Why Can't We Be Friends? (song)
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| Single by War | ||||
| from the album Why Can't We Be Friends? | ||||
| B-side | "In Mazatlan" | |||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Funk, R&B | |||
| Length | 3:50 | |||
| Label | ABC, United Artists | |||
| Writer(s) | Papa Dee Allen, Harold Ray Brown, B. B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott | |||
| Producer | Jerry Goldstein | |||
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"Why Can't We Be Friends?" is a song by the band War. The song has a simple structure, with the phrase "Why can't we be friends?" being sung four times after each two-line verse amounting to over forty times in under four minutes. It was played in space when NASA beamed it to the linking of Soviet cosmonauts and U.S. astronauts in 1975 for the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.[1] "Why Can't We Be Friends?" charted at number six in 1975.[citation needed] The song is the main credits song for the film Lethal Weapon 4, and was also covered in Bridge to Terabithia. American pop rock band Smash Mouth covered the song on their debut album Fush Yu Mang in 1997, releasing it as their second single.
Chart positions (Smash Mouth version)
| Chart (1998) | Position |
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| Dutch Singles Chart | 89 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 39 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 29 |
| U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs | 28 |
References
- ^ Gabriel San Roman (December 23, 2010). "WAR Is the Answer (and the Question) for Lonnie Jordan". OC Weekly. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
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