<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Good Vibrations" (1976) </Td> <Td> "Can We Still Be Friends" (1978) </Td> <Td> "Bang the Drum All Day" (1983) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Good Vibrations" (1976) </Td> <Td> "Can We Still Be Friends" (1978) </Td> <Td> "Bang the Drum All Day" (1983) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Can We Still Be Friends" is a song written and originally performed by Todd Rundgren . </P> <P> Todd Rundgren released his version on his 1978 album Hermit of Mink Hollow . This was the only hit single on the album, reaching #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 . It was a hit single in Australia, where it went to #8 . The lyrics describe a relationship to which Rundgren and the woman to whom he is singing have given great effort to fix the relationship, but simply cannot work . Rundgren explains this, but wishes to part amicably, asking several times if he and his partner can "still be friends ." The song is generally assumed to be about Rundgren's breakup with long - time companion Bebe Buell in 1977 . Rundgren played all the instruments and performed all the vocals on the track, as he did with the rest of the album . </P>

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