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Why Can't I Be You?

1987 single by The Cure
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Why Can't I Be You?

Summary

Why Can't I Be You? is a single[1]. Why Can't I Be You? ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Why Can't I Be You?'s instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Why Can't I Be You?'s composer is recorded as Simon Gallup[4].
  • Why Can't I Be You?'s genre is pop rock[5].
  • Why Can't I Be You?'s genre is gothic rock[6].
  • Why Can't I Be You? was produced by Robert Smith[7].
  • Why Can't I Be You? was produced by David M. Allen[8].
  • Why Can't I Be You? was performed by The Cure[9].
  • Why Can't I Be You?'s record label is recorded as Fiction Records[10].
  • Why Can't I Be You? is part of The Cure singles discography[11].
  • Why Can't I Be You? was released on April 14, 1987[12].
  • Why Can't I Be You?'s tracklist is recorded as Why Can't I Be You?[13].
  • Why Can't I Be You?'s lyricist is recorded as Robert Smith[14].
  • Why Can't I Be You?'s official website is recorded as https://www.thecure.com/release/why-cant-i-be-you/[15].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Single[16]

  • First release date: 1987-04-14[17]

  • Genre(s): electronic, new wave, pop, rock, synth-pop[18]

  • Community tags: electronic, new wave, pop, rock, synth-pop[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 22a3a3b0-ed4b-352b-8b70-ba6601ce0408[20]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Why Can't I Be You? was The Cure[9]. Producers include Robert Smith[7] and David M. Allen[8].

Publication

Why Can't I Be You? was published on April 14, 1987[12]. Genres include pop rock[5] and gothic rock[6]. Why Can't I Be You? is part of The Cure singles discography[11].

Why It Matters

Why Can't I Be You? ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[2] Why Can't I Be You? has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Related Entities

Robert Smith The Cure

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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