Why? (Bronski Beat song)
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| Single by Bronski Beat | ||||
| from the album The Age of Consent | ||||
| B-side | "Cadillac Car" | |||
| Released | 14 September 1984 | |||
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| Label | London | |||
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| Producer(s) | Mike Thorne | |||
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| "Why?" on YouTube | ||||
"Why?" is a song by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat, released as the second single from their 1984 album The Age of Consent.
The song, recorded at RPM Studio in New York City and mixed at Townhouse Studios in London, pursued an energetic musical formula, while the lyrics focused more centrally on anti-gay prejudice. The song opens with a questioning vocal by frontman and vocalist Jimmy Somerville and the shattering of breaking glass. It was the trio's second top 10 success in the UK, throughout Europe and in Australia and is today considered a popular gay anthem.