How Can We Be Lovers

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"How Can We Be Lovers"
How Can We Be Lovers by Michael Bolton US cassette.png
US retail cassette variant of standard artwork; the US CD edition was promo-only
Single by Michael Bolton
from the album Soul Provider
B-side "That's What Love Is All About"
Released1990
Genre Pop rock
Length3:55
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Desmond Child
  • Michael Bolton (co.)
Michael Bolton singles chronology
"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"
(1989)		"How Can We Be Lovers"
(1990)		"When I'm Back on My Feet Again"
(1990)

"How Can We Be Lovers" is a song written by Michael Bolton, Diane Warren, and Desmond Child and performed by Bolton. Released as the third single from Bolton's sixth studio album, Soul Provider (1989), it peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the UK Singles Chart in May 1990. The song also reached number two in Canada, number three in Australia, number 10 in Sweden, and number 18 in Ireland.

Contents

Track listings

US and Australian 7-inch and cassette single; Japanese mini-CD single [1] [2] [3]

  1. "How Can We Be Lovers" – 3:55
  2. "That's What Love Is All About" – 3:56

UK 7-inch and cassette single [4] [5]

  1. "How Can We Be Lovers" – 3:55
  2. "The Hunger" – 4:18

UK 12-inch single and CD1 [6] [7]

  1. "How Can We Be Lovers" – 3:55
  2. "Fools Game" – 3:50
  3. "The Hunger" – 4:18

UK CD2 [8]

  1. "How Can We Be Lovers"
  2. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (live)
  3. "The Hunger"
  4. "I Almost Believed You"

European 7-inch and mini-CD single [9] [10]

  1. "How Can We Be Lovers" – 3:55
  2. "Call My Name" – 4:15

European mini maxi-CD single [11]

  1. "How Can We Be Lovers" – 3:55
  2. "Call My Name" – 4:15
  3. "Fools Game" – 3:50

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [25] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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