I Can't Be with You

"I Can't Be With You"
Single by The Cranberries
from the album No Need to Argue
Released 14 February 1995
Fall 1995 (North America)
Format CD single
7" single
Recorded 1994
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:08
Label Island
Writer(s) Dolores O'Riordan
Noel Hogan
Producer Stephen Street
The Cranberries singles chronology
"Ode to My Family"
(1994)
"I Can't Be With You"
(1995)
"Ridiculous Thoughts"
(1995)
No Need to Argue track listing
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"Ode to My Family"
(1)
"I Can't Be With You"
(2)
"Twenty One"
(3
Music sample
"I Can't Be With You"

"I Can't Be With You" is a 1994 song recorded by the Irish band The Cranberries. It was the third single from their second studio album No Need to Argue, except in North American, where it was released as the fourth and final single of the album in Fall 1995.

The song achieved minor chart success in most of the European countries where it was released, peaking at #21 in Ireland, its highest position in the various charts. This single was less successful than the previous Cranberries' singles.

Track listings

7" single
  1. "I Can't Be With You"
  2. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
CD single
  1. "I Can't Be With You"
  2. "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
  3. "Empty" (live on BBC Radio One FM Evening Session, 26 September 1994)
Limited Edition CD single
  1. "I Can't Be With You" (live on BBC Radio One FM Evening Session, 26 September 1994)
  2. "Zombie" (acoustic)
  3. "Daffodil Lament" (live at Feile, Tipperary, 30th July 1994)
Australian CD single (cardboard sleeve)
  1. "I Can't Be With You"
  2. "Empty" (live on BBC Radio One FM Evening Session, 26 September 1994)
  3. "I Can't Be With You" (live on BBC Radio One FM Evening Session, 26 September 1994)

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[1] 30
French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 24
Irish IRMA Singles Chart[2] 21
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[1] 25
UK Singles Chart[3] 23

References

  1. ^ a b c "I Can't Be with You", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved August 31, 2009)
  2. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved August 31, 2009)
  3. ^ "I Can't Be with You", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 31, 2009)