Only God Knows Why

"Only God Knows Why" is a song by American musician Kid Rock. It appears as the 11th track on his fourth studio album, Devil Without a Cause (1998). The song was the first recorded ballad on record by Kid Rock. It is a weary power ballad in which the first four lines were written while Kid Rock was in jail after a bar fight after signing to Atlantic Records in 1997.

The song was released as a single in 1999 and peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100, eventually ranking at number 67 on the Billboard year-end chart for 2000. VH1 named it the 19th greatest power ballad in 2002. Outlaw country singer David Allan Coe released a live cover version of his release Live at Billy Bob's in 2003.