High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "So Why So Sad" was released by Manic Street Preachers in 2001 and was jointly the first single to be released from the Know Your Enemy album. All three members of the band - James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire - share the writing credits. The song includes the line "a burnt down expressway to your soul" - a reference to the final track on Sonic Youth`s EVOL album.