Don’t Know Why

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"Don’t Know Why" is a mellow, jazz-influenced pop ballad that became Norah Jones’s breakout hit and one of her most recognizable songs.

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Don’t Know Why canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Norah Jones ⓘ
awarded Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ
Grammy Award for Song of the Year (for songwriter Jesse Harris) ⓘ
breakthroughFor Norah Jones ⓘ
chartPerformance Adult contemporary radio hit ⓘ
US Billboard Hot 100 top 40 hit ⓘ
composer Jesse Harris ⓘ
countryOfRelease United States ⓘ
format CD single ⓘ
digital download ⓘ
genre adult contemporary ⓘ
jazz pop ⓘ
pop ballad ⓘ
smooth jazz ⓘ
hasInstrumentation double bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
includedOnAlbum Come Away with Me ⓘ
key B-flat major ⓘ
label Blue Note Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 3 minutes ⓘ
lyricist Jesse Harris ⓘ
musicalInfluence jazz ⓘ
musicalStyle mellow ⓘ
notableAs Norah Jones breakout hit ⓘ
one of Norah Jones most recognizable songs ⓘ
originallyPerformedBy Jesse Harris ⓘ
originallyWrittenBy Jesse Harris ⓘ
performer Norah Jones ⓘ
producer Arif Mardin ⓘ
Jay Newland ⓘ
Norah Jones ⓘ
recordedBy Norah Jones ⓘ
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
releaseYear 2002 ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theme missed opportunity in love ⓘ
regret ⓘ
romantic uncertainty ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
vocalist Norah Jones ⓘ
vocalStyle soft ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norah Jones → notableSong → Don’t Know Why ⓘ
Come Away with Me → hasPart → Don’t Know Why ⓘ
Jesse Harris → notableWork → Don’t Know Why ⓘ
No Dope on Sundays → hasTrack → Don’t Know Why ⓘ
subject linked to: album "No Dope on Sundays"