Song · Collective Soul
“Why Pt. 2” by Collective Soul
From the album Blender (2000)
“Why Pt. 2” by Collective Soul appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2000 and 2001. It was first released in 2000 on the album Blender. Its best result is #31 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #263 alternative song of 2000.
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"Why Pt. 2" led the way for Blender, Collective Soul's fifth album, arriving as its first single on September 12, 2000, ahead of the record's October release. Singer and guitarist Ed Roland wrote it on his own and produced it with Anthony J. Resta, with Karyadi Sutedja engineering and Jack Joseph-Puig mixing.
The title is a callback: the original "Why" dates back to the band's Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid days and ended up as a B-side on the "Breathe" single in 1994. The sequel never cracked the Hot 100 but went to No. 2 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Blender was the band's last album for Atlantic and their weakest seller there, and by 2001 they had left to start their own label, El Music Group.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 31 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2000 | 106 |
| 2000 | 96 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K | 102 |
| 2000 | 54 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 | 102 |
| 2000 | 100 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2001 | 56 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
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