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I Can't Be with You
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = I Can't Be with You
| cover = TheCranberries-ICan'tBeWithYou-single.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = the Cranberries
| album = No Need to Argue
| released =
| recorded =
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| length = 3:08
| label = Island
| writer =
| producer = Stephen Street
| prev_title = Ode to My Family
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Ridiculous Thoughts
| next_year = 1995
| misc =
}}
"'I Can't Be with You'" is a song recorded by the Irish band the Cranberries. It was the third single from their second studio album 'No Need to Argue', except in North America, where it was released as the fourth and final single of the album. The song achieved minor chart success in most of the European countries where it was released, peaking at number 21 in their native Ireland. In Iceland, the song reached number one for a week in April 1995, becoming the Cranberries' third consecutive number-one single there.
Critical reception
Music writer James Masterton described "I Can't Be with You" as "another epic single" from the Cranberries in his weekly UK chart commentary, adding that O'Riordan's yodelling "sounds as hauntingly lovely as ever".
Music video
The accompanying music video to "I Can't Be with You" was directed by Samuel Bayer who was also the director of several of the band's other hit singles: "Zombie", "Ode to My Family", and "Ridiculous Thoughts". The video shows lead singer Dolores O'Riordan wearing 1920s clothing, kneeling beside a bed and bathing a child in a small bathtub. She then appears walking through desolate buildings and streets with a wooden torch with an old man dressed as an angel often lurking in the background. Throughout the video the band is seen playing in grassland while wearing red suits. At the end of the video, the old man returns to the location where he was seen at the beginning of the clip. Parts of the video was filmed at Copped Hall in Epping.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/JIlg0yM0XKg Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100804104915/http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=JIlg0yM0XKg Wayback Machine]:
Track listings
'7-inch single'
# "I Can't Be with You"
# "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
'CD single'
# "I Can't Be with You"
# "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
# "Empty" (live on BBC Radio One FM Evening Session, 26 September 1994)
'Limited-edition CD single'
# "I Can't Be with You" (live on BBC Radio One FM Evening Session, 26 September 1994)
# "Zombie" (acoustic)
# "Daffodil Lament" (live at Feile, Tipperary, 30 July 1994)
'Australian CD single (cardboard sleeve)'
# "I Can't Be with You"
# "Empty" (live on BBC Radio One FM Evening Session, 26 September 1994)
# "I Can't Be with You" (live on BBC Radio One FM Evening Session, 26 September 1994)
Personnel
* Dolores O'Riordan vocals, keyboards
* Noel Hogan electric and acoustic guitars
* Mike Hogan bass guitar
* Fergal Lawler drums
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:1995 singles
Category:1994 songs
Category:The Cranberries songs
Category:Music videos directed by Samuel Bayer
Category:Number-one singles in Iceland
Category:Song recordings produced by Stephen Street
Category:Songs written by Dolores O'Riordan
Category:Songs written by Noel Hogan
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