We Can Work It Out

~ Recording by Chaka Khan

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1We Can Work It Out3:44Chaka KhanWhat Cha' Gonna Do for MeChaka KhanAlbum
  • US1981-04-20
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)HS 3526
1.1We Can Work It Out3:44Chaka KhanWhat Cha' Gonna Do for MeChaka KhanAlbum
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)WB 56 888 U
1.1We Can Work It Out3:44Chaka KhanWhat Cha’ Gonna Do for MeChaka KhanAlbum
  • JP1989-04-10
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)18P2-2672
1.8We Can Work It Out3:45Chaka KhanAll Together Now - Beatles Songs by SuperstarsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Marketing (Germany)9548-34762-2
1.1We Can Work It Out3:44Chaka KhanWhat Cha' Gonna Do for MeChaka KhanAlbum
  • JP1997-02-25
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)WPCR-1007
1.1We Can Work It Out3:44Chaka KhanWhat Cha' Gonna Do for MeChaka KhanAlbum
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)7599-25867-2
1.1We Can Work It Out3:44Chaka KhanWhat Cha’ Gonna Do for MeChaka KhanAlbum
  • XW2008-02-05
Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
3.1We Can Work It Out3:44Chaka KhanOriginal Album SeriesChaka KhanAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2010-02-26
Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)8122 79836 0
1.9We Can Work It Out3:43Chaka KhanThe Essential Chaka KhanChaka KhanAlbum + Compilation
Music Club DeluxeMCDLX526
3.1We Can Work It Out3:43Chaka KhanThe Studio Album Collection: 1978 - 1992Chaka KhanAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2013-07-17
Rhino (reissue label), Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it)[none]
1.16We Can Work It Out3:44Chaka KhanJust like BeatlesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2017-03-09
X5 Music Group
(unknown)
1.1We Can Work It Out3:44Chaka KhanWhat Cha' Gonna Do For MeChaka KhanAlbum
  • GB2016-02-05
Big Break RecordsWCDBBRX0331

Relationships

recording engineer:Jeremy Smith (producer/engineer)
brass [horns] arranger:Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist)
drums (drum set) arranger:Greg Phillinganes
strings arranger:Arif Mardin
recording of:We Can Work It Out (cover)

Related works

We Can Work It Out

lyricist and composer:John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1965)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1965)
publisher:EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?)
Northern Songs
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
referred to in medleys:Exposition / We Can Work It Out (order: 2)
Beatles Medley (Stars on 45) (order: 6)
Stars on 45 (Beatles Medley 7″ Mix) (order: 8)
Stars on 45 (12″ single) (order: 11)
later translated versions:Red ma uns das aus
Tout peut s’arranger (We Can Work It Out)
נתגבר יחדיו
is the basis for:Beatles Concerto Grosso No. 3 (In the Style of J. S. Bach): We Can Work It Out - Bourrée