The CureWhy Can't I Be You?

Label:

Fiction Records – 888 454-7

Format:

Vinyl , 7", 45 RPM, Single , Silver Injection Labels

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Synth-pop

Tracklist

A Why Can't I Be You? 3:11
B A Japanese Dream 3:27

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Fiction Records Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Fiction Records Ltd.
  • Published ByAPB Music Co. Ltd.
  • Mastered AtThe Town House

Credits

  • ArtworkParched Art
  • ProducerRobert Smith
  • Written BySmith · Gallup · Thompson · Williams · Tolhurst
  • Written-ByGallup*

Notes

Silver labels pressed into the vinyl.

Label Notes:
APB Music Co. Ltd.
Original Sound Recording Made By Fiction Records
℗ 1987 Fiction Records Ltd

Sleeve Notes:
Fiction Records
℗ 1987 © 1987

Release Notes:
The B-Side is written as "A Japanese Dream" on the vinyl, but appears without the quotation marks on the sleeve.
This single was also released without the Polydor cat. no., just Fics 25.
DMM = Direct Metal Mastering

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, Etched): FICS-25-A2 TOWNHOUSE DMM
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, Etched): FICS 25 B//1 420H TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Variation - Both Sides): TOWNHOUSE DMM
  • Barcode (Printed): 0 42288 84547 8

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Why Can't I Be You? (12" Remix) (CD, Maxi-Single) Fiction Records 888 454-2 1987
Why Can't I Be You? (12" Remix) (12", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo, DMM) Fiction Records Fics x25 UK 1987
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Why Can't I Be You? (12" Remix) (12", 45 RPM, Single) Fiction Records 888 454-1 1987
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Why Can't I Be You? (12" Remix) (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Stereo, Blue Labels, Specialty Records Corporation Pressing) Elektra 0-66810 US 1987
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Why Can't I Be You? (12" Remix) (12", Single, 45 RPM) Fiction Records 888 454-1 Italy 1987

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