Why Can't We Be Friends (song)

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"Why Can't We Be Friends?" is a song by the band War from the album of the same name. It is one of War's most famous songs, along with "Low Rider", also on the Why Can't We Be Friends? album. It has a simple structure, with the phrase "why can't we be friends" sung four times after each two-line verse. The line is sung over forty times during the song, which is under four minutes long. It was played in space when NASA beamed it to the linking of Soviet Cosmonots and U.S astronauts in 1975. "Why Can't We Be Friends" charted at #6 in 1975^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Uses in popular culture

• The song is featured in the 1996 Simpsons episode "The Homer They Fall".

• "Why Can't We Be Friends" is sung during the end credits of the film Lethal Weapon 4.

• An acoustic version of the song is performed by the kids in the music classroom scenes of Bridge to Terabithia.

[edit] Cover versions

• The song was later covered by Smash Mouth on their album Fush Yu Mang. This cover version was featured on an episode of Lizzie McGuire and on the soundtrack for BASEketball.

• It was covered by ska band The Pietasters.