tijdloze.rocks

"Don't Know Why" is een nummer van de Amerikaanse muzikant Jesse Harris, die het in 1999 uitbracht op zijn album Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos. In 2002 bracht de eveneens Amerikaanse zangeres Norah Jones een cover uit op haar debuutalbum Come Away with Me. In juli van dat jaar werd het nummer uitgebracht als haar debuutsingle.

"Don't Know Why" is a song written and composed by American singer-songwriter Jesse Harris that originally appeared on his 1999 album, Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos. A cover of the song later appeared Norah Jones' debut studio album, Come Away with Me (2002), and was released as her debut single on January 28, 2002.

Jones' version of "Don't Know Why" peaked at number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was a critical success, winning three Grammy Awards in 2003 for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards. "Don't Know Why" was also successful abroad, reaching number five in Australia, number six in Croatia, and number 24 in New Zealand. The song was ranked number 459 in Blender magazine's "500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born".

Jones' piano-playing has been compared to that of Floyd Cramer, having a "style and grace, a musical maturity not found in many keyboard players today."