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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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
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: 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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Norah Jones notableSong Don’t Know Why
Come Away with Me hasPart Don’t Know Why