"Can't Forget You" is a Pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 song by Sonia. The song was released in October 1989 as the album's second single. This mid-tempo track with some very catchy rhymes and wasn't as successful as her debut single, peaking only at #17. This song was written by Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...

. The song was originally offered to, but turned down by Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

.

Chart performance

"Can't Forget You" was released in United Kingdom in October 1989. The song entered chart on October 7, 1989 at number twenty-seven. It reached number seventeen next week, which became its peak position. The song charted in United Kingdom for six weeks. In Ireland, it fared better and managed to reach number five. The song charted on Irish Singles Chart

Irish Singles Chart

The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

 for only three weeks.

Formats and track listings

Cassette Single

1. "Can't Forget You" - 3:25
2. "Can't Forget You" (Instrumental) - 3:25

7" Single

1. "Can't Forget You" - 3:25
2. "Can't Forget You" (Instrumental) - 3:25

12" Single & CD Single

1. "Can't Forget You" (Extended Mix) - 6:05
2. "Can't Forget You" (Instrumental) - 3:25
3. "Can't Forget You" - 3:25

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak Position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	17
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	5
Chart (1990)	Peak Position
Spanish Singles Chart	17

Credits and personnel

The following people contributed to "Can't Forget You":

• Sonia - lead vocals
• Mae McKenna, Tessa Niles - backing vocals
• Mike Stock - keyboards
  Musical keyboard
  A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
  
  
• Matt Aitken
  Matt Aitken
  Matthew James Aitken , is a British songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester, best known as the creative force behind the 1980s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman....
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  s, keyboards
• A Linn - drums
• Dave Ford - mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
  In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...