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"I Don't Know Why" Single B-side to "My Cherie Amour" by Stevie Wonder from the album For Once in My Life Genre Soul, pop Label Tamla
T 54180Writer Stevie Wonder, Paul Riser, Don Hunter, Lula Hardaway Not to be confused with the Clarence "Frogman" Henry song (I Don't Know Why) But I Do."I Don't Know Why" (sometimes listed as "I Don't Know Why I Love You") is a 1968 song by Stevie Wonder, from the album For Once in My Life. It also serves as the B-side for the 1969 hit "My Cherie Amour".
The song was recorded when Wonder was 18 years old, and became a moderate hit single, together with "You Met Your Match", another song from the album.
The Rolling Stones recorded a version on June 30, 1969, released on the Metamorphosis album in 1975. They were mixing the song when they learned that Brian Jones had died (July 3, 1969).
The Jackson 5 cover the song (listed as "Don't Know Why I Love You") on their 1970 album ABC.
The Brand New Heavies cover the song on their 2006 album Get Used To It.
The Rolling Stones UK studio albums
1964–1965- The Rolling Stones (1964)
- The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965)
- Out of Our Heads (1965)
US studio albums
1964–1965- England's Newest Hit Makers (1964)
- 12 X 5 (1964)
- The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
- Out of Our Heads (1965)
- December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965)
Studio albums
1966–present- Aftermath (1966)
- Between the Buttons (1967)
- Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
- Beggars Banquet (1968)
- Let It Bleed (1969)
- Sticky Fingers (1971)
- Exile on Main St. (1972)
- Goats Head Soup (1973)
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974)
- Black and Blue (1976)
- Some Girls (1978)
- Emotional Rescue (1980)
- Tattoo You (1981)
- Undercover (1983)
- Dirty Work (1986)
- Steel Wheels (1989)
- Voodoo Lounge (1994)
- Bridges to Babylon (1997)
- A Bigger Bang (2005)
UK EPs - The Rolling Stones (1964)
- Five by Five (1964)
- Got Live If You Want It! (1965)
Live albums - Got Live If You Want It! (US only) (1966)
- Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert (1970)
- Love You Live (1977)
- "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) (1982)
- Flashpoint (1991)
- Stripped (1995)
- No Security (1998)
- Live Licks (2004)
- Shine a Light (2008)
Compilations - Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966)
- Flowers (US) (1967)
- Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969)
- Made in the Shade (1975)
- Time Waits for No One: Anthology 1971–1977 (1979)
- Sucking in the Seventies (1981)
- Rewind (1971–1984) (1984)
- Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (1993)
- Forty Licks (2002)
- Rarities 1971–2003 (2005)
Post-contract
ABKCO albums- Hot Rocks 1964–1971 (1971)
- More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (1972)
- Metamorphosis (1975)
- Singles Collection: The London Years (1989)
- The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996)
- Singles 1963–1965 (2004)
- Singles 1965–1967 (2004)
- Singles 1968–1971 (2005)
- Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007)
Post-contract
Decca albums- Stone Age (1971)
- Gimme Shelter (1971)
- Milestones (1972)
- Rock 'n' Rolling Stones (1972)
- No Stone Unturned (1973)
- Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (1975)
- Solid Rock (1980)
- Slow Rollers (1981)
Miscellaneous albums - Jamming with Edward! (1972)
Box sets - The Rolling Stones Box Set (2009)
DVD releases - Stones at the Max (1992)
- The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge Live (1995)
- Bridges to Babylon Tour '97–98 (1998)
- Four Flicks (2003)
- The Biggest Bang (2007)
Documentaries - Gimme Shelter (1970)
- Cocksucker Blues (1972)
- Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (1974)
- Let's Spend the Night Together (1983)
- 25x5 – The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (1989)
- Shine a Light (2008)
- Stones in Exile (2010)
Tours - British Tour 1963
- 1964 tours
- 1965 tours
- 1966 tours
- European Tour 1967
- American Tour 1969
- European Tour 1970
- UK Tour 1971
- American Tour 1972
- Pacific Tour 1973
- European Tour 1973
- Tour of the Americas '75
- Tour of Europe '76
- US Tour 1978
- American Tour 1981
- European Tour 1982
- Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour
- Voodoo Lounge Tour
- Bridges to Babylon Tour
- No Security Tour
- Licks Tour
- A Bigger Bang Tour
Collaborators Producers and management Related articles The Rolling Stones singles discography Decca/London singles 1963: "Come On" / "I Want to Be Loved" · "I Wanna Be Your Man" / "Stoned"
1964: "Not Fade Away" / "Little by Little" (UK) · "Not Fade Away" / "I Wanna Be Your Man" (US) · "It's All Over Now" / "Good Times, Bad Times" · "Tell Me" / "I Just Want to Make Love to You" · "Time Is on My Side" / "Congratulations" · "Little Red Rooster" / "Off the Hook" · "Heart of Stone" / "What a Shame"
