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How Can We Be Lovers

Michael Bolton

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LIST YEAR

1990

Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.

Genre

Pop

Theme

Not classified

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 1989

Release: 1989Source checked | Recent carryover

V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The selected original recording is documented in 1989 in the release history of Soul Provider. Only year precision is assigned. Later singles, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace the original year.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1990.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.

Soul Provider - original 1989 program
The original ten-track program establishes Soul Provider, How Am I Supposed to Live Without You, How Can We Be Lovers and When Im Back on My Feet Again in 1989. Subsequent 1990 singles and annual appearances do not redate the original album performances.

BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Supplied note - not independently verified

This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.

Relationship conflicts

Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent

Sources for this information

Owner-supplied 1990.html, song-list position 43
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.

Other appearances and versions

catalog version unspecified

Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.

An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.

Sources and scope

Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)

Editorial artist-repertoire classification

Billboard year-end 1990 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.

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