I Don't Know Why

This article is about the song by Stevie Wonder. For the popular standard written in 1931, see I Don't Know Why (I Just Do). For the song by Clarence Henry, see (I Don't Know Why) But I Do. For the 1989 song, see I Don't Know Why I Love You (The House of Love song).

"I Don't Know Why"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album For Once in My Life
A-side"My Cherie Amour"
ReleasedJanuary 28, 1969
Recorded1968
GenreSoul, pop
Length
  • 3:02 (single version)
  • 2:48 (album version)
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Don Hunter
  • Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"
(1968) 		"I Don't Know Why"
(1969) 		"My Cherie Amour"
(1969)

"I Don't Know Why" (sometimes listed as "Don't Know Why I Love You") is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, from the 1968 album For Once in My Life. It was released as a single on January 28, 1969, with "My Cherie Amour" on the B-side. A few months later, the single was re-issued with sides reversed because of the growing popularity of "My Cherie Amour", which became a Top Ten hit.[1]

Cash Box stated that "Wonder is softened just a trifle on this slower and more dramatically developing ballad."[2]

  1. ^ Betts, Graham (2014). Motown Encyclopedia. AC Publishing. pp. 414–415. ISBN 9781311441546.
  2. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. February 15, 1969. p. 20. Retrieved December 8, 2021.