"Why"
Single by D Mob featuring Cathy Dennis
from the album Into the Skyline
Released31 January 1994 (1994-01-31)[1]
Length4:54
LabelFFRR
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)D Mob
Cathy Dennis singles chronology
"Falling"
(1993)		 "Why"
(1994)		 "West End Pad"
(1996)

"Why" is a song by British music producer and remixer D Mob featuring singer-songwriter Cathy Dennis. It was released by FFRR as the fourth single from Dennis's second album, Into the Skyline (1992), a full year after her previous single from the album. In the UK, it reached number 23 on the UK Singles Chart, number seven on the UK Dance Singles Chart and number one on the UK Club Chart, making it the most successful single from the album. "Why" was dedicated in memory of Philip Hall, who died in December 1993.

Critical reception

Peter Paphides from Melody Maker said, "This time around, he's twiddling the knobs while Cathy Dennis sings things like "baby, baby, baby" and this ace piano motif ascends through the chorus bearing a torch for every Detroit stomper since 'Love Can't Turn Around'."[2] Andy Beevers from Music Week gave the song five out of five, writing, "'Why?' is a catchy song delivered in a variety of strong club mixes, ranging from swing to house."[3] Sam Wood from Philadelphia Inquirer felt that it "do recall the bouncy ebullience" of 'Just Another Dream', which was Dennis' breakthrough hit.[4] Tim Jeffery from the Record Mirror Dance Update complimented it as a "bright, chirpy pop garage number that chugs along nicely." He concluded that Dennis' voice "is so distinctive that everyone will think this is her own single."[5] Another editor, James Hamilton, called it a "plaintively insistent lurching jiggly ditty".[6]

Track listing

  • UK CD single
  1. "Why" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Why" (Tee's Radio Edit)
  3. "Why" (R&B Edit)
  4. "Why" (Monster Club Mix)
  5. "Why" (Tee's Club Mix)
  6. "Why" (Dean Street mix)

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[7] 63
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 23
UK Dance (Music Week)[9] 7
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[10] 1

References

  1. ↑ "Single Releases". Music Week. 29 January 1994. p. 25.
  2. ↑ Paphides, Peter (15 January 1993). "Singles". Melody Maker. p. 26. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Beevers, Andy (29 January 1994). "Market Preview: Dance" (PDF). Music Week. p. 16. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Wood, Sam (10 November 1992). "24 Six-String Caprices by Eliot Fisk". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  5. ↑ Jeffery, Tim (15 January 1994). "Hot Vinyl" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 7. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  6. ↑ Hamilton, James (5 February 1994). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 7. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. 19 February 1994. p. 13. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 12 February 1994. p. 22. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "The RM Club Chart 22.1.94" (PDF). Music Week, in RM (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 22 January 1994. p. 4. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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