"Don't Know Why" is the debut single by British London-based trio SoundGirl from their shelved debut studio album. The single was released on 19 June 2011 as a digital download in the

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. The official remix features teen rapper Mann.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Don't Know Why" was first released onto

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on 27 April 2011, at a total length of three minutes and forty-six seconds.SoundGirl – "Don't Know Why"

Track listing

Chart performance

Release history

Origins

"Don't Know Why" is based on the track "Why (Does Your Love Hurt So Much)" by Natasha Thomas, which was released in 2003 by Epic Records and is in turn based on Carly Simon's 1982 single "

Why Why may refer to: * Causality, a consequential relationship between two events * Reason (argument), a premise in support of an argument, for what reason or purpose * Grounding (metaphysics), a topic in metaphysics regarding how things exist in ...

". The SoundGirl and Natasha Thomas tracks both build on the success of the signature

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sound of Ace of Base.

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