Why Can't We Be Friends?


Why Can't We Be Friends? is the seventh studio album by American band War, released on June 16, 1975, by United Artists Records. Two singles from the album were released: the title track backed with "In Mazatlan", and "Low Rider" backed with "So". Both A-sides were nominated for the 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 and TV productions, notably Bridge to Terabithia, The Final Destination, Wild Things and King of the Hill.

Track listing

All tracks composed by War, 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" – 3:59
  2. "Lotus Blossom" – 3:59
  3. "Heartbeat" – 7:25
  4. "Leroy's Latin Lament " - 6:36
  5. #"Lonnie Dreams" – 0:49
  6. #"The Way We Feel" – 1:10
  7. #"La Fiesta" – 2:10
  8. #"Lament" – 2:27
  9. "Smile Happy" – 7:22
  10. "So" – 4:58
  11. "Low Rider" – 3:11
  12. "In Mazatlan" – 2:45
  13. "Why Can't We Be Friends?" – 3:49

Personnel

Personnel taken from Why Can't We Be Friends? liner notes.
War
Additional musicians
  • Sharone Scott – backing vocals
  • Milton James – backing vocals
  • Moses Wheelock – backing vocals
Technical personnel