"Why" Did They Write This? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Why Go

Eddie Vedder has spoken of the young girl this song was written about on several occasions and even dedicated the song to her in the album liner notes. A young girl named Heather was admitted to a mental institution and kept there for an extended period of time against her wishes.

This song expresses deep disdain for the medical profession and the amount of fraud that is prevalent in it.

Answer: Ask Me Why

Legend has it that this song is one of the first ones recorded during The Beatles audition for Parlophone when Pete Best was their drummer, but there are no recordings that have survived through today. This song has some obvious influence from Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, a group that was a huge influence on John Lennon's early writing.

Answer: Why Can't We be Friends?

This song was the response to the band touring in Japan and wondering why any sort of racism could exist in the world. The band was a melting pot of members and they promoted racial harmony through their music. The band Smash Mouth recorded a cover of this song and released it on their "Fush Yu Mang" release of 1997.

Answer: I Can't Tell You Why

This song is the first hit single to feature Timothy B. Schmidt on lead vocals. Released on the 1979 release, "The Long Run", the song "I Can't Tell You Why" went on to be a huge hit for the band as has been a staple of pop radio for many years. The song was written as a collaboration between Schmidt, Glenn Frey and Don Henley.

Answer: Why Does Love Got to be so Sad?

The love affair between Patti Boyd and Eric Clapton has been the source of several songs written by Clapton. I guess when you're messing around with a friend's wife, who just happens to be a Beatle (George Harrison is who we're talking about here), you're likely to have some guilt.

This song was written in England by Clapton and Whitlock after the two had formed a friendship during their time in Bonnie and Delaney.

Answer: Why Can't this be Love?

In a very classless act, nobody except Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar attended the band's induction ceremony into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This song was performed with Paul Schaffer's band providing backing duties. The internal struggles of the band's members prevented them from all taking the stage at the same time in an effort to provide their fans with a moment for the ages.

Answer: Why Do Girls Love Horses?

Adam Ant released this compilation album in 1994 as a "thank you" to all of his fans who had wanted to hear some of the harder to find music that had either appeared as B-sides or as special 7" discs. A couple of the songs included on this album were "Juanito the Bandito" and "Human Bondage Den", both of which were pretty good songs.

Answer: Why I Am

This song is truly about mortality and that's a subject Dave Matthews was faced with when his friend and bandmate perished after sustaining injuries in a recreational vehicle accident. Much of the music had been recorded before Moore's passing, so it was a great opportunity for Matthews to dedicate this song to Moore's life.

The song was the second single released from the "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King".

Answer: Why You Wanna Trip on Me?

Michael co-wrote this song with his producer Teddy Riley, who also provided the guitar work on the song. The song's lyrics talked about world hunger, a poor education system, gang violence and homelessness, all topics he considered more worthy of attention than himself.

Answer: Why Didn't Rosemary?

This is the last album released that featured the band's original lineup. After the release of this album, bassist Nick Simper and vocalist Rod Evans were replaced. This album wasn't one of the better selling of the original Deep Purple albums, but it did have some high points, including this song. I've heard that the song was written after the band saw the movie "Rosemary's Baby", but that could possibly just be old folk lore.