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Why Cant I Be You?
The Cure
Discográfica: Fiction · · Productor: Robert Smith , Dave Allen
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Why Can`t I Be You?
The Cure •
1987 /04 /06 Side 1
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A Japanese Dream
The Cure •
1987 /04 /06 Side 1
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3:27 |
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Why Can`t I Be You?
The Cure •
1987 /04 /06 Side 1
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3:13 |
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A Japanese Dream
The Cure •
1987 /04 /06 Side 1
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3:30 |
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Six Different Ways
The Cure •
w: Live •
1987 /04 /06 Side 1
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0:00 |
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Push
The Cure •
w: Live •
1987 /04 /06 Side 1
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0:00 |
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Why Can`t I Be You?
The Cure •
w: 12 Remix •
1987 /04 /06 Live tracks taken from the con
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A Japanese Dream
The Cure •
w: 12 Remix •
1987 /04 /06 Live tracks taken from the con
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Why Can`t I Be You?
The Cure •
w: 12 Remix •
1987 /04 /06 Remixed by Franͧois Kevorki
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A Japanese Dream
The Cure •
w: 12 Remix •
1987 /04 /06 Remixed by Franͧois Kevorki
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0:00 |
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Hey You!!!
The Cure •
1987 /04 /06 Remixed by Franͧois Kevorki
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2:23 |
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12
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Why Can`t I Be You?
The Cure •
w: Video •
1987 /04 /06 Remixed by Franͧois Kevorki
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0:00 |
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Album
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Fecha Lanzamiento: 26 Mayo 1987 · Fecha Grabación: 1986 - 1987Discográfica: Fiction · Estudio de Grabación: Miraval (Correns, France); Compass Point (Nassau, Bahamas)[a] · Productor: David M. Allen , Robert Smith
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The Kiss
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1985 /08 /30
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6:14 |
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Catch
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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2:44 |
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Torture
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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4:18 |
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If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
The Cure •
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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4:53 |
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Why Can't I Be You?
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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3:14 |
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How Beautiful You Are
The Cure •
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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5:14 |
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The Snakepit
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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6:59 |
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Just Like Heaven
The Cure •
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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3:32 |
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All I Want
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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5:22 |
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Hot Hot Hot!!!
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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3:35 |
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One More Time
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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4:32 |
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12
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Like Cockatoos
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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3:40 |
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Icing Sugar
The Cure •
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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3:49 |
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The Perfect Girl
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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2:34 |
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A Thousand Hours
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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3:24 |
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Shiver And Shake
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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3:29 |
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Fight
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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4:27 |
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Hey You!!!
The Cure •
The Cure •
w: Robert Smith; all music is composed by the Cure (Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams) •
1987 /05 /26
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2:21 |
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| Single by the Cure | ||||
| from the album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me | ||||
| B-side | "A Japanese Dream" | |||
| Released | 6 April 1987[1] | |||
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| Length | 3:14 | |||
| Label | Fiction | |||
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Review
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1987 single by the Cure
