Don't Ask Me Why (Elvis Presley song)

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| name = Don't Ask Me Why

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| type = single

| artist = Elvis Presley

| album = King Creole

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| A-side = Hard Headed Woman

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| released = June 10, 1958

| recorded = January 16, 1958

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| composer = Ben Weisman

| lyricist = Fred Wise

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| prev_title = Wear My Ring Around Your Neck

| prev_title2 = Doncha' Think It's Time

| prev_year = 1958

| title = Hard Headed Woman

| title2 = Don't Ask Me Why'

| next_title = One Night

| next_year = 1958

}}

"Don't Ask Me Why" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1958 motion picture King Creole.

It was written by Fred Wise (lyrics) and Ben Weisman (music).{{cite book|author=James L. Neibaur|title=The Elvis Movies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u95XAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Don%27t+Ask+Me+Why%22+%22Elvis+Presley%22&pg=PA39|date=4 April 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-3074-3|pages=39–}}{{cite book|author=David F. Lonergan|title=Hit Records, 1950-1975|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NP6OdDrutyAC&q=%22Don%27t+Ask+Me+Why%22+%22Elvis+Presley%22&pg=PA48|year=2005|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-5129-0|pages=48–}}

In 1958 the song was released on a single as a flipside to "Hard Headed Woman",{{cite book|author=Ernst Jorgensen|title=Elvis Presley: A Life In Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=igH2AgAAQBAJ&q=%22Don%27t+Ask+Me+Why%22+%22Elvis+Presley%22&pg=PT6322|date=22 April 2014|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-1-4668-6855-7|pages=632–}}{{cite book|author=James Gregory|title=The Elvis Presley Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ETBPDAAAQBAJ&q=%22Don%27t+Ask+Me+Why%22+%22Elvis+Presley%22&pg=PT198|date=6 June 2016|publisher=Edizioni Savine|isbn=978-88-96365-97-7|pages=198–}} another song from the same movie.{{cite book|author=Richard Aquila|title=That Old-time Rock & Roll: A Chronicle of an Era, 1954-1963|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uJxfiKtxrRsC&q=%22Don%27t+Ask+Me+Why%22+%22Elvis+Presley%22&pg=PA124|year=1989|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-06919-2|pages=124–}} In the United States "Don't Ask Me Why" peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Hard Headed Woman" was number 1 for two weeks.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/elvis-presley-mn0000180228/awards|title=Elvis Presley - Awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305213019/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/elvis-presley-mn0000180228/awards|archive-date=2016-03-05|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2017-01-02|url-status=dead}}

The single "Hard Headed Woman / Don't Ask Me Why" was among the most popular singles of the whole year 1958 in the United States: Billboard ranked it number 49 on the year-end Popular chart (a recapitulation of the Billboard's Pop Singles chart for the year) and number 17 on the year-end Country and Western chart (a recapitulation of the Billboard's C&W chart). The single was certified Planinum by the RIAA.{{cite book|title=Elvis Presley: The King of Rock 'n' Roll|year=1989|url=https://archive.org/details/elvistributetohi0000doll|url-access=registration|quote=Don't Ask Me Why Elvis Presley.|publisher=epubli|pages=[https://archive.org/details/elvistributetohi0000doll/page/78 78]–|isbn=9780881766653 |id=GGKEY:5FFUR579ZGT}}{{cite book|author=Peter E. Berry|title=... and the Hits Just Keep on Comin' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tUj6Pt5U3-EC&q=%22Don%27t+Ask+Me+Why%22+%22Elvis+Presley%22&pg=PA2466|year=1977|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-0135-7|pages=246–}}