I Can't Tell You Why

1980 single by Eagles

"I Can't Tell You Why" is a 1980 song by Eagles and taken from their sixth studio album The Long Run. It went to number 5 in Canada, number 8 in the United States, number 11 in New Zealand and number 48 in the Netherlands.

"I Can't Tell You Why"
Single by Eagles
from the album The Long Run
B-side"The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks"
ReleasedFebruary 8, 1980
RecordedMarch 1978
GenreBlue-eyed soul,[1] rock[2]
Length4:30 (7")
4:56 (LP)
LabelAsylum Records
Songwriter(s)Timothy B. Schmit, Glenn Frey, Don Henley
Producer(s)Bill Szymczyk
Eagles singles chronology
"The Long Run"
(1979)
"I Can't Tell You Why"
(1980)
"Seven Bridges Road"
(1980)

Track listing change

  • 7" single (45-1965/AS 12.418/K 12418/E-46608)[3]
Side A
No. Title Length
1. "I Can't Tell You Why"   4:30
Side B
No. Title Length
2. "The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks"   2:20
  • 7" promo (E-46608)[3]
Side A
No. Title Length
1. "I Can't Tell You Why" (Mono) 4:30
Side B
No. Title Length
2. "I Can't Tell You Why" (Stereo) 4:30

References change

  1. "0/1: 5 essential Eagles albums- 'Hotel to 'Border'". AZCentral.
  2. "The Eagles - and fans - take it to the limit" – via The Globe and Mail.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "I Can't Tell You Why" at Discogs (list of releases)