| Why Don't You | |
| Cover: | whydontyou.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Gramophonedzie |
| Released: | 28 February 2010 |
| Genre: |
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| Length: | 2:50 |
| Label: | |
| Producer: | Marko Milićević |
| Chronology: | Gramophonedzie |
| Next Title: | Out of My Head |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
"Why Don't You" is the debut single by Serbian DJ Gramophonedzie. It was released on 28 February 2010 as a download and on 1 March 2010 in CD format. It samples Peggy Lee's 1947 version of the 1936 song "Why Don't You Do Right?". The single was certified gold in Italy.[1]
Fraser McAlpine of BBC Chart Blog gave the song a mixed review stating:
I'm detecting a theme here. After the burlesque boom and all the Winehouse wannabes – and Wiley's reworking of that song by White Town that samples that other song from the olden days – here comes dance music's tribute to the era of jazz, swing and blues. And when I say tribute, I mean taking an old tune and hitting it with a massive mallet until it cracks into a million pieces, then putting the bits back together with micro-robots and spraying it gold.That is simply how dance music likes to pay tribute to things. Can you imagine how messy Fat Boy Slim's funeral is going to be? Loads messy, that's how.
The song was awarded 3 stars.[2]
CD single[3]
Digital download[4]
| Chart (2010) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] | 96 | |
| Hungary (Dance Top 40)[7] | 36 | |
| Italy (FIMI)[8] | 79 | |
| UK Singles (OCC)[9] | 165 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 28 February 2010 | Digital download | Positiva Records, Virgin Records |
| 1 March 2010 | CD single[10] |