Van Halen - Why Can’t This Be Love

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   I can’t believe there isn’t already a thread for this song.  I thought it'd be good to document the three versions of this song:

LP and single version - runs 3:47.  This is the version on the 5150 album, the original singles, the various compilations - and on almost all CDs featuring the song.  Except:

Extended Remix - runs 5:00.  Released on the European 12" single, this extended version is actually not a remix at all.  They simply repeated a section of audio after the second chorus to extend the song by a little over a minute.  It was later released on the European Top Of The World CD-Single in 1991.

I thought those were the only two versions of the song - until recently. I bought a copy of the UK 12" single, and according to Discogs it contains the LP version mis-labeled as an ‘Extended Mix’.  But Discogs is wrong.  It's a different extended version, also created by repeating audio - but this time just 10 seconds of it:

UK Extended Mix - runs 3:56.  They extended the song by repeating the audio from 2:24.720 - 2:35.500.  I uploaded my copy of this version to Youtube.

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davidlg1971 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 August 2020 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote davidlg1971 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Van Halen - Why Can’t This Be Love Posted: 2 hours 54 minutes ago at 5:32pm
	I can’t believe there isn’t already a thread for this song. I thought it'd be good to document the three versions of this song: LP and single version - runs 3:47. This is the version on the 5150 album, the original singles, the various compilations - and on almost all CDs featuring the song. Except: Extended Remix - runs 5:00. Released on the European 12" single, this extended version is actually not a remix at all. They simply repeated a section of audio after the second chorus to extend the song by a little over a minute. It was later released on the European Top Of The World CD-Single in 1991. I thought those were the only two versions of the song - until recently. I bought a copy of the UK 12" single, and according to Discogs it contains the LP version mis-labeled as an ‘Extended Mix’. But Discogs is wrong. It's a different extended version, also created by repeating audio - but this time just 10 seconds of it: UK Extended Mix - runs 3:56. They extended the song by repeating the audio from 2:24.720 - 2:35.500. I uploaded my copy of this version to Youtube.