Why Me? (Irene Cara song)
1983 single by Irene Cara / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Why Me?" is a song written by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, and the song's performer, Irene Cara, that was the first official single to be released from Cara's 1983 album, What a Feelin', making it the follow-up to the songwriting trio's previous project for Cara, "Flashdance... What a Feeling". This new collaboration, however, was described as having more of a hard rock edge and had lyrics that conveyed the difficulties in a relationship.
"Why Me?" | ||||
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Single by Irene Cara | ||||
from the album What a Feelin' | ||||
B-side | "Talk Too Much" | |||
Released | October 1983 (1983-10) | |||
Recorded | 1983 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:55 (single edit) 4:37 (album version) 7:03 (12-inch mix) | |||
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Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Giorgio Moroder | |||
Irene Cara singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Irene Cara - Why Me (Official Music Video)" on YouTube | ||||
Although Moroder was criticized for having borrowed from his older material, Cara received praise for her performance. The song reached the top 20 on the pop charts in the US and was even more successful in Australia and a few European countries, where it peaked in the top 10.
Cara plays a woman given two happy endings in the music video for the song. She goes from audition to audition in New York and finally makes a name for herself while at the same time leaving a controlling romantic partner and finding a new love interest. Although the song was released in October 1983, the music video did not debut on MTV until December of that year.