Why Can’t I Be You?

Tracklist

• 1
  Why Can’t I Be You?
  3:11
  4.0 ★
• 2
  A Japanese Dream
  3:27
  4.0 ★

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Release credits

• Boris Williams
  drums (drum set) [1], percussion [1]
• David M. Allen
  mix [1], producer
• Jacques Hermet
  assistant [1]
• Lol Tolhurst
  keyboard [1]
• Michel Dierickx
  assistant [1]
• Porl Thompson
  electric guitar [1], keyboard [1]
• Robert Smith
  electric guitar [1], keyboard [1], lead vocals [1], mix [1], producer
• Sean Burrows
  assistant [1]
• Simon Gallup
  electric bass guitar [1]

Issues

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  W
  Why Can’t I Be You?

  7" Vinyl
  14 April 1987
• 

  W
  Why Can’t I Be You?

  12" Vinyl
  14 April 1987
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  W
  Why Can’t I Be You?

  12" Vinyl (blue inner labels)
  1987
• 

  W
  Why Can’t I Be You?

  7" Vinyl
  1987
• 

  W
  Why Can’t I Be You?

  CD
  1987
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  W
  Why Can’t I Be You?

  2x 7" Vinyl
  1987
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  W
  Why Can’t I Be You?

  CDV
  1988