Why may refer to: * Causality, a consequential relationship between two events *

Reason (argument) In the most general terms, a reason is a consideration which justifies or explains an action, a belief, an attitude, or a fact. ''Normative reasons'' are what people appeal to when making arguments about what people should do or believe. For exa ...

, a premise in support of an argument, for what reason or purpose *

Grounding (metaphysics) Grounding is a topic in metaphysics. Consider an ordinary physical object, such as a table, and the atoms it is made of. Without the atoms, the table would not exist. The table's existence ''depends'' on the existence of the atoms. This kind of depe ...

, a topic in metaphysics regarding how things exist in virtue of more fundamental things. * Why?, one of the

Five Ws The Five Ws (sometimes referred to as Five Ws and How, 5W1H, or Six Ws) are questions whose answers are considered basic in information gathering or problem solving. They are often mentioned in journalism (''cf.'' news style), research, and po ...

used in journalism

Music

Artists

* Why? (American band), a hip hop/indie rock band formed in Oakland, California, in 2004 ** Yoni Wolf, formerly known by the stage name Why? * Why (Canadian band), a rock band formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1993 * Why?, a 1990s UK folk band, two members of which formed Quench (band), Quench in 2001

Albums

* Why (Baby V.O.X album), ''Why'' (Baby V.O.X album) or the title song, 2000 * Why? (Ginger Baker album), ''Why?'' (Ginger Baker album) or the title song, 2014 * Why (Prudence Liew album), ''Why'' (Prudence Liew album) or the title song, 1987 * Why? (They Might Be Giants album), ''Why?'' (They Might Be Giants album), 2015 * ''Why?'', by Jacob Whitesides, 2016 * ''Why'', by Moahni Moahna, 1996 * ''Why?'', by the MonaLisa Twins, 2022

EPs

* Why (Discharge EP), ''Why'' (Discharge EP) or the title song, 1981 * Why (Taeyeon EP), ''Why'' (Taeyeon EP) or the title song (see below), 2016

