Why Don't You (song)
Encyclopedia
"Why Don't You" is a 2010 single
from Serbian DJ Gramophonedzie
. It was released on the 28 February 2010 as a download and on 1 March 2010 in CD format. It samples Peggy Lee's
1947 version of the 1936 song Why Don't You Do Right?
.
Chart Blog gave the song a mixed review stating:
Digital download
2010 in music
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from Serbian DJ Gramophonedzie
Gramophonedzie
Marko Milićević , most known as Gramophonedzie , is a Serbian DJ from Belgrade. He started his career in the year 2000 as participant at the Irish RedBull Music Academy. Milićević is known for producing the theme songs for Balkan versions of the TV show Big Brother...
. It was released on the 28 February 2010 as a download and on 1 March 2010 in CD format. It samples Peggy Lee's
Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and...
1947 version of the 1936 song Why Don't You Do Right?
Why Don't You Do Right?
"Why Don't You Do Right?" is an American blues- and jazz-influenced pop song – now a standard – written in 1936 by Kansas Joe McCoy. It is a twelve-bar minor key blues form with a few chord substitutes, it is considered a classic "woman's blues" song....
.
Critical reception
Fraser McAlpine of BBCBBC
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Chart Blog gave the song a mixed review stating:
I'm detecting a theme here. After the burlesque boom and all the Winehouse wannabes - and Wiley's reworking of that song by White Town that samples that other song from the olden days - here comes dance music's tribute to the era of jazz, swing and blues. And when I say tribute, I mean taking an old tune and hitting it with a massive mallet until it cracks into a million pieces, then putting the bits back together with micro-robots and spraying it gold.
That is simply how dance music likes to pay tribute to things. Can you imagine how messy Fat Boy Slim's funeral is going to be? Loads messy, that's how. The song was awarded a 3 star.
Track listing
CD single- "Why Don't You" (Radio Edit) - 2:50
- "Why Don't You" (Bingo players Mix) - 6:13
Digital download
- "Why Don't You" (Radio Edit) - 2:50
- "Why Don't You" (Trevor Loveys Remix) - 5:35
- "Why Don't You" (DJ Sneak Remix) - 6:45
- "Why Don't You" (GreenMoney's GramoPhountzied Remix) - 4:44
- "Why Don't You" (GreenMoney's GramoPhountzied Dub) - 4:50
Chart performance
| Chart (2010) | Peak Position) |
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Year-end charts
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Italian Singles Chart | 79 |
Chart procession and succession
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | February 28, 2010 | Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
Positiva Records Positiva Records Positiva Records is a subsidiary of EMI Records and is one of the biggest dance music labels in the UK. The record label was set up in 1993, by Nick Halkes, who previously ran XL Recordings . Its headquarters are at the EMI offices in Brook Green in West London, where it is currently the only large... , Virgin Records Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny... |
| March 1, 2010 | CD single CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s... |
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