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Produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange, also Back in Black (AC/DC), You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC) and Yoü and I (Lady Gaga)
Released on Elektra, also Just Like Heaven (The Cure), For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica) and Killer Queen (Queen)
Recorded at Battery Studios, also The Number of the Beast (Iron Maiden), (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) and Do I Have to Say the Words? (Bryan Adams)
Mixed by Mike Shipley, also Jaded (Aerosmith), Rhythm of Love (Scorpions) and Party Hard (Andrew W.K.)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
185 other songs on fono were recorded at Battery Studios, by Samantha Fox and Def Leppard and others
Mike Shipley mixed 7 of The Cars’s top 10 songs
Nigel Green engineered 7 of The Cars’s top 10 songs
Mike Shipley mixed 292 songs on fono
Credits
All 13 credits
- Written by
- Ric Ocasek
- Produced by
- Robert John “Mutt” Lange and The Cars
- Performed by
- Benjamin Orr, David Robinson, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes and Ric Ocasek
- Engineered by
- Nigel Green
- Mixed by
- Mike Shipley
- Part of
- Heartbeat City
- Recorded at
- Battery Studios
- Released on
- Elektra
- Written by
- Ric Ocasek
- Produced by
- Robert John “Mutt” Lange and The Cars
- Performed by
- Benjamin Orr, David Robinson, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes and Ric Ocasek
- Engineered by
- Nigel Green
- Mixed by
- Mike Shipley
- Part of
- Heartbeat City
- Recorded at
- Battery Studios
- Released on
- Elektra
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Robert John “Mutt” Lange
Same mixer: Mike Shipley
Same engineer: Nigel Green
Same writer: Ric Ocasek
Same label: Elektra
Same studio: Battery Studios
Same producer: Robert John “Mutt” Lange
Same mixer: Mike Shipley
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Why Can’t I Have You was performed by Benjamin Orr
Why Can’t I Have You was performed by Benjamin Orr
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Why Can’t I Have You was performed by David Robinson
Why Can’t I Have You was performed by David Robinson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Why Can’t I Have You was performed by Elliot Easton
Why Can’t I Have You was performed by Elliot Easton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Why Can’t I Have You was performed by Greg Hawkes
Why Can’t I Have You was performed by Greg Hawkes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Why Can’t I Have You was performed by Ric Ocasek
Why Can’t I Have You was performed by Ric Ocasek
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Why Can’t I Have You was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange
Why Can’t I Have You was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Why Can’t I Have You was produced by The Cars
Why Can’t I Have You was produced by The Cars
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Why Can’t I Have You was written by Ric Ocasek
Why Can’t I Have You was written by Ric Ocasek
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Why Can’t I Have You is part of the release Heartbeat City
Why Can’t I Have You is part of the release Heartbeat City
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Why Can’t I Have You was recorded at Battery Studios
Why Can’t I Have You was recorded at Battery Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Elektra is the label of the song Why Can’t I Have You
Elektra is the label of the song Why Can’t I Have You
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Why Can’t I Have You was engineered by Nigel Green
Why Can’t I Have You was engineered by Nigel Green
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Why Can’t I Have You was mixed by Mike Shipley
Why Can’t I Have You was mixed by Mike Shipley
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Why Can’t I Have You was released on 1984-03-13
Why Can’t I Have You was released on 1984-03-13
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026