"Why Tell Me, Why" is a 1981 song performed by
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singer
Anita Meyer
Anita Meyer (''Annita Meijer''), born in Rotterdam 29 October 1954, is a Dutch singer. One of her most notable songs is "Why Tell Me Why" that charted for 14 weeks and topped the Dutch Top 40 number-one hits of 1981, Dutch singles list for six wee ...
and it is one of her most notable songs. The song was composed by
Piet Souer
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, Gregory Elias and Martin Duiser, and produced by Martin Duiser.
It charted for 14 weeks.
Cover versions
* The song was
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in 1982 by
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singer
Julie Pietri
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as ''Je veux croire'' and became a hit in France.
*The song was also covered by
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singer
Carola
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as ''Säg mig var du står'' for her debut album ''
Främling
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#" Främl ...
'' (1983). This version has become a popular party song among
millennials
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in Sweden in the early 2020s, and charted at number three on Sweden's Heatseeker chart.
* In 2019,
Little Jinder
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covered the song on the Swedish reality TV series ''
Så mycket bättre
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''.
It peaked at number 61 in Sweden.
*In 2020, Carola released a new version of ''Säg mig var du står'' as a featuring Swedish singer
Zara Larsson
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. While the original version never charted, the duet reached number 1 on the ''
Svensktoppen
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''.
It also peaked at number two on the
Sverigetopplistan
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and has been certified double platinum in Sweden.
It was first performed live at
Gröna Lund
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in
Stockholm
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during the summer of 2020.
The re-recording was later included on the Swedish Summer edition of
Poster Girl.
Further versions can be found at Hitparade.ch.
Other versions and remixes
The single has been remixed twice, first in 2009 by
Offer Nissim
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and in 2011 by Dutch DJ Gailliano (with Meyer getting credit in the latter). The song is also sampled heavily in
F.R.A.N.K.'s single "Discotex (Yah!)", which reached number one on
Belgium
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's
Ultratop 50
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chart in
January 2011.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
*
List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1981
*
List of number-one hits of 1981 (Flanders)
References
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Anita Meyer songs
1981 singles
Songs written by Piet Souer
1981 songs
Ariola Records singles
Carola Häggkvist songs
Zara Larsson songs