tanggal 2016-07-27.
↑ "Brazil" (PDF). ABPD. Oktober 6, 2001. Diarsipkan dari asli (PDF) tanggal 2016-04-08. Diakses tanggal April 1, 2014.{{cite web}}: Pemeliharaan CS1: Tanggal diterjemahkan otomatis (link)
1 2 Steffen Hung. "Norah Jones - Don't Know Why". Lescharts.com. Diakses tanggal 2016-07-27.
↑ "Don't Know Why / I'll Be Your Baby Tonight by Norah Jones - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Diakses tanggal 2016-07-27.
↑ "2003 Year End Charts". Billboard.biz. Diakses tanggal 2012-11-22.

Pranala luar

"Don't Know Why" reviewed by Ted Gioia (Jazz.com)
Lirik lengkap di MetroLyrics

l b s Norah Jones
Diskografi Penghargaan dan nominasi
Album studio	Come Away with Me (2002) Feels Like Home (2004) Not Too Late (2007) The Fall (2009) Little Broken Hearts (2012) Day Breaks (2016)
Album kompilasi	... Featuring Norah Jones
Album mini	First Sessions
Album lain	New York City The Little Willies Live from Austin, TX El Madmo Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles Rome For the Good Times Foreverly No Fools, No Fun
Singel	"Don't Know Why" "Feelin' the Same Way" "Come Away with Me" "Turn Me On" "Here We Go Again" "Sunrise" "What Am I to You?" "Thinking About You" "Not Too Late" "Sinkin' Soon" "Until the End" "Chasing Pirates" "Young Blood" "It's Gonna Be" "Happy Pills"
Tur konser	Little Broken Hearts Tour
Artikel terkait	The Little Willies Puss n Boots Ravi Shankar (bapak) Anoushka Shankar (adik tiri) Lee Alexander "Everybody Needs a Best Friend"
Buku

l b s Penghargaan Grammy untuk Rekaman Terbaik Tahun Ini
1959−1980	"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" oleh Domenico Modugno (1959) "Mack the Knife" oleh Bobby Darin (1960) "Theme from A Summer Place" oleh Percy Faith (1961) "Moon River" oleh Henry Mancini (1962) "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" oleh Tony Bennett (1963) "Days of Wine and Roses" oleh Henry Mancini (1964) "The Girl from Ipanema" oleh Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz (1965) "A Taste of Honey" oleh Herb Alpert dan the Tijuana Brass (1966) "Strangers in the Night" oleh Frank Sinatra (1967) "Up, Up and Away" oleh The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamont McLemore, Ron Townson) (1968) "Mrs. Robinson" oleh Simon and Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1969) "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" oleh The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamont McLemore, Ron Townson) (1970) "Bridge over Troubled Water" oleh Simon and Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1971) "It's Too Late" oleh Carole King (1972) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" oleh Roberta Flack (1973) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" oleh Roberta Flack (1974) "I Honestly Love You" oleh Olivia Newton-John (1975) "Love Will Keep Us Together" oleh The Captain and Tennille (Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille) (1976) "This Masquerade" oleh George Benson (1977) "Hotel California" oleh Eagles (Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh) (1978) "Just the Way You Are" oleh Billy Joel (1979) "What a Fool Believes" oleh The Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Tiran Porter, Patrick Simmons) (1980)
1981−2000	"Sailing" oleh Christopher Cross (1981) "Bette Davis Eyes" oleh Kim Carnes (1982) "Rosanna" oleh Toto (Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, David Hungate, Steve Porcaro) (1983) "Beat It" oleh Michael Jackson (1984) "What's Love Got to Do with It" oleh Tina Turner (1985) "We Are the World" oleh USA for Africa (1986) "Higher Love" oleh Steve Winwood (1987) "Graceland" oleh Paul Simon (1988) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" oleh Bobby McFerrin (1989) "Wind Beneath My Wings" oleh Bette Midler (1990) "Another Day in Paradise" oleh Phil Collins (1991) "Unforgettable" oleh Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole (1992) "Tears in Heaven" oleh Eric Clapton (1993) "I Will Always Love You" oleh Whitney Houston (1994) "All I Wanna Do" oleh Sheryl Crow (1995) "Kiss from a Rose" oleh Seal (1996) "Change the World" oleh Eric Clapton (1997) "Sunny Came Home" oleh Shawn Colvin (1998) "My Heart Will Go On" oleh Celine Dion (1999) "Smooth" oleh Santana (Rodney Holmes, Tony Lindsay, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow, Benny Rietveld, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson) bersama Rob Thomas (2000)
2001−2020	"Beautiful Day" oleh U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2001) "Walk On" oleh U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2002) "Don't Know Why" oleh Norah Jones (2003) "Clocks" oleh Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Phil Harvey, Chris Martin) (2004) "Here We Go Again" oleh Ray Charles dan Norah Jones (2005) "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" oleh Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Frank Edwin Wright III) (2006) "Not Ready to Make Nice" oleh Dixie Chicks (Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) (2007) "Rehab" oleh Amy Winehouse (2008) "Please Read the Letter" oleh Alison Krauss dan Robert Plant (2009) "Use Somebody" oleh Kings of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill) (2010) "Need You Now" oleh Lady Antebellum (Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood) (2011) "Rolling in the Deep" oleh Adele (2012) "Somebody That I Used to Know" oleh Gotye bersama Kimbra (2013) "Get Lucky" oleh Daft Punk bersama Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers (2014) "Stay with Me" (versi Darkchild) oleh Sam Smith (2015) "Uptown Funk" oleh Mark Ronson bersama Bruno Mars (2016) "Hello" oleh Adele (2017) "24K Magic" oleh Bruno Mars (2018) "This Is America" oleh Childish Gambino (2019) "Bad Guy" oleh Billie Eilish (2020)
2021−sekarang	"Everything I Wanted" oleh Billie Eilish (2021) "Leave the Door Open" oleh Silk Sonic (2022) "About Damn Time" oleh Lizzo (2023) "Flowers" oleh Miley Cyrus (2024) "Not Like Us" oleh Kendrick Lamar (2025)

