Tell Me Why (Earl Thomas Conley song)

"Tell Me Why" is a song written by John Booth Aclin, and recorded by the American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in October 1981 as the third single from the album Fire & Smoke. The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Track chart.

Chart performance

Chart (1981–1982)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	10

Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 88.
"Earl Thomas Conley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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Studio albums	Fire & Smoke Somewhere Between Right and Wrong Don't Make It Easy for Me Treadin' Water Too Many Times The Heart of It All Yours Truly
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Volume II
Notable singles	"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" "Silent Treatment" "Fire and Smoke" "Tell Me Why" "After the Love Slips Away" "Heavenly Bodies" "Somewhere Between Right and Wrong" "I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)" "Your Love's on the Line" "Holding Her and Loving You" "Don't Make It Easy for Me" "Angel in Disguise" "Chance of Lovin' You" "Honor Bound" "Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks)" "Nobody Falls Like a Fool" "Once in a Blue Moon" "Too Many Times" (with Anita Pointer) "I Can't Win for Losin' You" "That Was a Close One" "Right from the Start" "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)" "We Believe in Happy Endings" (with Emmylou Harris) "What I'd Say" "Love Out Loud" "You Must Not Be Drinking Enough" "Bring Back Your Love to Me "Shadow of a Doubt" "Hard Days and Honky Tonk Nights"
Guest singles	"All Tangled Up in Love" (with Gus Hardin) "Brotherly Love" (with Keith Whitley)
Related articles	Discography "This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me" "All Over Me"

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