Why Can’t I Have You
~ Recording by The Cars
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.8 | Why Can't I Have You | 4:04 | The Cars | Heartbeat City (made in Switzerland) | The Cars | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 9 60296-2 |
| 1.8 | Why Can’t I Have You | 4:04 | The Cars | Heartbeat City | The Cars | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 9 60296-2 |
| 1.8 | Why Can’t I Have You | 4:04 | The Cars | Heartbeat City | The Cars | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 960 296‐4 |
| 2.13 | Why Can't I Have You | 4:06 | The Cars | Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 73506 |
| 1.7 | Why Can’t I Have You | 4:03 | The Cars | Shake It Up and Other Hits | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Flashback Records (reissue label, a division of Rhino Entertainment Company) | 74320 |
| 1.18 | Why Can’t I Have You | 4:05 | The Cars | Complete Greatest Hits | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R4 78288 |
| 1.18 | Why Can’t I Have You | 4:06 | The Cars | Complete Greatest Hits | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | R2 78288 |
| 1.18 | Why Can’t I Have You | 4:06 | The Cars | Complete Greatest Hits (BMG Direct) | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 78288 |
| 5.8 | Why Can’t I Have You | 4:04 | The Cars | Original Album Series | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present), Rhino (reissue label) | 8122 79828 1, 8122798281 |
| 2.8 | Why Can’t I Have You | 4:05 | The Cars | Heartbeat City | The Cars | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2163 |
| 1.8 | Why Can’t I Have You | 4:05 | The Cars | Heartbeat City | The Cars | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2163 |
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Nigel Green (engineer) |
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| producer: | The Cars Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange) |
| mixer: | Mike Shipley (audio engineer, mixer, producer) |
| bass: | Benjamin Orr (co-lead singer for The Cars) |
| drums (drum set): | David Robinson (US rock drummer) |
| guitar: | Elliot Easton Ric Ocasek |
| keyboard: | Greg Hawkes |
| vocals: | Elliot Easton Greg Hawkes Ric Ocasek Benjamin Orr (co-lead singer for The Cars) |
| recorded at: | Battery Studios (London, owned by Zomba group) in London (Greater London) |
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| mixed at: | Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village |
| recording of: | Why Can’t I Have You |
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Related works
Why Can’t I Have You
| publisher: | Ric Ocasek (in 1983) |
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| lyricist and composer: | Ric Ocasek |
| publisher: | Lido Music, Inc. |
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