Can We Pretend

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"Can We Pretend"
Single by Pink featuring Cash Cash
from the album Hurts 2B Human
ReleasedJune 21, 2019
Recorded2018–19
Studio The Village (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length3:40
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Pink singles chronology
"Walk Me Home"
(2019)		"Can We Pretend"
(2019)		"Hurts 2B Human"
(2019)
Cash Cash singles chronology
"Call You"
(2018)		"Can We Pretend"
(2019)		"Mean It"
(2020)

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [44] Platinum70,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [45] Gold20,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [46] Gold40,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [47] Gold15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [48] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)VersionLabel(s)Ref.
VariousApril 11, 2019 [note 1] Original RCA
ItalyJune 21, 2019 Radio airplay [49]
VariousJune 28, 2019
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Sigala remix [50]
July 12, 2019Remixes [51]
United StatesJuly 22, 2019Original [52]

Notes

  1. ↑ Release as a promotional single.

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