Why Can’t I Be You?

~ Release by The Cure (see all versions of this release, 7 available)

Tracklist

17" Vinyl
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AWhy Can’t I Be You?
assistant producer:
Sean Burrows, Michel Dierickx (Belgian producer & engineer, aka ‘Shelle’) and Jacques Hermet
producer and mixer:
David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Boris Williams
electric bass guitar:
Simon Gallup
electric guitar:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) and Porl Thompson
keyboard:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Lol Tolhurst
lead vocals:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra/Asylum Records (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1987)
recorded at:
Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, ICP Recording Studios in Brussels (Brussels-Capital Region), Belgium and Studio Miraval in Le Val, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France
music videos:
Why Can’t I Be You? by The Cure
recording of:
Why Can’t I Be You?
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams
publisher:
APB Music Co.
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BA Japanese Dream
producer:
David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer, mainly new‐wave/synth‐pop/goth) and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
recording of:
A Japanese Dream
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams
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