1965: "What a Shame" / "Heart of Stone" · "The Last Time" / "Play with Fire" · "Play with Fire" / "The Last Time" · "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / "The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (US) · "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / "The Spider and the Fly" (UK) · "Get Off of My Cloud" / "I'm Free" (US) · "Get Off of My Cloud" / "The Singer Not the Song" (UK) · "As Tears Go By" / "Gotta Get Away"
1966: "19th Nervous Breakdown" / "As Tears Go By" (UK) · "19th Nervous Breakdown" / "Sad Day" (US) · "Paint It, Black" / "Stupid Girl" (US) · "Paint It, Black" / "Long Long While" (UK) · "Mother's Little Helper" / "Lady Jane" · "Lady Jane" / "Mother's Little Helper" · "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" / "Who's Driving Your Plane"
1967: "Let's Spend the Night Together" / "Ruby Tuesday" · "Ruby Tuesday" / "Let's Spend the Night Together" · "We Love You" / "Dandelion" · "Dandelion" / "We Love You" · "In Another Land" / "The Lantern" · "She's a Rainbow" / "2000 Light Years from Home"
1968: "Jumpin' Jack Flash" / "Child of the Moon" · "Street Fighting Man" / "No Expectations" ·
1969: "Honky Tonk Women" / "You Can't Always Get What You Want"Rolling Stones/Atlantic
singles1971: "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" / "Let It Rock" (live) (UK) · "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" (US) · "Wild Horses" / "Sway" · "Street Fighting Man" / "Surprise, Surprise"
1972: "Tumbling Dice" / "Sweet Black Angel" · "Happy" / "All Down the Line"
1973: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" / "Sad Day" · "Angie" / "Silver Train" · "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" / "Dancing with Mr. D"
1974: "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" / "Through the Lonely Nights" · "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" / "Dance Little Sister"
1975: "I Don't Know Why" / "Try a Little Harder" · "Out of Time" / "Jiving Sister Fanny"
1976: "Fool to Cry" / "Crazy Mama" · "Hot Stuff" / "Fool to Cry"Rolling Stones/Virgin
singles1978: "Miss You" / "Far Away Eyes" · "Beast of Burden" / "When the Whip Comes Down" · "Respectable" / "When the Whip Comes Down" · "Shattered" / "Everything Is Turning to Gold"
1980: "Emotional Rescue" / "Down in the Hole" · "She's So Cold" / "Send It to Me"
1981: "If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" / "If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" · "Start Me Up" / "No Use In Crying" · "Waiting on a Friend" / "Little T&A" · "Little T&A" / "Waiting on a Friend"
1982: "Hang Fire" / "Neighbours" · "Going to a Go-Go" (live) / "Beast of Burden" (live) · "Time Is on My Side" (live) / "Twenty Flight Rock" (live)
1983: "Undercover of the Night" / "All the Way Down"
1984: "She Was Hot" / "Think I'm Going Mad" · "Think I'm Going Mad" / "She Was Hot" · "Too Tough" / "Miss You" · "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" · "Too Much Blood" / "Too Much Blood"
1986: "Harlem Shuffle" / "Had It With You" · "Winning Ugly" / "Winning Ugly" · "One Hit (To the Body)" / "Fight"
1989: "Mixed Emotions" / "Fancy Man Blues" · "Sad Sad Sad" / "Sad Sad Sad" · "Rock and a Hard Place" / "Cook Cook Blues"
1990: "Almost Hear You Sigh" / "Break the Spell" (US) · "Almost Hear You Sigh" / "Wish I'd Never Met You" (UK) · "Paint It, Black" / "Long Long While" · "Terrifying" / "Wish I'd Never Met You"
1991: "Highwire" / "2000 Light Years from Home" (live) · "Ruby Tuesday" (live) / "Play with Fire" (live) · "Sex Drive" / "Sex Drive"Virgin singles 1994: "Love Is Strong" / "The Storm" · "Love Is Strong" / "So Young" · "You Got Me Rocking" / "Jump On Top of Me" · "Out of Tears" / "I'm Gonna Drive" / "So Young" · "Out of Tears" / "I'm Gonna Drive" / "Sparks Will Fly"
1995: "Sparks Will Fly" / "Sparks Will Fly" · "I Go Wild" / (remixes) · "Like a Rolling Stone" (live) / "Black Limousine" / "All Down the Line"
1996: "Wild Horses" (live) / "Live with Me" (live) / "Tumbling Dice" (live)
1997: "Anybody Seen My Baby?" / (remixes) · "Flip the Switch" / "Flip the Switch"
1998: "Saint of Me" / "Gimme Shelter" / "Anyway You Look At It" · "Out of Control" / (remixes) · "Gimme Shelter" (live) / "Gimme Shelter" (live)
2002: "Don't Stop" / "Miss You" (remix)
2003: "Sympathy for the Devil" (remix) / (remixes)
2005: "Streets of Love" / "Rough Justice" · "Oh No, Not You Again" / "Oh No, Not You Again" · "Rain Fall Down" / (remixes)
2006: "Biggest Mistake" / "Dance Pt. 1" (live) / "Before They Make Me Run"
2007: "Paint It, Black"
2008: "Gimme Shelter" · "Sympathy for the Devil" · "She's a Rainbow"
2009: "Wild Horses"
2010: "Plundered My Soul" / "All Down the Line"Categories:- 1968 songs
- Stevie Wonder songs
- Songs written by Lula Mae Hardaway
- The Rolling Stones songs
- The Jackson 5 songs
- English-language songs
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