I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me
| "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" | ||||
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| 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 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rosanne Cash Rodney Crowell | |||
| Producer(s) | David Malloy | |||
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"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. 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.