Can't You See (Total song)

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"Can't You See?"
Total singles chronology
"Can't You See?" (1995) "No One Else" (1995)
The Notorious B.I.G. singles chronology
"Big Poppa" (1994) "Can't You See" (1995) "Player's Anthem" (1995)
Music video
"Can't You See" on YouTube

"Can't You See" is a 1995 song by American R&B girl group

, where it charted for two weeks.

The main edit to the track was the "Bad Boy Remix", which had the girls sing the original lyrics with a different vocal arrangement. The intro rap by The Notorious B.I.G. was replaced with one from

.

Billboard named the song #28 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.^[1]

Music video

Videos were filmed for both "Can't You See" and its "Bad Boy Remix".

The video for the original song was filmed on location at

. The video begins with a Bad Boy Entertainment motto of "Besides every Bad Boy, there is a Bad Girl!". The Notorious B.I.G. and Puff Daddy appear in white attire in a large hall where lights flash on and off in the background. Total then appear in the same area wearing leather outfits (a shot of which was used for the back insert of their album) They are also shown on a flight of stone steps. Later the group appear on a podium dressed in white, this time with The Notorious B.I.G. behind them. On a higher podium sits Puff Daddy in a kingly manner. Shots of this scene were used for the single's cover. The video ends with the girls leaving up the steps and a reappearance of the Bad Boy motto from the beginning.

The remix video sees Keith Murray rapping in front of a car upon whose bonnet Redman sits. The girls are briefly shown sitting on a basketball hoop bobbing their heads as the scene switches back to Murray rapping. Throughout the rest of the video the girls stand on the basketball court in casual attire and perform their vocals and at one point the word "Remix" flashes across the screen. This was one of the group's three single remix videos, along with "No One Else" and "Kissin' You". Chris Webber makes a cameo appearance in the video.

Track listings

CD single

1. Original Version
2. Bad Boy Remix – Radio Edit
3. So So Def Remix
4. Bad Boy Remix Extended – Clean
5. So So Def Remix Instrumental
6. E-Smoove's Funky Piano Edit
7. E-Smoove's Funky Piano Dub

12" vinyl single (UK)
Side 1

1. Vocal
2. Instrumental

Side 2

1. No Rap Vocal
2. TV track

12" vinyl single (US)
Side 1

1. Bad Boy Remix
2. So So Def Remix
3. Bad Boy Remix Instrumental
4. So So Def Remix Instrumental

Side 2

1. Original Version
2. Hard House Vocal Mix
3. Funky Piano Dub Mix

Charts

References