Don't Ask Me Why (Billy Joel song)

"Don't Ask Me Why" is a Billy Joel song released in 1980. The lyrics talk about the oddities of life that have become obvious over time. It is more characteristic of a track that would have appeared on Joel's earlier albums in that it has a lighter folk sound as compared to the harder, more rock oriented tracks found throughout the album; the song supported public perception that Joel was a middle-of-the-road artist.^{[need quotation to verify]}. The background track contains all acoustic and Latin percussion instruments performing in an Afro-Cuban rhythmic style. An eclectic, instrumental "Latin Ballroom" piano solo, played over the bridge section after the second verse, is also featured in part of the song; Joel states that the mix for the midsection includes "fifteen pianos overdubbed on top of each other."^[1] The song spent two weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100.^[2]

It was released as the third single from the album Glass Houses and later included on Greatest Hits Volume 2.

• Billy Joel - vocals, piano, Yamaha electric grand piano
• David Brown - acoustic guitar
• Liberty DeVitto - maracas, bass drum, triangle, claves, ratchet, castanets
• Russell Javors - acoustic guitar
• Doug Stegmeyer - bass

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1980 (U.S.)

• Template:MetroLyrics song

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