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“I Don't Know Why I Love You” by The House of Love
From the album The House of Love (1990)
“I Don't Know Why I Love You” by The House of Love appears on 10 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1989 and 2003. It was first released in 1990 on the album The House of Love. Its best result is #10 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #69 alternative song of 1990 and #3,973 alternative song of all time.
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Fontana put out "I Don't Know Why I Love You" in Britain as the second single from the House of Love's second album, The House of Love (1990), and it's a gorgeous, shimmering sulk of a record, all ringing guitars and a lovesick melody that won't let go. Stephen Hague and Dave Meegan produced it, buffing the band's sound to a gleam without losing the haze.
At home it stalled at 41 in the UK, which frontman Guy Chadwick had seen coming: he'd told the record company it wouldn't be a hit, since it didn't sound contemporary to him, though he was proud of it anyway. America heard it differently. Released there in 1990, it rose to number 2 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, and MTV put the video in its Buzz Bin.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 10 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989 | 50 |
| 1990 | 32 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 | 107 |
| 1990 | 91 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990 | 91 |
| 1990 | 79 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990 | 105 |
| 1990 | 89 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 341 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 1991 | 843 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 1999 | 783 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 776 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2003 | 1712 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: I Don't Know why I love you.
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