We Can't Be Friends

"We Can't Be Friends"
Single by Deborah Cox featuring R.L.
from the album One Wish
Released September 14, 1999
Format CD single
Recorded 1998
Genre R&B
Length 4:41
Label Arista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Shep Crawford
Deborah Cox singles chronology
"It's Over Now"
(1999)
"We Can't Be Friends"
(1999)
"I Never Knew"
(2000)

"It's Over Now"
(1999)
"We Can't Be Friends"
(1999)
"I Never Knew"
(2000)
R.L. singles chronology
"We Can't Be Friends"
(1999) We Can't Be Friends1999
"The Best Man I Can Be"
(1999) The Best Man I Can Be1999

"We Can't Be Friends" is a song by Canadian singer Deborah Cox, featuring American singer R.L. of R&B group Next. It was written by Shep Crawford and Jimmy Russell for her second studio album One Wish (1998), while production was overseen by Crawford. Selected as the album's third single, the duet was released on September 14, 1999 and became her second single to reach number-one on Billboard's US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, while peaking at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 8
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[2] 1

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[3] Gold 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. "Deborah Cox Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  2. "Deborah Cox Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  3. "American single certifications – Deborah Cox – We Can't Be Friends". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 


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