Why (Mary J. Blige song)

"Why"
Single by Mary J. Blige featuring Rick Ross
from the album My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)
Released	April 10, 2012
Recorded	2011
Genre	R&B hip hop soul
Length	4:21
Label	Matriarch, Geffen
Songwriter(s)	Mary J. Blige, Dave Young, Eric Hudson, William Roberts II
Producer(s)	Eric Hudson
Mary J. Blige singles chronology
"Mr. Wrong" (2011) "Why" (2012) "Don't Mind" (2012)
Rick Ross singles chronology
"Take It to the Head" (2012) "Why" (2012) "Stay Schemin'" (2012)
Music video
"Why?" on YouTube

"Why" is a song performed by American recording artist Mary J. Blige, from her tenth studio album, My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) (2011). It was written by Blige along with Dave Young, Eric Hudson, and William Roberts II, with Hudson producing the song and Rick Ross having featured vocals. A soulful R&B song that makes use of hip hop soul influences and a beat-heavy, strings–led production, the song initially impacted on US radios on April 10, 2012 as the album's third single.