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Why Can't I Have You

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Why Can't I Have You

Summary

Why Can't I Have You is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Why Can't I Have You's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Why Can't I Have You's genre is new wave[4].
  • Why Can't I Have You followed Hello Again[5].
  • Why Can't I Have You was followed by Tonight She Comes[6].
  • Why Can't I Have You was performed by The Cars[7].
  • Why Can't I Have You's record label is recorded as Elektra[8].
  • Why Can't I Have You's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • Why Can't I Have You was published on January 1, 1984[10].
  • Why Can't I Have You's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as Heartbeat City[11].

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[12]

  • First release date: 1985-01-07[13]

  • Genre(s): electronic, new wave, pop rock, rock, synth-pop[14]

  • Community tags: electronic, new wave, pop rock, rock, synth-pop[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 19d79b38-6dc1-4e20-99ea-054cf8e849b7[16]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Why Can't I Have You was The Cars[7].

Publication

Why Can't I Have You was released on January 1, 1984[10]. Its genre is new wave[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Why Can't I Have You followed Hello Again[5]. It was followed by Tonight She Comes[6].

Why It Matters

Why Can't I Have You ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101 views/month).[2]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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