Why Haven't I Heard from You

"Why Haven't I Heard from You"
"Why Haven't I Heard from You"
Single by Reba McEntire
from the album Read My Mind
B-side	"If I Had Only Known"
Released	March 21, 1994
Genre	Country
Length	3:27
Label	MCA 54823
Songwriter(s)	Sandy Knox; T. W. Hale;
Producer(s)	Tony Brown; Reba McEntire;
Reba McEntire singles chronology
Music video
	"Why Haven't I Heard from You" on YouTube

"Why Haven't I Heard from You" is a song written by Sandy Knox and T. W. Hale, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released on March 21, 1994 by MCA Records as the first single from her nineteenth album, Read My Mind (1994). The song was produced by McEntire with Tony Brown, and reached number five on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 1994.^[1] It debuted at number 60 on the chart for the week of April 9, 1994.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard magazine wrote, "On this first single from her forthcoming album, Reba returns successfully to her sassy 'Take It Back' mode. A full-blown horn section and a giant gospel choir are not-so-gentle reminders that she's expanded her boundaries way beyond traditional country."^[2] Pan-European magazine Music & Media named it a "gospel-framed" single and a "happy-go-lucky rocker", "destined for the A1 button on many jukeboxes."^[3]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Why Haven't I Heard from You" was directed by Jon Small and premiered on CMT on March 23, 1994, as their "Hot Shot Video of the Week". It starts with Reba and her co-star boyfriend in a restaurant with a mariachi band playing in the background. The boyfriend asks her to “go away together,” and, after a ponderous think about it, she says “YES!!!” The boyfriend then says “I’ll call you at the Hollywood Parlor, at 7.” The word “7” echos as the main set is revealed (a beauty parlor) and the song begins.

Reba is then shown with 4 other women trying on various disguises, getting her nails and face done, and performing. Reba waits impatiently by the parlor’s phone for her boyfriend’s call. During the final chorus, Reba and 4 women are seen in black and white outfits and top hats as they sing on a grand stage. It then goes back to the restaurant, where Reba is seen initially dozing, but after her boyfriend says her character’s name, she confronts him, saying “You didn’t even call! How dare you leave me in that beauty shop all day!” The video ends as the mariachi band finishes their performance. The video set was built in such a way that the restaurant set was actually built directly in front of the main salon set. It took two days to film.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	4
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)^[5]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[7]	60
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[8]	43

References

^ Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
^ Flick, Larry (April 16, 1994). "Single Reviews: Country" (PDF). Billboard. p. 63. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
^ "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 25. June 18, 1994. p. 10. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9116." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 11, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
^ "Best of 1994: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

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[1] Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks

[2] Flick, Larry (April 16, 1994). "Single Reviews: Country" (PDF). Billboard. p. 63. Retrieved May 11, 2025.

[3] "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 25. June 18, 1994. p. 10. Retrieved May 14, 2025.

[sc_Canadacountry_-4] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9116." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 11, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

[sc_Billboardbubbling100_Reba_McEntire-5] "Reba McEntire Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Reba_McEntire-6] "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[7] "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

[8] "Best of 1994: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

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Albums Singles Videos
1970s	"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (with Jacky Ward) "Sweet Dreams"
1980s	"(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" "I Can See Forever in Your Eyes" "I Don't Think Love Ought to Be That Way" "Today All Over Again" "Only You (And You Alone)" "I'm Not That Lonely Yet" "Can't Even Get the Blues" "You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving" "Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)" "There Ain't No Future in This" "Just a Little Love" "He Broke Your Memory Last Night" "How Blue" "Somebody Should Leave" "Have I Got a Deal for You" "Only in My Mind" "Whoever's in New England" "Little Rock" "What Am I Gonna Do About You" "Let the Music Lift You Up" "One Promise Too Late" "The Last One to Know" "Love Will Find Its Way to You" "A Sunday Kind of Love" "I Know How He Feels" "New Fool at an Old Game" "Cathy's Clown" "'Til Love Comes Again" "Little Girl"
1990s	"Walk On" "You Lie" "Rumor Has It" "Fancy" "Fallin' Out of Love" "For My Broken Heart" "Is There Life Out There" "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" "Take It Back" "The Heart Won't Lie" (with Vince Gill) "It's Your Call" "Does He Love You" (with Linda Davis) "They Asked About You" "Why Haven't I Heard from You" "She Thinks His Name Was John" "Till You Love Me" "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" "And Still" "On My Own" "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" "Starting Over Again" "You Keep Me Hangin' On" "The Fear of Being Alone" "How Was I to Know" "I'd Rather Ride Around with You" "What If It's You" "If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Brooks & Dunn) "Forever Love" "Wrong Night" "One Honest Heart" "What Do You Say"
2000s	"I'll Be" "We're So Good Together" "I'm a Survivor" "Sweet Music Man" "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain" "Somebody" "He Gets That from Me" "My Sister" "You're Gonna Be (Always Loved by Me)" "Love Needs a Holiday" "Because of You" (with Kelly Clarkson) "The Only Promise That Remains" (with Justin Timberlake) "Every Other Weekend" (with Kenny Chesney or Skip Ewing) "Strange" "Consider Me Gone"
2010s	"I Keep On Loving You" "Turn On the Radio" "If I Were a Boy" "When Love Gets a Hold of You" "Somebody's Chelsea" "Going Out Like That" "Until They Don't Love You" "Just Like Them Horses" "Softly and Tenderly" "Back to God" "God and My Girlfriends" "Freedom"
2020s	"Does He Love You" (with Dolly Parton) "I Can't"
Other singles	"Mind Your Own Business" (with Hank Williams Jr.) "Oklahoma Swing" (with Vince Gill) "What If" "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Brooks & Dunn) "Forever Country" (with Various artists) "Be a Light" (with Thomas Rhett)