Why Can’t I Be You?
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist: | Robert Smith |
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| composer: | Simon Gallup Robert Smith Porl Thompson Lol Tolhurst Boris Williams |
| publisher: | APB Music Co. |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/The-cure-why-cant-i-be-you-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/85618 [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0007206846 [info] |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1986-06-21 | Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1987-12-06: NEC, Birmingham, UK) | live | The Cure | ?:?? |
| 1986-06 | Why Can’t I Be You? (Beethoven St studio demo 06.86) | The Cure | 2:16 | |
| 1987-07-13 | Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1987‐07‐13: Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:10 |
| 1987-07-13 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1987-07-13: Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA, USA) | live | The Cure | 4:57 |
| 1987-07-13 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1987-07-13: Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA, USA) | live | The Cure | 4:41 |
| 1987-07-13 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1987-07-13: Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA, USA) | live | The Cure | 4:37 |
| 1987-11-19 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1987‐11‐19: Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain) | live | The Cure | ?:?? |
| 1987-12-06 | Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1987-12-06: Birmingham N.E.C., Birmingham, UK) | live | The Cure | ?:?? |
| 1987-12 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1987‐12: Wembley Arena, London, England, UK) | live | The Cure | 7:43 |
| 1987 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1987) | live | The Cure | 7:35 |
| 1989-06-09 | Why Can’t I Be You / The Lovecats (live, 1989-06-09: Palasport, Torino, Italy) | live and medley | The Cure | 8:11 |
| 1989-09-10 | Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1989‐09‐10: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA) | live | The Cure | 7:39 |
| 1989-09-15 | Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1989-09-15: Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:36 |
| 1990-06-23 | Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1990‐06‐23: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, England, UK) | live | The Cure | 4:02 |
| 1990-06-23 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1990-06-23: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Glastonbury, UK) | live | The Cure | 4:05 |
| 1990-06-23 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1990‐06‐23: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, England, UK) | live | The Cure | 3:51 |
| 1990-07-06 | Why Can't I Be You? (live, 1990-07-06: Centre des Sports, Leysin, Switzerland) | live | The Cure | 5:57 |
| 1990-07-08 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1990-07-08: Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium) | live | The Cure | 5:31 |
| 1991-01-19 | Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1991‐01‐19: Wembley Arena, London, England, UK) | live | The Cure | 3:35 |
| 1991-01-19 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1991-01-19: Wembley Arena, London, UK) | live | The Cure | 3:53 |
| 1992-07-18 – 1992-07-19 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1992-07: The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI, USA) | live | The Cure | ?:?? |
| 1996-01-26 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1996‐01‐26: Hollywood Rock Festival, Praça da Apoteose, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | live | The Cure | 3:51 |
| 1996-08-10 | Why Can't I Be You? (1996-08-10: Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | The Cure | ?:?? |
| 1996-10-15 | Why Can’t I Be You? / The Lovecats (live, 1996‐10‐15: Palais Omnisports Paris, Bercy, France) | live and medley | The Cure | 6:44 |
| 1997-10-28 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1997‐10‐28: American Legion Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:28 |
| 1997-10-31 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1997‐10‐31: Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:27 |
| 1997-10-31 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1997-10-31: Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA) | live | The Cure | 4:01 |
| 1997-12-17 | Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1997-12-17: Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK) | live | The Cure | 3:18 |
| 2001-08-13 | Why Can’t I Be You? (acoustic) | The Cure | 3:29 | |
| 2001-11-23 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2001‐11‐23: La Scène, Paris, France) | live | The Cure | ?:?? |
| 2001-11-23 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2001-11-23: La Scène, Paris, France) | live | The Cure | ?:?? |
| 2004-05-02 | Why Can’t I Be You (live, 2004‐05‐02: Coachella Festival, Indio, CA, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:26 |
| 2005-08-18 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2005‐08‐18: Amphithéâtre d’Avenches, Avenches, Switzerland) | live | The Cure | 3:24 |
| 2005-09-03 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2005‐09‐03: Hezarfen Airport, Istanbul, Turkey) | live | The Cure | 4:02 |
| 2005-09-14 | Why Can't I Be You? | cover and live | Sonic Animation | 3:25 |
| 2006-04-01 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2006-04-01: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK) | live | The Cure | ?:?? |
| 2011-09-10 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2011-09-10: Robin Hill Country Park, Newport, UK) | live | The Cure | 3:27 |
| 2012-06-01 | Why Can’t I Be You (live, 2012‐06‐01: Primavera Sound, Parc del Fòrum, Barcelona, Spain) | live | The Cure | 4:14 |
| 2016-06-10 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2016‐06‐10: UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:23 |
| 2016-06-18 | Why Can’t I Be You (live, 2016-06-18: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:23 |
| 2016-06-18 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2016‐06‐18: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:23 |
| 2016-06-19 | Why Can’t I Be You (live, 2016‐06‐19: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:19 |
| 2016-12-01 | Why Can’t I Be You (live, 2016‐12‐01: The SSE Arena, Wembley, London, UK) | live | The Cure | 3:34 |
| 2018-07-07 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2018-07-07: The Great Oak Stage, Hyde Park, London, UK) | live | The Cure | 3:16 |
