Song · Shawn Colvin
“I Don't Know Why” by Shawn Colvin
From the album Fat City (1992)
“I Don't Know Why” by Shawn Colvin appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2004 and 2020. It was first released in 1992 on the album Fat City. Its best result is #488 on the WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,385 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"I Don't Know Why" is Shawn Colvin's song through and through, words and music, from Fat City, her second album, released on Columbia in October 1992, and it went on to chart on Billboard's Adult Contemporary list. She sings and plays acoustic guitar, with Larry Klein on bass, Kenny White on keyboards and David Lindley adding lap steel, while Jeff Pevar plays electric guitar and Vinnie Zummo takes the electric solo.
Klein and White produced it with David Kahne, White arranged it, and a five-voice backing crew of Robin Batteau, Milt Grayson, Curtiss King, Fonzi Thornton and White himself stands behind her. Dan Marnien engineered and Michael Brauer mixed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 488 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2020 | 2011 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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