| War의 싱글 | ||||
| "Ballero" (1974) | → | Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975) | → | "Low Rider" (1975) |
| Why Can't We Be Friends? | ||||
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| 수록 음반 | <colbgcolor=#fff,#1f2023> Why Can't We Be Friends? | |||
| 아티스트 | War | |||
| B-Side | "In Mazatlan" | |||
| 발매일 | 1975년 4월 | |||
| 녹음 기간 | 1974년 | |||
| 장르 | 레게, R&B, 소울 | |||
| 재생 시간 | 3:47 | |||
| 레이블 | United Artists | |||
| 송라이터 | Thomas "Papa Dee" Allen, Harold Ray Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott, Jerry Goldstein | |||
| 프로듀서 | Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott | |||
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1. 개요
미국의 펑크(Funk)/소울 밴드 워의 싱글이며 이들의 7집 앨범 Why Can't We Be Friends?의 첫 싱글로 1975년 4월에 발매되었다.2. 오디오/뮤직 비디오
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| 뮤직 비디오 |
3. 가사
| [Intro] Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh La, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la [Chorus: All] Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? [Verse 1: Harold Ray Brown] I've seen you 'round for a long long time I remembered you when you drank my wine [Chorus: All] Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? [Verse 2] I've seen you walking down in Chinatown I called you, but you could not look around [Chorus: All] Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? [Verse 3] I paid my money to the welfare line I see you standing in it every time [Chorus: All] Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? [Verse 4] The color of your skin don't matter to me (Ow!) As long as we can live in harmony [Chorus: All] Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? [Verse 5] I'd kind of like to be the President (Oh yeah!) So I can show you how your money's spent, hoo! [Chorus: All] Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? [Verse 6: Lee Oskar] Sometimes, I don't speak right But yet, I know what I'm talking about [Chorus: All] Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? [Verse 7] I know you're working for the CIA They wouldn't have you in the Mafi-A [Outro] Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends? |
4. 차트 성적
빌보드 핫 100에서 1975년 8월 넷째 주에 6위를 기록했고 4주 연속 10위권에,[1] 9주 연속 20위권에,[2] 13주 연속 40위권에 머물러 있었다.[3] 빌보드 R&B 차트에서 9위를 기록했다.1975년 빌보드 핫 100 연말 차트에선 24위에 올랐다.