| "Don't Ask Me Why" | ||||
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| Single by Billy Joel | ||||
| from the album Glass Houses | ||||
| B-side | "C'était Toi (You Were the One)" | |||
| Released | July 24, 1980 | |||
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| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | Columbia Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Joel | |||
| Producer(s) | Phil Ramone | |||
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"Don't Ask Me Why" is a 1980 song by Billy Joel released as the third single from the album Glass Houses. The song spent two weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6]
The track contains all acoustic and Latin percussion instruments performing in an Afro-Cuban rhythmic style. An eclectic, instrumental "Latin Ballroom" piano solo, played over the bridge section after the second verse, is also featured in part of the song; Joel states that the mix for the midsection includes "fifteen pianos overdubbed on top of each other."[7]
- ^ "OFF THE RECORD: 'Glass Houses'". The Northwest Florida Daily News.
- ^ "Don't Ask Me Why - Billy Joel | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ "Don't Ask Me Why - Billy Joel". Onefinalserenade.com. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ "The Stranger at 70: Billy Joel's 25 best songs". Yardbarker.com. March 31, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. August 2, 1980. p. 18. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 127.
- ^ Bordowitz, Hank (2006). Billy Joel: The Life & Times of an Angry Young Man. New York: Billboard Books. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-8230-8248-3. Retrieved July 26, 2016.