You Can

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"You Can"
Single by Madleen Kane
from the album Don't Wanna Lose You
B-side "Fire in My Heart"
Released21 February 1981
Recorded1980
Genre Pop, post-disco, new wave
Length5:39
Label Prelude
Songwriter(s) Yolanda Yvette Adams, Donald Ray Atkins and Marcus Ecby
Producer(s) Giorgio Moroder
Madleen Kane singles chronology
"Boogie Talk"
(1980)
"You Can"
(1981)
"Fire in My Heart"
(1981)

"You Can" is a 1981 single by Madleen Kane and produced by Giorgio Moroder. The song was written by Yolanda Yvette Adams, Donald Ray Atkins and Marcus Ecby. [1] Along with the track, "Fire in My Heart", "You Can" was Kane's most successful single on the dance charts, spending three weeks at number one. [2] The single was her only Hot 100 chart entry, peaking at #77.

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Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 77
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 1

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References

  1. "You Can Lyrics - Madleen Kane". Lyricsfreak.com. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  2. Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003, 2004
  3. "Madleen Kane Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. "Madleen Kane Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard.