Song · Todd Rundgren
“Can We Still Be Friends” by Todd Rundgren
From the album Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978)
“Can We Still Be Friends” by Todd Rundgren appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2001 and 2020. It was first released in 1978 on the album Hermit of Mink Hollow. Its best result is #857 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,658 indie & aaa song of all time.
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The credits on "Can We Still Be Friends" keep circling back to one name: Todd Rundgren wrote the words and music, arranged it, sat at the piano, engineered it and produced it, and Bearsville sent it out in May 1978 as a single from Hermit of Mink Hollow. It's soft rock with a lump in its throat, a breakup song with no villain in it, just two people trying to end things on decent terms.
It reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and did even better in Australia, where it climbed to No. 8.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1175 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2020 | 857 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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