| I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me | |
| Cover: | dontknowwhyyoudontwantme.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Rosanne Cash |
| Album: | Rhythm & Romance |
| B-Side: | What You Gonna Do About It |
| Released: | February 1985 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:17 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | David Malloy Rodney Crowell David Thoener |
| Prev Title: | It Hasn't Happened Yet |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | Never Be You |
| Next Year: | 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. The song was 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 in the top 40.[1] Cash wrote the song with then-husband Rodney Crowell. In 1986, the song - which was written by Cash in response to losing a Grammy to Juice Newton in 1983 - garnered Rosanne Cash her first Grammy Award.