(I Don't Know Why) But I Do

R&B song written by Paul Gayten and Bobby Charles (I Don't Know Why) But I Do ButIDoClarenceHenry.gif single Clarence "Frogman" Henry You Always Hurt the One You Love Just My Baby and Me February 1961 Cosimo (New Orleans, Louisiana)Broven John Cosimo Matassa https://acerecords.co.uk/news/2014/cosimo-matassa Ace Records September 12, 2014 August 19, 2024 R&B 2:15 Argo Paul Gayten Robert Guidry On Bended Knee 1961 You Always Hurt the One You Love 1961 UbfJ3t3CwBc "I Don't Know Why I Love You But I Do" (live) "(I Don't Know Why) But I Do" is an R&B song written by Paul Gayten and Bobby Charles (as Robert Guidry), and performed by Clarence "Frogman" Henry. Original version It was Henry's biggest U.S. hit, reaching No. 4 in early 1961. The B-side on the single release was "Just My Baby and Me". On its initial release in December 1960, the U.S. release on the Argo record label was titled "I Don't Know Why". However, about ten weeks later, Argo announced that due to confusion arising from the song being mistaken for the 1931 song called "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)", they changed the name of this song to "But I Do".https://books.google.com/books?id=TCIEAAAAMBAJ&q=5378&pg=PA40 Billboard March 13, 1961 40 Books.google.com 13 March 1961 The UK release on the Pye label and the Australian release on the Coronet label were both titled "But I Do". The UK version spent 19 weeks in the charts and peaked at No. 3 in the first week of May 1961.Rice T, Rice J, Read M & Gambaccini P, Guinness Book of Hits of the 60s. Guinness, London, 1984, p.75 (0-85112-416-X) The song was made popular again after its use in a 1993 UK television commercial for the Fiat Cinquecento,https://www.discogs.com/Clarence-Frogman-Henry-I-Dont-Know-Why-But-I-Do/release/8208092 Clarence "Frogman" Henry - (I Don't Know Why) But I Do Discogs 1993 4 September 2018 appearances in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, the 1999 film Mickey Blue Eyes, and a 2019 commercial for Expedia and its ability to provide dog-friendly hotel accommodations.https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ovRb/expedia-pet-friendly-spa-weekend-song-by-clarence-frogman-henry Expedia TV Commercial, 'Pet Friendly Spa Weekend' Song by Clarence "Frogman" Henry live https://web.archive.org/web/20200203125034/https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ovRb/expedia-pet-friendly-spa-weekend-song-by-clarence-frogman-henry 2020-02-03 Chart history 71% Weekly charts Chart (1961)PeakpositionUK 3Italy55Canada CHUM Charthttp://chumtribute.com/61-04-03-chart.jpg CHUM Hit Parade - April 4, 1961 Chumtribute.com2New Zealand Lever hit paradehttps://web.archive.org/web/20210208152235/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1961&qmonth=May&qweek=25-May-1961#n_view_location6U.S. Billboard Hot 1004U.S. Billboard R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004 Whitburn Joel Joel Whitburn 2004 Record Research 2539U.S. Cash Box Top 100http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/19610422.html Cash Box Top 100 4/22/61 Tropicalglen.com 4 September 20184 Year-end charts Chart (1961)RankUK http://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/61chart.htm#top100 Sixties City - Pop Music Charts - Every Week Of The Sixties Sixtiescity.net 4 September 201824U.S. Billboard Hot 100http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1961.htm Top 100 Hits of 1961/Top 100 Songs of 1961 Musicoutfitters.com 4 September 201843U.S. Cash Box http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1961YESP.html Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1961 Tropicalglen.com 4 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20150517014413/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1961YESP.html 17 May 2015 dead39 Bobby Vinton cover But I Do But_I_Do_-_Bobby_Vinton.jpg single Bobby Vinton When You Love December 1972 Pop 2:21 Epic Paul Gayten/Robert Guidry Sealed with a Kiss 1972 Hurt 1973 Bobby Vinton covered "But I Do" in 1972. His version reached No. 82 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 71 on the Cash Box chart in early 1973.http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19730210.html Cash Box Top 100 2/10/73 Tropicalglen.com 4 September 2018 It also reached No. 27 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Joel Whitburn Joel Whitburn 1993 Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 Record Research 248 The song also charted in Canada on both the Pop chart (No. 72) and Adult Contemporary (No. 23) chart, where it made its best showing.https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?IdNumber=3081&app=rpm Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada Collectionscanada.gc.ca 1973-03-13 2017-04-04https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?IdNumber=3072&app=rpm Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada Collectionscanada.gc.ca 1973-03-03 2017-04-04 Chart history Chart (1972–73)PeakpositionCanada RPM Top Singles72Canada RPM Adult Contemporary23US Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - 0-89820-089-X82US Billboard Adult Contemporary27US Cash Box Top 10071 References "Billboard". Billboard Hot 100 airplay and sales charts. Retrieved June 11, 2006. 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