I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me

"I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me"
Single by Rosanne Cash
from the album Rhythm & Romance
B-side	"What You Gonna Do About It"
Released	February 1985
Genre	Country
Length	3:17
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Rosanne Cash Rodney Crowell
Producer(s)	David Malloy Rodney Crowell David Thoener
Rosanne Cash singles chronology
"It Hasn't Happened Yet" (1983) "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" (1985) "Never Be You" (1985)

"I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rosanne Cash. It was released in February 1985 as the first single from the album Rhythm & Romance. "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" was Rosanne Cash's fourth number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of 15 weeks on the chart. Cash wrote the song with then-husband Rodney Crowell.

Chart performance

Chart (1985)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	16
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Love Is Alive" by The Judds	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single September 7, 1985	Succeeded by "Modern Day Romance" by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
	RPM Country Tracks number-one single September 14-September 21, 1985	Succeeded by "Used to Blue" by Sawyer Brown
Preceded by "Used to Blue" by Sawyer Brown	RPM Country Tracks number-one single October 5, 1985	Succeeded by "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" by Ronnie Milsap
Preceded by "The Lady Takes the Cowboy Everytime" by Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers	RPM Country Tracks number-one single of the year 1985	Succeeded by "Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain" by The Judds