Why Can't I Be You? coverFICTION RECORDS · 888 454-2
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why-cant-i-be-you-phvhzi · main release why-cant-i-be-you-12-remix-134ciid 1987
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Tracklist
  1. 1 Why Can't I Be You? (12" Remix) 8:06
  2. 2 A Japanese Dream (12" Remix) 5:48

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Written & produced
ProducerDavid M. Allen
ProducerRobert Smith
Written-ByBoris Williams
Written-ByLaurence Tolhurst
Written-ByPorl Thompson
Written-ByRobert Smith
Written-BySimon Gallup
First released 1987 · Fiction Records · Germany
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Master 1987 · 2 pressings · 2 countries
The Cure

Why Can't I Be You?

First released
1987
Original label
Fiction Records · 888 454-2
Country
Germany
Formats
CD · Vinyl
Genre
Punk
Style
New Wave, Synth-pop
Tracks
2 · 13:54
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