THE CRANBERRIES - I CAN'T BE WITH YOU

I CAN'T BE WITH YOU

THE CRANBERRIES

SONGWRITERS: Dolores Mary O'riordan & Noel Anthony Hogan

COUNTRY: IRELAND

ALBUM: NO NEED TO ARGUE

LABEL: ISLAND RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1994

 

        The Cranberries were an Irish rock band formed in Limerick, Ireland. Originally named the Cranberry Saw Us, the band were formed in 1989 by lead singer Niall Quinn, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler. Quinn was replaced as lead singer by Dolores O'Riordan in 1990 and they changed their name to the Cranberries. The band classified themselves as an alternative rock group, but incorporated aspects of indie rock, jangle pop, folk rock, post-punk and pop rock into their sound.

       The Cranberries rose to international fame in the 1990s with their debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, which became a commercial success. Some of the band's hit singles include "Dreams" (1992), "Linger" (1993), "Zombie" (1994) and "Salvation" (1996). Five of the band's albums reached the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 chart and eight of their singles reached the Top 20 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

    In early 2009, after a six-year hiatus, the Cranberries reunited and began a North American tour followed by shows in Latin America and Europe. The band's sixth studio album, Roses, was released in February 2012 and its seventh, Something Else, followed in April 2017. On 15 January 2018, O'Riordan was found dead of drowning in a London hotel room. The Cranberries confirmed in September 2018 that they would not continue as a band; their final album, In the End, was released in April 2019 and they disbanded afterwards.

       The Cranberries rank as one of the best-selling alternative acts of the 1990s, having sold nearly 50 million albums worldwide as of 2019. They have received an MTV Europe Music Award, a World Music Award, an International Group nomination at the Brit Awards, a Juno nomination, a Juno Award win, an Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement and a BMI Award with a Special Citation of Achievement. In the End earned them a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album. With the video for their song "Zombie", the Cranberries became the first Irish band to reach one billion views on YouTube.

       No Need to Argue is the second studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries, released on 3 October 1994. It is the band's best selling album, and has sold 17 million copies worldwide as of 2014. It contains the band's most successful single, "Zombie". The album's mood is darker and harsher than that on Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, released a year before.

         In some of the songs, the band decided to take on a rockier and heavier side, using distortion and increasing the volume. The song "Yeats' Grave" – incorrectly listed on the album as "Yeat's Grave" and never corrected for any of the album's physical re-releases – is about William Butler Yeats, and quotes one of his poems, No Second Troy. The O'Riordan written track "Zombie" is, according to her, about the Warrington IRA bombings in 1993 that resulted in the death of two children

Lying in my bed again

And I cry 'cause you're not here

Crying in my head again

And I know that it's not clear

Put your hands, put your hands

Inside my face and see that it's just you

But it's bad and it's mad

And it's making me sad

Because I can't be with you

 

Be with you, be with you

Be with you, be with you

Be with you, be with you

Baby, I can't be with you

 

Thinking back on how things were

And on how we loved so well

I wanted to be the mother of your child

And now it's just farewell

Put your hands in my hands

And come with me

We'll find another end

And my head, and my head

On anyone's shoulder

'Cause I can't be with you

 

Be with you, be with you

Be with you, be with you

Be with you, be with you

Baby, I can't be with you

 

'Cause you're not here, you're not here

Baby, I can't be with you

'Cause you're not here, you're not here

Baby, still in love with you

 

Still in love with you

When I'm still in love with you

Na na na na

Still in love with you

When I'm still in love with you

Na na na na

Still in love with you

When I'm still in love with you.