| "I Can't Tell You Why" | ||||
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| Single by Eagles | ||||
| from the album The Long Run | ||||
| B-side | "The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks" | |||
| Released | February 8, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | March 1978 | |||
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| Length | 4:56 (album version) 4:30 (7" single) | |||
| Label | Asylum Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Bill Szymczyk | |||
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| "I Can't Tell You Why" by Eagles on YouTube | ||||
"I Can't Tell You Why" is a song by the American rock band Eagles that appeared on their 1979 album The Long Run. It was written by band members Timothy B. Schmit, Glenn Frey and Don Henley. Recorded in March 1978, it was the first song finished for the album and the first Eagles song to feature Schmit on lead vocals.[3] Released as a single in February 1980, it became a Billboard top 10 hit in April, reaching number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Adult Contemporary chart.[4] It was the group's last top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "0/1: 5 essential Eagles albums- 'Hotel to 'Border'". AZCentral.
- ^ "The Eagles - and fans - take it to the limit". The Globe and Mail. May 11, 2010.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. The Long Run at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 84. ISBN 0898201497.