Why I'm Here
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"Why I'm Here" is a song by American hard rock band Oleander. It was released the lead single from their major label debut album, February Son, in January 1999. The track was previously included on Oleander's eponymous EP in 1996 and their independent LP, Shrinking the Blob, in 1997. Despite comparisons to Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box," or perhaps because of them,[1] "Why I'm Here" would become Oleander's highest-charting song in the United States. The promotional CD single of "Why I'm Here" includes both the album version and a "No Strings Attached" version that omits the violin.
Composition
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Reception
AllMusic's Heather Phares named "Why I'm Here" one of three AMG Album Picks in her review of Oleander's album February Son. She regarded it as among the band's "finest post-grunge-isms." However, Noel Murray of The A.V. Club viewed the song more negatively, regarding Oleander as "[arriving] too late for grunge and too early for emo." He elaborated that "the band gamely struggles to justify its existence to major-label masters who can hear something marketable, but can't figure out who'd want to buy it."[2]
Track listing
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Charts
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References
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