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for her fifth studio album, ''

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'' (2007). The song was one of the final songs recorded for the album and written around a sample of Weller's 1993 song "

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". Weller enjoyed Gabrielle's interpretation of the song so much, he recorded new vocals for the track following Gabrielle's recording of the original demo version of "Why".Official Gabrielle web site
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'', on piano. Selected as the album's lead single, "Why" was released on 17 September 2007 as a digital download and one week later, on 24 September 2007, as a physical

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. It charted at number 42 on the

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, her second consecutive single to miss the top 40.

Music video

The music video for "Why" premiered on UK music channels on 31 August 2007. It features footage of Gabrielle and Weller in a recording studio producing and recording the song.

Track listings

Charts

References

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