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Why Can't I Have You
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Why Can't I Have You
| cover = Why_Can't_I_Have_You.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = the Cars
| album = Heartbeat City
| B-side = Breakaway
| released =
| recorded = 19831984
| studio = Battery (London)
| genre = New wave
| length = 4:04
| label = Elektra
| writer = Ric Ocasek
| producer =
* Robert John "Mutt" Lange
*
| prev_title = Hello Again
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Heartbeat City
| next_year = 1985
| misc =
}}
"'Why Can't I Have You'" is a song by American rock band the Cars from their fifth studio album, 'Heartbeat City' (1984). It was released on January 7, 1985, as the album's fifth single. Written by Ric Ocasek, the song is a lush ballad.
Release
'Cash Box' reviewed the single, saying that "this moody piece of peculiarly American synth-pop is pure Ric Ocasek: broken romance lyrics, angular musical backing and a handful of melodic hooks."
Although it did not reach the top 20 like its four predecessors, "Why Can't I Have You" managed to reach number 33 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100, as well as number 11 on the Top Rock Tracks chart. The song was the final single from 'Heartbeat City' released in the United States; in the United Kingdom, however, a sixth single, "Heartbeat City", was released after "Why Can't I Have You".
B-side
The B-side of "Why Can't I Have You" was the non-album track "Breakaway", described as having "Euro-disco undertones" in the liner notes of 'Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology' (1995).
Charts
References
Category:1980s ballads
Category:1984 songs
Category:1985 singles
Category:The Cars songs
Category:Elektra Records singles
Category:New wave ballads
Category:Song recordings produced by Ric Ocasek
Category:Song recordings produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Category:Songs written by Ric Ocasek
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