Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? is the debut studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries. Released on 1 March 1993 through Island Records after four EPs, it is both the band's first full-length album and major label release. The album was written entirely by the band's lead singer Dolores O'Riordan and guitarist Noel Hogan and contains the band's highest charting US single, "Linger". Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? was a commercial success, reaching number one on both the UK and Irish albums charts. On 24 June 1994, it became the fifth album in rock history to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart more than a year after its release.