Why’s It So Hard
~ Recording by Madonna
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.11 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Erotica (explicit) | Madonna | Album | Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9362-45031-2 | |
| 1.11 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Erotica (censored) | Madonna | Album |
| Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 45154-2 |
| 1.11 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Erotica (explicit) | Madonna | Album |
| Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 45031-2 |
| 1.11 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Erotica (explicit) | Madonna | Album |
| Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann), Sire Records | WPCP-5000 |
| 1.11 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Erotica (censored) | Madonna | Album |
| Sire Records | W2 45154 |
| 1.11 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Erotica (censored) | Madonna | Album |
| Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9362-45154-2 |
| 1.11 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Erotica | Madonna | Album |
| Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9362-45031-2 |
| 1.11 | Why's It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Erotica (Club Edition) | Madonna | Album |
| Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.) | W2 45154 |
| 1.11 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Erotica (explicit) | Madonna | Album |
| Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 45031-2 |
| 1.11 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Erotica | Madonna | Album |
| Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9362-45031-2 |
| 1.11 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Erotica | Madonna | Album |
| Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | WPCR-75217 |
| 5.11 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | The Complete Studio Albums (1983-2008) | Madonna | Album + Compilation |
| Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 8122797404 |
| 1.11 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Erotica | Madonna | Album |
| Sire Records | |
| 2.3 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Erotica | Madonna | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 02962 |
| 1.11 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Erotica (PA Version) (explicit) | Madonna | Album |
| Sire Records, Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.9 | Why’s It So Hard | 5:23 | Madonna | Golden Collection 2000 | Madonna | Album + Compilation |
| Lighthouse (Russian bootleg label) | |
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Robin Hancock (UK music engineer/remixer/producer) Dennis Mitchell (engineer) |
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| programming: | Shep Pettibone Tony Shimkin |
| engineer: | Robin Hancock (UK music engineer/remixer/producer) ゴウ・ホトダ Dennis Mitchell (engineer) |
| producer: | Madonna (“Queen of Pop”) Shep Pettibone |
| mixer: | ゴウ・ホトダ |
| additional keyboard: | Joey Moskowitz |
| guitar: | Paul Pesco |
| keyboard: | Shep Pettibone Tony Shimkin |
| background vocals: | Donna De Lory Niki Haris (US singer and dancer) Tony Shimkin |
| lead vocals: | Madonna (“Queen of Pop”) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Sire Records Company (not for release label use!) (in 1992) |
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| recording of: | Why’s It So Hard |
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Related works
Why’s It So Hard
| writer: | Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone (“Queen of Pop”) Shep Pettibone |
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