Why Not Me (Fred Knoblock song)

"Why Not Me"
Single by Fred Knobloch
from the album Why Not Me
B-side	"Can I Get A Wish"
Released	1980
Genre	Soft rock[1]
Length	3:43
Label	Scotti Brothers
Songwriter(s)	Fred Knobloch Carson Whitsett
Producer(s)	James Stroud
Fred Knobloch singles chronology
"Why Not Me" (1980) "Let Me Love You" (1980)

"Why Not Me" is a 1980 single by Fred Knobloch. The song was written by Knobloch along with Carson Whitsett. The song is sung from the point of view of a man attending the wedding of his former girlfriend and sadly wondering why he's not in the groom's position.

"Why Not Me" was a successful release on the Adult Contemporary chart reaching the number one spot. The single spent two weeks at number one and peaked at number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100.^[2] "Why Not Me" also peaked at number thirty on the country chart.^[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1980)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	18
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	30

References

1. "Explore: Soft Rock | Top Songs | AllMusic". 2011-11-12. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 138.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 193.