"Why Can`t I Be You?" is a song by the English rock band the Cure, released as the lead single on the 6 April 1987 from their album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me.
History
"Why Can`t I Be You?" was the first single released from the album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me—the band`s seventh LP. On 14 April 1987, it peaked at number 21 on UK Singles Chart.[5] In the United States that same year, the song reached number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100, while a remix of the track charted at numbers eight and 27 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales and the Dance Music/Club Play Singles charts, respectively.[6]
Music video
The video for "Why Can`t I Be You?" was filmed in early 1987, in between rehearsals for the Cure`s first South American tour. It was directed by Tim Pope, a past video collaborator of the group`s. Filmed in a Ardmore Studios in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland,[7][8] the video featured the band members performing what biographer Jeff Apter referred to as "some of the most poorly choreographed dancing ever seen on MTV". All five band members wore costumes: Robert Smith dressed as a bear and as school-girl in a pinafore dress, Simon Gallup was costume as both a crow and a Morris dancer, Porl Thompson was a Scotsman as well as cross-dressed, Boris Williams was a schoolgirl & a vampire and Lol Tolhurst wore blackface and then a bumblebee costume. Pope referred to the clip as "the video I`ve always wanted to make".[9]
Reception
In the NME`s review of the single, writer Donald McRae singled out Smith`s voice as the sole element of the song that "doesn`t shout `TEEN FUN`". Nonetheless, he praised the band, and concluded, "Shameless and cheap enough to steal Wham`s `Young Guns` riff, this ditty will soon be another Top of the Pops cracker".[10]
Stewart Mason of Allmusic described the song as having "the remarkable ability to be simultaneously incredibly catchy and frankly rather annoying", noting it as an " antic, herky-jerky" successor to previous singles such as "Let`s Go to Bed" and "The Love Cats".[2] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, also of Allmusic, called it "deceptively bouncy" and noted it as a high point of the album and helps make it "one of the group`s very best".[11]
Track listing
7"
Fiction / Fics 25 (UK)
- "Why Can`t I Be You?" (3:12)
- "A Japanese Dream" (3:27)
2x7"
Fiction / Ficsg 25 (UK)
- "Why Can`t I Be You?" (3:13)
- "A Japanese Dream" (3:30)
- "Six Different Ways (Live)" (3:32)
- "Push (Live)" (4:42)
Live tracks taken from the concert film The Cure in Orange
12"
Fiction / Ficsx 25 (UK)
- "Why Can`t I Be You? (12" Remix)" (7:58)
- "A Japanese Dream (12" Remix)" (5:42)
Remixed by François Kevorkian and Ron St. Germain
CD Video / 080 184-2 (UK)
- "Why Can`t I Be You? (12" Remix)" (8:10)
- "A Japanese Dream (12" Remix)" (5:52)
- "Hey You!!!" (2:23)
- "Why Can`t I Be You? (Video)" (3:31)
Video directed by Tim Pope
Personnel
- Robert Smith - Vocals, Guitar
- Porl Thompson - Guitar
- Simon Gallup - Bass
- Boris Williams - Drums
- François Kevorkian, Ron St. Germain - Remix
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1987 single by the Cure
"Why Can`t I Be You?" is a song by the English rock band the Cure, released as the lead single on the 6 April 1987 from their album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me.
History
"Why Can`t I Be You?" was the first single released from the album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me—the band`s seventh LP. On 14 April 1987, it peaked at number 21 on UK Singles Chart.[5] In the United States that same year, the song reached number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100, while a remix of the track charted at numbers eight and 27 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales and the Dance Music/Club Play Singles charts, respectively.[6]
Music video
The video for "Why Can`t I Be You?" was filmed in early 1987, in between rehearsals for the Cure`s first South American tour. It was directed by Tim Pope, a past video collaborator of the group`s. Filmed in a Ardmore Studios in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland,[7][8] the video featured the band members performing what biographer Jeff Apter referred to as "some of the most poorly choreographed dancing ever seen on MTV". All five band members wore costumes: Robert Smith dressed as a bear and as school-girl in a pinafore dress, Simon Gallup was costume as both a crow and a Morris dancer, Porl Thompson was a Scotsman as well as cross-dressed, Boris Williams was a schoolgirl & a vampire and Lol Tolhurst wore blackface and then a bumblebee costume. Pope referred to the clip as "the video I`ve always wanted to make".[9]
Reception
In the NME`s review of the single, writer Donald McRae singled out Smith`s voice as the sole element of the song that "doesn`t shout `TEEN FUN`". Nonetheless, he praised the band, and concluded, "Shameless and cheap enough to steal Wham`s `Young Guns` riff, this ditty will soon be another Top of the Pops cracker".[10]
Stewart Mason of Allmusic described the song as having "the remarkable ability to be simultaneously incredibly catchy and frankly rather annoying", noting it as an " antic, herky-jerky" successor to previous singles such as "Let`s Go to Bed" and "The Love Cats".[2] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, also of Allmusic, called it "deceptively bouncy" and noted it as a high point of the album and helps make it "one of the group`s very best".[11]
Track listing
7"
Fiction / Fics 25 (UK)
- "Why Can`t I Be You?" (3:12)
- "A Japanese Dream" (3:27)
2x7"
Fiction / Ficsg 25 (UK)
- "Why Can`t I Be You?" (3:13)
- "A Japanese Dream" (3:30)
- "Six Different Ways (Live)" (3:32)
- "Push (Live)" (4:42)
Live tracks taken from the concert film The Cure in Orange
12"
Fiction / Ficsx 25 (UK)
- "Why Can`t I Be You? (12" Remix)" (7:58)
- "A Japanese Dream (12" Remix)" (5:42)
Remixed by François Kevorkian and Ron St. Germain
CD Video / 080 184-2 (UK)
- "Why Can`t I Be You? (12" Remix)" (8:10)
- "A Japanese Dream (12" Remix)" (5:52)
- "Hey You!!!" (2:23)
- "Why Can`t I Be You? (Video)" (3:31)
Video directed by Tim Pope
Personnel
- Robert Smith - Vocals, Guitar
- Porl Thompson - Guitar
- Simon Gallup - Bass
- Boris Williams - Drums
- François Kevorkian, Ron St. Germain - Remix