l b s Grammy Award for Song of the Year
1959−1980	"Volare" – Domenico Modugno (penulis lagu) (1959) "The Battle of New Orleans" – Jimmy Driftwood (penulis lagu) (1960) "Theme from Exodus" – Ernest Gold (penulis lagu) (1961) "Moon River" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (penulis lagu) (1962) "What Kind of Fool Am I?" – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (penulis lagu) (1963) "Days of Wine and Roses" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (penulis lagu) (1964) "Hello, Dolly!" – Jerry Herman (penulis lagu) (1965) "The Shadow of Your Smile" – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel (penulis lagu) (1966) "Michelle" – John Lennon & Paul McCartney (penulis lagu) (1967) "Up, Up, and Away" – Jimmy Webb (penulis lagu) (1968) "Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (penulis lagu) (1969) "Games People Play" – Joe South (penulis lagu) (1970) "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon (penulis lagu) (1971) "You've Got a Friend" – Carole King (penulis lagu) (1972) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl (penulis lagu) (1973) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox (penulis lagu) (1974) "The Way We Were" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (penulis lagu) (1975) "Send In the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim (penulis lagu) (1976) "I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston (penulis lagu) (1977) "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams (penulis lagu) / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (penulis lagu) (1978) "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (penulis lagu) (1979) "What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (penulis lagu) (1980)
1981−2000	"Sailing" – Christopher Cross (penulis lagu) (1981) "Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (penulis lagu) (1982) "Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (penulis lagu) (1983) "Every Breath You Take" – Sting (penulis lagu) (1984) "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten (penulis lagu) (1985) "We Are the World" – Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie (penulis lagu) (1986) "That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (penulis lagu) (1987) "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (penulis lagu) (1988) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (penulis lagu) (1989) "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar (penulis lagu) (1990) "From a Distance" – Julie Gold (penulis lagu) (1991) "Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon (penulis lagu) (1992) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (penulis lagu) (1993) "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (penulis lagu) (1994) "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (penulis lagu) (1995) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (penulis lagu) (1996) "Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (penulis lagu) (1997) "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal (penulis lagu) (1998) "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (penulis lagu) (1999) "Smooth" – Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas (penulis lagu) (2000)
2001−2020	"Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (penulis lagu) (2001) "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (penulis lagu) (2002) "Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris (penulis lagu) (2003) "Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (penulis lagu) (2004) "Daughters" – John Mayer (penulis lagu) (2005) "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (penulis lagu) (2006) "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (penulis lagu) (2007) "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (penulis lagu) (2008) "Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin (penulis lagu) (2009) "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (penulis lagu) (2010) "Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (penulis lagu) (2011) "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (penulis lagu) (2012) "We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (penulis lagu) (2013) "Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (penulis lagu) (2014) "Stay with Me" (versi Darkchild) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith (penulis lagu) (2015) "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (penulis lagu) (2016) "Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (penulis lagu) (2017) "That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (penulis lagu) (2018) "This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (penulis lagu) (2019) "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (penulis lagu) (2020)
2021−sekarang	"I Can't Breathe" – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (penulis lagu) (2021) "Leave the Door Open" – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars (penulis lagu) (2022) "Just Like That" – Bonnie Raitt (penulis lagu) (2023) "What Was I Made For?" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (penulis lagu) (2024) "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar (penulis lagu) (2025)