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Why Can't We Be Friends?
War
chronology
War Live
(1974) 		Why Can't We Be Friends?
(1975) 		Love Is All Around
(1976)
Singles from Why Can't We Be Friends?
  1. "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
    Released: April 1975
  2. "Low Rider"
    Released: May 14, 1975

Why Can't We Be Friends? is the seventh

Grammy Awards of 1976
.

Of the songs on this album, an interpolation of the first part of the song "Smile Happy" was used in the song "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy featuring RikRok. Versions of the album's titular song has been used in several film productions, notably Bridge to Terabithia and Wild Things.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by

B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott
), except where indicated. Note: The CD edition does not break "Leroy's Latin Lament" into sections.

  1. "Don't Let No One Get You Down" (War,
    Jerry Goldstein
    ) – 3:59
  2. "Lotus Blossom" (War, Francie Nelson) – 3:59
  3. "Heartbeat" – 7:25
  4. "Leroy's Latin Lament (Medley)" - 6:36
    1. "Lonnie Dreams" – 0:49
    2. "The Way We Feel" (War, lyrics: Keri Oskar) – 1:10
    3. "La Fiesta" – 2:10
    4. "Lament" – 2:27
  5. "Smile Happy" – 7:22
  6. "So" – 4:58
  7. "
    Jerry Goldstein
    ) – 3:11
  8. "In Mazatlan" – 2:45
  9. "
    Jerry Goldstein
    ) – 3:49

Personnel

War
  • Howard Scott – guitar, percussion, vocals
  • B. B. Dickerson
    – bass, percussion, vocals
  • Lonnie Jordan – organ, piano, timbales, percussion, vocals
  • Harold Brown – drums, percussion, vocals (credit missing from LP cover)
  • Papa Dee Allen
    – conga, bongos, percussion, vocals
  • Charles Miller – clarinet, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, percussion, vocals
  • Lee Oskar – harmonica, percussion, vocals

Charts

Year Album Chart positions[4]
US US
R&B 		AUS[5]
1975 Why Can't We Be Friends? 8 1 81

See also

References

  1. ^ Beck, Dan (February 20, 2014). "Red Hot Chilli Pipers bring 'bagrock' to Easton's State Theatre". The Morning Call. Retrieved August 16, 2020. ..."Its 2010 record, "Music For a Kilted Generation," included covers of popular rock songs such as War's "Low Rider," The Who's "Baba O'Riley" and Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars.""
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ISBN 089919026X
    . Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ "War US albums chart history". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  5. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
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