Why Can’t I Be You?
SongCreators (6)
Composer
- Boris Williams
- Simon Gallup
- Robert Smith UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure
- Lol Tolhurst
- Porl Thompson
Lyricist
- Robert Smith UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure
Publisher
- APB Music Co.
Recordings (117)
- Why Can’t I Be You? 3:04 by The Cure (1980)
- Why Can’t I Be You? 3:14 live by The Cure (14 Apr 1987) album original mix
- Why Can’t I Be You? 3:14 by The Cure (14 Apr 1987) album original mix
- Why Can’t I Be You? (12″ remix) 7:58 by The Cure (14 Apr 1987)
- Why Can’t I Be You? 8:09 by The Cure (1987)
- Why Can’t I Be You (Miraval Studio demo, France, 1986) 3:09 by The Cure (1987)
- Why Can't I Be You (Remix) 8:06 by The Cure (1988)
- Why Can’t I Be You? 3:31 by The Cure (1988) Music Video
- Why Can't I Be You? (extended mix) 8:08 by The Cure (Oct 1990)
- Why Can’t I Be You? 3:51 live by The Cure (1990) live, 1990-06-23: Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, UK
- Why Can’t I Be You? 3:51 by The Cure (1990) live, 1990-06-23: Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, UK
- Why Can’t I Be You 3:10 live by The Cure (1990)
- Why Can’t I Be You? (extended mix) 8:07 by The Cure (1990)
- Why Can't I Be You (12" extended mix) 8:10 by The Cure (1990)
- Why Can't I Be You (extended mix) 5:42 by The Cure (1990)
- Why Can’t I Be You 4:02 live by The Cure (1990) live, 1990-06-23: Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, UK
- Why Can’t I Be You ?:?? by The Cure (1991)
- Why Can’t I Be You / The Lovecats 8:11 medley, live by The Cure (1991) live, 1989-06-09: Palasport, Torino, Italy
- Why Can't I Be You 3:09 by The Cure (1991) demo
- Why Can’t I Be You? 3:38 live by The Cure (1991) live, 1991-01-17: The Town & Country Club 2, London, UK
- Why Can’t I Be You? 4:41 live by The Cure (1991)
- Why Can’t I Be You (extended mix) 8:08 by The Cure (1991)
- Why Can’t I Be You 3:34 by The Cure (1992)
- Why Can’t I Be You? 3:53 live by The Cure (1992) live, 1991-01-19: Wembley Arena, London, UK
- Why Can’t I Be You 7:50 live by The Cure (1992)
- Why Can’t I Be You 3:25 live by The Cure (1992) live
- Why Can’t I Be You? 4:08 by The Cure (1992) live
- Why Can’t I Be You? 4:34 live by The Cure (1992) live
- Why Can’t I Be You? 4:31 live by The Cure (1992)
- Why Can’t I Be You? 3:11 by The Cure (1992)
- Why Can’t I Be You? 5:31 live by The Cure (1992) live, 1990-07-08, Torhout Werchter, Belgium
- Why Can’t I Be You? ?:?? live by The Cure (Oct 1993) live, 1992: The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI, USA
- Why Can’t I Be You? 4:44 live by The Cure (1993) live
- Why Can’t I Be You 7:38 live by The Cure (1993) live, 1989-09-10: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA
- Why Can’t I Be You? 4:36 live by The Cure (1993) live, 1987-07-13: Santa Barbara Bowl, US
- Why Can’t I Be You? 4:43 live by The Cure (1993)
- Why Can’t I Be You? 3:14 by The Cure (1994)
- Why Can’t I Be You (Kevorkian / Germain US remix) 7:49 by The Cure (1995)
- Why Can’t I Be You? 5:28 live by The Cure (1995) live, 1990-07-08: Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium
- Why Can’t I Be You? 3:51 live by The Cure (1996) live, 1996-01-26: “Hollywood Rock Festival”, Praça da Apoteose, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Why Can’t I Be You? 4:01 live by The Cure (1998)
- Why Can't I Be You? (Por que no puedo ser tú) 4:00 cover by Don Pepe (1999)
- Why Can’t I Be You? 3:11 by The Cure (1999)
- Why Can’t I Be You 3:20 by The Cure (2000)
- Why Can’t I Be You? 3:29 by The Cure (12 Nov 2001) acoustic
- Why Can’t I Be You? 3:15 by The Cure (19 Nov 2001)
- Why Can’t I Be You (demo 1987) 2:16 by The Cure (2002)
- Why Can’t I Be You? (12″ mix) 8:07 by The Cure (25 Nov 2003)
- Why Can’t I Be You? 4:01 live by The Cure (2005) live, 2005-09-03: Hezarfen Airport, Istanbul, Turkey
- Why Can’t I Be You? (live) 7:43 live by The Cure (08 Aug 2006) live, 1987-12-xx: Wembley Arena, London, UK