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( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m W h y C a n ' t W e B e F r i e n d s )
Why Can't We Be Friends? studio album by American band War , released on June 16, 1975 by United Artists Records . Two singles from the album were released: the title track backed with "In Mazatlan", and "Low Rider " backed with "So". Both A-sides were nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1976 .
Of the songs on this album, an interpolation of the first part of the song "Smile Happy" was used in the song "It Wasn't Me " by Shaggy featuring RikRok. Versions of the album's titular song has been used in several film productions, notably Bridge to Terabithia Wild Things
Track listing [ edit ]
All tracks composed by War (Papa Dee Allen , Harold Brown , B.B. Dickerson , Lonnie Jordan , Charles Miller , Lee Oskar , Howard E. Scott ), except where indicated.
Note: The CD edition does not break "Leroy's Latin Lament" into sections.
"Don't Let No One Get You Down" (War, Jerry Goldstein ) – 3:59
"Lotus Blossom" (War, Francie Nelson) – 3:59
"Heartbeat" – 7:25
"Leroy's Latin Lament (Medley)" - 6:36
"Lonnie Dreams" – 0:49
"The Way We Feel" (War, lyrics: Keri Oskar) – 1:10
"La Fiesta" – 2:10
"Lament" – 2:27
"Smile Happy" – 7:22
"So" – 4:58
"Low Rider " (War, Jerry Goldstein ) – 3:11
"In Mazatlan" – 2:45
"Why Can't We Be Friends? " (War, Jerry Goldstein ) – 3:49
Personnel [ edit ]
War
Howard Scott – guitar, percussion, vocals
B. B. Dickerson – bass, percussion, vocals
Lonnie Jordan – organ, piano, timbales, percussion, vocals
Harold Brown – drums, percussion, vocals (credit missing from LP cover)
Papa Dee Allen – conga, bongos, percussion, vocals
Charles Miller – clarinet, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, percussion, vocals
Lee Oskar – harmonica, percussion, vocals
Year
Album
Chart positions[4]
US US B AUS [5]
1975
Why Can't We Be Friends?
8 1 81
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W" . Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies Ticknor & Fields . ISBN 089919026X . Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ "War US albums chart history" . Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-13 .
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 332. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Why_Can%27t_We_Be_Friends%3F&oldid=1197414530 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● 1 9 7 5 a l b u m s ● W a r ( A m e r i c a n b a n d ) a l b u m s ● U n i t e d A r t i s t s R e c o r d s a l b u m s ● A l b u m s p r o d u c e d b y J e r r y G o l d s t e i n ( p r o d u c e r ) H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● A r t i c l e s w i t h h A u d i o m i c r o f o r m a t s ● A l b u m a r t i c l e s l a c k i n g a l t t e x t f o r c o v e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h M u s i c B r a i n z r e l e a s e g r o u p i d e n t i f i e r s
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 2 0 J a n u a r y 2 0 2 4 , a t 1 1 : 2 8 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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