This page lists the chart runs for songs called "Tell Me Why" in order of success.
This list combines cover versions and distinct songs that happen to share the same title.
# |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
1 |
Four Aces |
Tell Me Why |
1952 |
Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Jul 1952, US Billboard 2 - Dec 1951 (24 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Dec 1951 (21 weeks), US CashBox 2 - Dec 1951 (29 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 3 - Mar 1952 (24 weeks), US BB 13 of 1952, Flanders 17 - Oct 1961 (1 month), Your Hit Parade 18 of 1952 |
2 |
Eddie Fisher |
Tell Me Why |
1952 |
Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Jul 1952, US CashBox 2 - Dec 1951 (29 weeks), US Billboard 4 - Jan 1952 (19 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Jan 1952 (16 weeks), US BB 28 of 1952, RYM 130 of 1952 |
3 |
Expose |
Tell Me Why |
1990 |
France 6 - Feb 1990 (1 week), US Billboard 9 - Dec 1989 (14 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 22 - Dec 1989 (15 weeks), UK 97 - Apr 1990 (1 week), US Radio 113 of 1990 (peak 11 5 weeks) |
4 |
Bobby Vinton |
Tell Me Why |
1964 |
Record World 8 - 1964, US Billboard 13 - May 1964 (8 weeks), Canada 31 - May 1964 (5 weeks), US CashBox 63 of 1964, US Radio 134 of 1964 (peak 13 4 weeks) |
5 |
Elvis Presley |
Tell Me Why |
1966 |
US Gold (certified by RIAA in Mar 1992), Canada 7 - Jan 1966 (10 weeks), UK 15 - Nov 1965 (10 weeks), Record World 23 - 1966, US Billboard 33 - Jan 1966 (7 weeks) |
6 |
Prezioso & Marvin |
Tell Me Why |
1999 |
Austria 2 - Oct 1999 (6 months), Switzerland 9 - Dec 1999 (11 weeks), ODK Germany 10 - Oct 1999 (26 weeks) (1 week in top 10), Germany 13 - Jan 2000 (2 months), Italy 61 of 1999 |
7 |
Belmonts |
Tell Me Why |
1961 |
Canada 14 - Jun 1961 (6 weeks), US Billboard 18 - May 1961 (11 weeks), US Radio 145 of 1961 (peak 18 4 weeks) |
8 |
Genesis |
Tell Me Why |
1992 |
Poland 13 - Aug 1992 (8 weeks), Holland 36 - Dec 1992 (2 weeks), UK 40 - Feb 1993 (3 weeks), ODK Germany 51 - Dec 1992 (19 weeks), Holland free40 93 of 1992 |
9 |
Supermode |
Tell Me Why |
2006 |
Holland 5 - Sep 2006 (20 weeks), UK 13 - Jul 2006 (9 weeks), ODK Germany 65 - Mar 2007 (9 weeks) |
10 |
The Crew-Cuts |
Tell Me Why |
1956 |
US CashBox 38 - Jun 1956 (5 weeks), US Billboard 45 - Jun 1956 (5 weeks) |
11 |
Gale Storm |
Tell Me Why |
1956 |
US CashBox 38 - Jun 1956 (5 weeks), US Billboard 52 - Jun 1956 (6 weeks) |
12 |
Musical Youth |
Tell Me Why |
1983 |
Holland 26 - Aug 1983 (4 weeks), Belgium 30 - Sep 1983 (1 week), UK 33 - Jul 1983 (6 weeks) |
13 |
Frijid Pink |
Tell Me Why |
1969 |
France 10 - Sep 1970 (1 week), Keener 14 - Mar 1969 (6 weeks) |
14 |
Wynonna Judd |
Tell Me Why |
1993 |
ODK Germany 56 - Aug 1993 (11 weeks), US Billboard 77 - Jul 1993 (4 weeks) |
15 |
Van Wood |
Tell Me Why |
1954 |
Italy 50 of 1954 |
16 |
Eddy Howard |
Tell Me Why |
1949 |
US Billboard 25 - Oct 1949 (1 week) |
17 |
Declan & Young Voices Choir |
Tell Me Why |
2002 |
UK 29 - Dec 2002 (4 weeks) |
18 |
Sindecut |
Tell Me Why |
1990 |
UK 82 - Oct 1990 (4 weeks) |
19 |
Alvin Stardust |
Tell Me Why |
1974 |
UK 16 - Nov 1974 (8 weeks) |
20 |
This Way Up |
Tell Me Why |
1987 |
UK 72 - Aug 1987 (5 weeks) |
21 |
Lux Lane & Friends |
Tell Me Why |
1975 |
Belgium 21 - Nov 1975 (4 weeks) |
22 |
Bobby Womack |
Tell Me Why |
1984 |
UK 60 - Jun 1984 (5 weeks) |
23 |
Matthews Southern Comfort |
Tell Me Why |
1971 |
US Billboard 98 - Oct 1971 (2 weeks) |
24 |
Limahl |
Tell Me Why |
2006 |
ODK Germany 96 - Jun 2006 (3 weeks) |
25 |
Den Harrow |
Tell Me Why |
1987 |
ODK Germany 22 - Jun 1987 (11 weeks) |
26 |
Major T. |
Tell Me Why |
1995 |
ODK Germany 92 - Jun 1995 (1 week) |
27 |
Dinah Washington |
Tell Me Why |
1952 |
RYM 104 of 1952 |
28 |
The Beatles |
Tell Me Why |
1964 |
RYM 104 of 1964 |
29 |
Neil Young |
Tell Me Why |
unknown |
Scrobulate 77 of hi fidelity |
Previous Comments (newest first)
1 Dec 2015
Its sung on the movie, left behind starring, nicalos cage
29 Mar 2013
tell me why song
list of artists who sang this title
This page lists all the artists that have had hits with it (anywhere we have sources for)
5 Feb 2010
Declan & young voices choir
I just heard this song from Declan age 13. How do I get a copy of it. This boyis amazing. Where does he come from?
The song "Tell me why" is available from many sources, for example Amazon. In the US it is on the album "Declan" by Declan Galbraith (the CD is sometimes also called "Declan Galbraith")
Details about him can be found at his web site at:
http://www.declan-music.de/