I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)

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single song

"I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)" is a 1981 hit single by American pop duo Daryl Hall & John Oates that blends blue-eyed soul with new wave and became one of their signature songs.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Can’t Go for That	1
“I Can’t Go for That”	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
chartPositionBillboardYearEndHot1001982	14 ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles	1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart	8 ⓘ
chartPositionUSAdultContemporary	1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSHotSoulSingles	1 ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows	Private Eyes (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes	Did It in a Minute NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	early 1980s pop ⓘ
featuresInstrument	drum machine ⓘ saxophone ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ
genre	blue-eyed soul ⓘ new wave ⓘ
hasBSide	Unguarded Minute NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMusicVideo	yes ⓘ
hasSignatureBassLine	yes ⓘ
includedIn	greatest hits compilations of Hall & Oates ⓘ
influenced	R&B and pop artists of the 1980s ⓘ
isSignatureHitFor	Daryl Hall & John Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	4:13 ⓘ
lengthSingleEdit	3:42 ⓘ
notableFor	blend of blue-eyed soul and new wave ⓘ use of drum machine groove ⓘ
partOfAlbum	Private Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer	Daryl Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Daryl Hall & John Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ John Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Daryl Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ John Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil Kernon NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedAt	Electric Lady Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hit Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingLocation	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	RCA Records ⓘ
releaseDate	1981-10-23 ⓘ
releaseYear	1981 ⓘ
sampledBy	numerous hip hop and R&B tracks ⓘ
signatureSongOf	Daryl Hall & John Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ
tempo	mid-tempo ⓘ
theme	personal boundaries in a relationship ⓘ
vocalStyle	soulful lead vocal by Daryl Hall ⓘ
writer	Daryl Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ John Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ Sara Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daryl Hall & John Oates → hasBillboardHot100NumberOneSingle → I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) ⓘ

Brian McKnight (album) → hasPart → I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) ⓘ

this entity surface form: “I Can’t Go for That”

So Help Me God! → hasTrack → I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Can’t Go for That

Daryl Hall & John Oates → notableWork → I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) ⓘ