Australian singles chart:
Can We Still Be Friends entered the Kent Music Report on 17 July 1978 and peaked at #8. It was #55 on the Top 100 of 1978.
Album:
The song is on Hermit of Mink Hollow which entered the Kent Music Report album chart on 19 June 1978 and peaked at #11.
Songwriter:
Todd Rundgren
Producer:
Todd Rundgren
Record label of Australian release:
Bearsville
Daryl Hall and Todd Rundgren perform Can We Still Be Friends – from the Live From Daryl’s House video series:
Wikipedia:
The lyrics describe a relationship to which Rundgren and the woman to whom he is singing have made great efforts to fix, but simply cannot make it work. Rundgren explains this, but wishes to part amicably, asking several times if he and his partner can “still be friends.” Rundgren played all the instruments and performed all the vocals on the track, as he did with the rest of the Hermit of Mink Hollow album.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_We_Still_Be_Friends
Songfacts:
Todd states that the Hermit Of Mink Hollow album was more of a song-centric recording; he wanted songs that could stand on their own without elaborate production. It was his most accessible and commercially successful album since his 1972 breakthrough Something/Anything?
Can We Still Be Friends is one of the songs Rundgren’s fans often cite as one they have a personal connection with.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/todd-rundgren/can-we-still-be-friends
Lyrics:
We can’t play this game anymore, but
Can we still be friends?
Things just can’t go on like before, but
Can we still be friends?
We had something to learn
Now it’s time for the wheel to turn
Things are said one by one
Before you know it’s all gone
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