Carly Simon – Why
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Mirage (2) – DM 4831 |
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US |
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Funk / Soul |
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Disco |
Tracklist
| A | Carly Simon– | Why (Vocal) | 8:11 |
| B | Chic– | Why (Instrumental) | 7:06 |
Companies, etc.
- Distributed By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Record Company – Warner Communications
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Mirage Records Inc.
- Produced For – The Chic Organization Ltd.
- Published By – Chic Music, Inc.
- Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
- Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
- Mastered At – Masterdisk
Credits
- Mastered By – RL*
- Producer, Arranged By, Conductor – Nile Rodgers And Bernard Edwards*
- Written-By – Bernard Edwards And Nile Rodgers*
Notes
Produced, Arranged and Conducted for The CHIC Organization Ltd.
Pub., Chic Music, Inc., BMI
All rights istered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
From Mirage LP WTG 19353 - "Soup For One"
℗ 1982 Mirage Records Inc.
Dist. by Atlantic Recording Corp., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. (W® logo) A Warner Communications Company
Side B listed on release as "Live Version"
Issued in generic 1980 Atlantic, Atco, Cotillion & Custom Labels 33 1/3 RPM sleeve.
Pub., Chic Music, Inc., BMI
All rights istered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
From Mirage LP WTG 19353 - "Soup For One"
℗ 1982 Mirage Records Inc.
Dist. by Atlantic Recording Corp., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. (W® logo) A Warner Communications Company
Side B listed on release as "Live Version"
Issued in generic 1980 Atlantic, Atco, Cotillion & Custom Labels 33 1/3 RPM sleeve.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Center Label): ST-DM-41604-SP
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Center Label): ST-DM-41605-SP
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Groove Side A): ST-DM-41604-1 MASTERDISK RL 1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Groove Side B): ST-DM-41605-1 SP 1-1
- Pressing Plant ID (On labels & etched in runout areas): SP
- Rights Society: BMI
Other Versions (5 of 40)
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| Why (Extended Version) (12", 45 RPM, Single) | Mirage (2) | K 79300T, K79300T | UK | 1982 | |||
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Why (12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single) | Mirage (2) | WEA 79.300 | Netherlands | 1982 | ||
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Why (7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo) | Mirage (2) | K 79300, K79300 | UK | 1982 | ||
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Why (7", 45 RPM, Stereo) | Mirage (2) | U 79299 | Italy | 1982 | ||
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Why (7", 45 RPM, Single) | Mirage (2) | WEA 79.299-, WEA-79.299 | Netherlands | 1982 |
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Reviews
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Edited 4 years agoAnother one of Carly Simon's dance tunes worth seeking out is "Tranquillo (Melt My Heart)" - not nearly as popular as "Why?" and obviously totally different production but still a stunner -
I once bawled my eyes out to this song at an after-party, sitting on a living room carpet at one o'clock in the afternoon with the sun creeping through the curtains after a bottle of wine and far too many chemicals. I was completely inconsolable for a good five minutes. And you know what? I wasn't even upset about anything. I'd simply been floored by the painful mellow beauty of this song. The Chic boys made some absolute heart-stoppers in their time, and the 12" cut of Why is right up there with the very best of them.
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Great song, terrific vibe. Massively sampled in a few of the 12" remixes of A Tribe Called Quest's "Bonita Applebum" in 1990.
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