"Why Tell Me Why" is a 1981 song performed by Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 singer Anita Meyer

Anita Meyer

Anita Meyer , 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 singles list for six weeks in 1981.- Albums :...

 and it is one of her most notable songs. The song was composed by Piet Souer

Piet Souer

Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Souer is a Dutch music producer, songwriter and arranger. His collaboration with famous pop acts made him gain twenty two gold and platinum records, one Conamus Export Prize and one Outstanding Song Award thanks to his...

 and produced by Martin Duiser. It charted for 14 weeks.

Covers

• The song was covered by Swedish
  Sweden
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
  
   singer Carola Häggkvist
  Carola Häggkvist
  Carola Maria Häggkvist , better known as simply Carola, is a Swedish singer and occasional songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s, and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music...
  
   as "Säg mig var du står" for her debut album Främling
  Främling
  Främling is an album from Swedish pop singer Carola Häggkvist, released on March 26, 1983. It was her debut album. On the album charts, the albums peaked at number 1 in Sweden and number 2 in Norway."Främling" is Stranger in English...
  
  and by the French Singer Julie Pietri
  Julie Pietri
  Julie Pietri is a French pop singer. She is part of the Pied-Noir community and now lives in Paris...
  
   as "Je Veux Croire".

Other Versions and Remixes

The single has been remixed twice, first in 2009 by Offer Nissim and in 2011 by Dutch DJ Gailliano (with Meyer getting credit in the latter). The song is also sampled heavily in DJ F.R.A.N.K

F.R.A.N.K.

F.R.A.N.K. is a Belgium DJ born in Schoten, Belgium. He scored a #1 hit on the Belgian Ultratop chart in 2011 with "Discotex! ."- Discography - singles :...

's single "Discotex (Yep!)," which reached number one on Belgium

Belgium

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's Ultratop 50

Ultratop 50

Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...

 chart in January 2011.