"I Can't Be With You" is a 1994 song recorded by the Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 band The Cranberries

The Cranberries

The Cranberries are an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989 under the name The Cranberry Saw Us, later changed by vocalist Dolores O'Riordan. The band currently consists of O'Riordan, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler...

. It was the third single

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 from their second studio album No Need to Argue

No Need to Argue

No Need to Argue is the second studio album by Irish rock band The Cranberries, released in 1994. It was the band's most successful album, and has sold about 17 million copies worldwide. It contains the band's most successful single to date, "Zombie". The album's mood is darker than that on...

, except in North American, where it was released as the fourth and final single of the album in Fall 1995.

The song achieved minor chart success in most of the European countries where it was released, peaking at #21 in Ireland, its highest position in the various charts. This single was less successful than the previous Cranberries' singles.

Track listings

7" single

1. "I Can't Be With You"
2. "(They Long to Be) Close to You
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   " (Burt Bacharach
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   , Hal David
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   )

CD single

1. "I Can't Be With You"
2. "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
3. "Empty" (live on BBC Radio One FM Evening Session, 26 September 1994)

Limited Edition CD single

1. "I Can't Be With You" (live on BBC Radio One FM Evening Session, 26 September 1994)
2. "Zombie" (acoustic)
3. "Daffodil Lament" (live at Feile, Tipperary, 30th July 1994)

Australian CD single (cardboard sleeve)

1. "I Can't Be With You"
2. "Empty" (live on BBC Radio One FM Evening Session, 26 September 1994)
3. "I Can't Be With You" (live on BBC Radio One FM Evening Session, 26 September 1994)

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	30
French SNEP Singles Chart	24
Irish IRMA Singles Chart	21
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	25
UK Singles Chart	23