Songs

* Why (3T song), "Why" (3T song) featuring Michael Jackson, 1996 * Why (Andy Gibb song), "Why" (Andy Gibb song), 1978 * Why (Annie Lennox song), "Why" (Annie Lennox song), 1992; covered by DJ Sammy (2005) * Why? (Bronski Beat song), "Why?" (Bronski Beat song), 1984 * Why (The Byrds song), "Why" (The Byrds song), 1966 * Why (Carly Simon song), "Why" (Carly Simon song), 1982 * Why (D Mob song), "Why" (D Mob song) with Cathy Dennis, 1994 * Why? (Earth, Wind & Fire song), "Why?" (Earth, Wind & Fire song), 2015 * Why (Frankie Avalon song), "Why" (Frankie Avalon song), 1959; covered by Anthony Newley (1960) and Donny Osmond (1972) * Why (Gabrielle song), "Why" (Gabrielle song), 2007 * Why (Glamma Kid song), "Why" (Glamma Kid song), 1999 * Why (Jadakiss song), "Why" (Jadakiss song), 2004 * Why (Jason Aldean song), "Why" (Jason Aldean song), 2005 * Why (Jieqiong song), "Why" (Jieqiong song), 2018 * Why (Lionel Richie song), "Why" (Lionel Richie song), 2006 * Why? (Marika Gombitová song), "Why?" (Marika Gombitová song), 1979 * Why (Mary J. Blige song), "Why" (Mary J. Blige song) featuring Rick Ross, 2012 * Why (Miliyah Kato song), "Why" (Miliyah Kato song), 2009 * Why? (Mis-Teeq song), "Why?" (Mis-Teeq song), 2001 * Why (Rascal Flatts song), "Why" (Rascal Flatts song), 2009 * Why (Sabrina Carpenter song), "Why" (Sabrina Carpenter song), 2017 * Why (Sonique song), "Why" (Sonique song), 2005 * Why (Taeyeon song), "Why" (Taeyeon song), 2016 * Why (Tony Sheridan song), "Why" (Tony Sheridan song) with the Beatles, 1964 * Why (Yoko Ono song), "Why" (Yoko Ono song), 1970 * "Why? (Keep Your Head Down)", by TVXQ, 2011 * "Why (Must We Fall in Love)", by Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations, 1970 * "Why, Why", by Carl Smith, 1957 * "Why, Why, Why", by Billy Currington, 2006 * "Why", by 4Minute from ''Best of 4Minute'', 2012 * "Why", by Air Supply from ''Mumbo Jumbo (album), Mumbo Jumbo'', 2010 * "Why?", by Aminé from ''OnePointFive'', 2018 * "Why", by Anastacia from ''Evolution (Anastacia album), Evolution'', 2017 * "Why", by Antique from ''Die for You (album), Die for You'', 2001 * "Why", by Average White Band from ''Cut the Cake (album), Cut the Cake'', 1975 * "Why" by Avril Lavigne, a B-side of the single "Complicated (Avril Lavigne song), Complicated", 2002 * "Why", by Ayaka from the single Clap & Love/Why, "Clap & Love"/"Why" and the theme song of the PSP game ''Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII'', 2007 * "Why?", by Bazzi from ''Cosmic (album), Cosmic'', 2018 * "Why", by Basshunter from ''Bass Generation'', 2009 * "Why", by Busted from ''A Present for Everyone'', 2003 * "Why", by Crossfade from ''Falling Away (album), Falling Away'', 2006 * "Why?", by Des'ree from ''Dream Soldier'', 2003 * "Why! ...", by Enigma from ''Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!'', 1996 * "Why", by Fleetwood Mac from ''Mystery to Me'', 1973 * "Why", by Frankie Valli from ''Closeup (Frankie Valli album), Closeup'', 1975 * "Why?", by Geir Rönning, representing Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 * "Why", by Godsmack from ''Awake (Godsmack album), Awake'', 2000 * "Why", by Gotthard from ''Silver (Gotthard album), Silver'', 2017 * "Why?", by Helloween from ''Master of the Rings'', 1994 * "Why", by Irene Cara from ''Anyone Can See'', 1982 * "Why", by Jamie Walters from ''Jamie Walters (album), Jamie Walters'', 1994 * "Why", by Jocelyn Enriquez from ''All My Life (Jocelyn Enriquez album), All My Life'', 2003 * "Why", by Joe Satriani from ''The Extremist'', 1992 * "Why", by Limp Bizkit from ''Greatest Hitz (Limp Bizkit album), Greatest Hitz'', 2005 * "Why?", by Lonnie Mack from ''The Wham of that Memphis Man'', 1963 * "Why", by Mario from ''Go! (Mario album), Go!'', 2007 * "Why", by Melanie Chisholm from ''Northern Star (Melanie C album), Northern Star'', 1999 * "Why", by Natalie Imbruglia from ''Left of the Middle'', 1997 * "Why", by Ne-Yo from ''Non-Fiction (Ne-Yo album), Non-Fiction'', 2015 * "Why", by NF from ''The Search (NF album), The Search'', 2019 * "Why?", by Reset (Canadian band), Reset, 1997 * "Why", by Rooney (band), Rooney, 2016 * "Why", by Roy Woods from ''Waking at Dawn'', 2016 * "Why?", by Secondhand Serenade from ''A Twist In My Story'', 2008 * "Why", by Shawn Mendes from ''Shawn Mendes (album), Shawn Mendes'', 2018 * "Why?", by the Specials, a B-side of the single "Ghost Town (Specials song), Ghost Town", 1981 * "Why", by Stabbing Westward from ''Wither Blister Burn & Peel'', 1996 * "Why", by Swift from ''Thoughts Are Thought'', 1999 * "Why?", by Tracy Chapman from ''Tracy Chapman (album), Tracy Chapman'', 1988 * "Why", by Uriah Heep, a B-side of the single "The Wizard (Uriah Heep song), The Wizard", 1972 * "Why?", by Vanilla Ninja from ''Vanilla Ninja (album), Vanilla Ninja'', 2003 * "Why", by Wide Mouth Mason from ''Where I Started'', 1999 * "Why?", by Z-Ro from ''The Life of Joseph W. McVey'', 2004 * "Why", written by Buddy Feyne, notably performed by Nat King Cole, 1954 * "Why", from the musical ''Tick, tick... BOOM!'', 2001 * "Why", from the television series ''Fraggle Rock#Song list, Fraggle Rock'' * "Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)", by Nina Simone from '''Nuff Said!, 1968 * "Why (What's Goin' On?)", by the Roots from ''The Tipping Point (The Roots album), The Tipping Point'', 2004 * "Why Why", by Doja Cat from ''Planet Her'', 2021 * "Why, Why, Why", by Eddie Rabbitt from ''Songs from Rabbittland'', 1998 * "Why, Why, Why", by Underworld, a B-side of the single "Rez (song), Rez", 1993 * "Why? Why? Why? (Is It So Hard)", by Paul Revere & the Raiders from ''The Spirit of '67 (Paul Revere & the Raiders album), The Spirit of '67'', 1966

Other media

* Why (board game), ''Why'' (board game), a game based on the television series ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' * Why? (film), ''Why?'' (film), a 1987 Czech film * Why? (1971 film), ''Why?'' (1971 film), a 1971 short starring O. J. Simpson#Filmography, O. J. Simpson and Tim Buckley * Why? (book), ''Why?'' (book), a children's book by Tomie dePaola#Books by dePaola, Tomie dePaola * "Why?", an episode of the TV series ''List of As Time Goes By episodes#Series two (1993), As Time Goes By'' * ''Why? with Hannibal Buress'', a Comedy Central television series

Places

* Why, Arizona, an unincorporated community in the United States * Why, Lakes, South Sudan

Surname

* Alby Why (1899–1969), Australian rugby league footballer * Jack Why (1903–1944), Australian rugby league footballer

Transport

* Whyteleafe railway station, Surrey, National Rail station code

Other uses

* Why the lucky stiff, or simply why or _why, a computer programmer and artist * World Hunger Year (WHY), a charity organization * Why?, a satirical wiki and subproject of Uncyclopedia