| 2018-07-07 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2018-07-07: The Great Oak Stage, Hyde Park, London, UK) | live | The Cure | 3:16 |
| 2019-06-30 | Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2019‐06‐30: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, UK) | live | The Cure | ?:?? |
| 2019-08-23 | Why Can’t Be You? (live, 2019-08-23: Rock en Seine, Saint-Cloud, France) | live | The Cure | 4:12 |
| Why Can't I Be You | cover | We Are the World | 3:30 | |
| Why Can't I Be You | cover | Josh Rouse | 3:16 | |
| Why Can't I Be You | cover | Plastic Noise Experience | 3:47 | |
| Why Can't I Be You (extended mix) | The Cure | 5:42 | ||
| Why Can't I Be You? (Por que no puedo ser tú) | cover | Don Pepe | 4:01 | |
| Why Can’t I Be Me | The Cure | 4:17 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be Me? (Takin’ Off B‐side) | The Cure | 4:17 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 2012‐05‐26: Pinkpop Festival, Megaland, Landgraaf, NL) | live | The Cure | 3:16 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1996‐10‐30: Palau dels Esports, Barcelona, Spain) | The Cure | 6:45 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You (demo) | The Cure | 3:09 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 2008‐12‐13: Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:18 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1992-07-13: Target Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:25 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (1996‐10‐15: Palais Omnisports Paris, Bercy, France) | live | The Cure | 6:54 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1992‐10‐13: Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany) | live | The Cure | 4:20 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 2016‐06‐20: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:20 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You | The Cure | 3:20 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1995-07-14: Gurten, Bern, Switzerland) | live | The Cure | 3:23 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You | live | The Cure | 7:50 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1997‐12‐17: Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK) | live | The Cure | 3:37 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1992‐06‐16: Estadio Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico) | live | The Cure | 3:30 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1996‐01‐26: Praça da Apoteose, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | live | The Cure | ?:?? | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 2019‐06‐14: Nova Rock Festival, Nickelsdorf, Austria) | live | The Cure | 3:17 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 2019‐07‐25: Paleo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland) | live | The Cure | ?:?? | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1997-06-13: 105 BFD IV Beach Ball Festival, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA, USA) | live | The Cure | ?:?? | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 2008‐05‐31: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:12 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 2019‐07‐06: Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark) | live | The Cure | ?:?? | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1987‐12‐09: Wembley Arena, London, UK) | The Cure | 7:41 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1990‐08‐04: Festwiese am Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany) | The Cure | 6:30 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 2019‐07‐11: NOS ALIVE! Festival, Oeiras, Portugal) | live | The Cure | 3:21 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You (live, 1991‐01‐19: Wembley Arena, London, England, UK) | The Cure | ?:?? | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You | cover | Di Vi Kappa 3 | 3:34 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You | The Cure | 3:14 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You (demo 1987) | The Cure | 2:16 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You (Kevorkian / Germain US remix) | The Cure | 7:50 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You (Kevorkian/Germain remix) | The Cure | 7:50 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You (Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me demo 1986) | The Cure | ?:?? | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You (Miraval Studio demo, France, 1986) | The Cure | 3:09 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1992‐07‐11: Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, MO, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:48 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1990-07-06: Centre des Sports, Leysin, Switzerland) | live | The Cure | 5:57 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You? (live) | live | The Cure | 4:44 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1992-07-01: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | The Cure | 4:43 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1990‐07‐08: Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium) | live | The Cure | 5:28 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You? | The Cure | 3:11 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2016‐07‐28: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia) | live | The Cure | 3:35 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2019‐06‐28: Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium) | live | The Cure | 3:23 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You? | cover | Wynona Bleach | 3:59 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2019‐06‐21: Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany) | live | The Cure | 3:49 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2013‐11‐03: City Park, New Orleans, LA, USA) | live | The Cure | 3:12 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You? | The Cure | 3:05 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You? | The Cure | 3:11 | ||
| Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 2012‐07‐09: Ippodromo delle Capannelle, Rome, Italy) | live | The Cure | 3:22 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1991‐01‐17: The Town & Country Club 2, London, England, UK) | live | The Cure | 3:38 | |
| Why Can’t I Be You? (live, 1987-12-06: NEC Arena, Birmingham, UK) | The Cure | 3:30 | ||
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