Can’t We Be Friends (original studio mix)

~ Recording by Frank Sinatra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Can't We Be Friends?2:48Frank SinatraIn the Wee Small HoursFrank SinatraAlbum
  • US1955-04-25
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)W 581
1.7Can't We Be Friends??:??Frank SinatraIn The Wee Small Hours, Part 1Frank SinatraAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)LC 6702, LC.6702
2.7Can't We Be Friends?2:48Frank SinatraSinatraFrank Sinatra & Nelson Riddle and His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)MFSL 1-131, SC-1
1.7Can't We Be Friends?2:48Frank SinatraIn the Wee Small HoursFrank SinatraAlbum
  • US1991-08-05
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7 96826 2
1.7Can't We Be Friends2:52Frank SinatraIn the Wee Small HoursFrank SinatraAlbum
  • GB1992-11-09
2.7Can't We Be Friends?2:48Frank SinatraConceptsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-11-16
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.7Can't We Be Friends?2:48Frank SinatraIn the Wee Small Hours (made in Holland)Frank SinatraAlbum
  • DE1997-08-08
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7 96826 2
1.7Can’t We Be Friends?2:48Frank SinatraIn the Wee Small Hours (remastered)Frank SinatraAlbum
  • US1998-05-26
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)72434 94755 2 6
3.7Can’t We Be Friends?2:50Frank SinatraThe Capitol YearsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1998-11-10
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)496985 2, 7243 4 96985 2 9
1.7Can’t We Be Friends?2:48Frank SinatraIn the Wee Small Hours (BMG Direct)Frank SinatraAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)72434 94755 2 6, D 123171
2.7Can’t We Be Friends?2:48Frank SinatraCapitol Records Concept AlbumsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)724359889627
3.7Can’t We Be Friends?2:47Frank SinatraThree Original Hit AlbumsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT3CD003
1.7Can’t We Be Friends2:47Frank SinatraIn the Wee Small HoursFrank SinatraAlbum
  • XE2010-12-21
Blue Moon (Spanish label)BMCD 802
1.7Can’t We Be Friends?2:49Frank SinatraIn the Wee Small HoursFrank SinatraAlbum
  • GB2012-03-05
Black Coffee Records120003
22.7Can’t We Be Friends?2:52Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle & His OrchestraThe Voice: Over Twenty Years in Music 1939-1960Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-03-05
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)233182
2.7Can't We Be Friends2:48Frank SinatraMasterworks: The 1954-61 Albums (de-luxe edition box-set)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Masterworks704
1.7Can’t We Be Friends?2:45Frank SinatraIn the Wee Small Hours (mono)Frank SinatraAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
2.7Can’t We Be Friends2:48Frank SinatraThe 1953-1962 AlbumsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
New Continent648046
1.7Can't We Be Friends?2:45Frank SinatraIn the Wee Small Hours (192kHz/24bit)Frank SinatraAlbum
  • XW2020-06-23
Capitol Catalog Mkt (C92)
1.7Can’t We Be Friends?2:52Frank SinatraIn the Wee Small HoursFrank SinatraAlbum
Axis (Australian budget label dealing with EMI reissues), Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)701654-2
1.7Can't We Be Friends?2:48Frank SinatraIn the Wee Small HoursFrank SinatraAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.7Can’t We Be Friends?2:45Frank SinatraIn the Wee Small HoursFrank SinatraAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)

Relationships

producer:Voyle Gilmore
trumpet:Harry “Sweets” Edison
vocals:Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1955-02-08)
orchestra:The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
conductor:Nelson Riddle (on 1955-02-08)
arranger:Nelson Riddle
recorded at:KHJ Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1954-03 until 1955-03)
recording of:Can’t We Be Friends? (on 1955-02-08: cover)

Related works

Can’t We Be Friends?

lyricist:Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:Kay Swift
publisher:Warner Bros. Music Corp.
later parody versions:Can’t We Be Friends (Sinatra / Fitzgerald parody)