I Can't (Lisa Brokop song)

"I Can't"
"I Can't"
Single by Reba McEntire
Released	May 8, 2024
Genre	Country
Length	3:59
Label	UMG Nashville; Rockin' R;
Songwriter(s)	Victoria Banks; Tania Hancheroff; Tia Sillers;
Producer(s)	Dave Cobb
Reba McEntire singles chronology
Music video
	"I Can't" on YouTube

"I Can't"
"I Can't"
Song by Lisa Brokop
from the album Beautiful Tragedy
Released	August 19, 2008
Genre	Country
Length	5:32
Label	Ellbea Music
Songwriter(s)	Victoria Banks; Tania Hancheroff; Tia Sillers;

"I Can't" is a song first recorded by Canadian country music singer Lisa Brokop for her 2008 album Beautiful Tragedy. It was written by Victoria Banks, Tania Hancheroff, and Tia Sillers. Banks performed her own version and included it on her album When You Can Fly, released on April 14, 2009. It was covered in 2024 by Reba McEntire.

Reba McEntire version

American country music singer Reba McEntire covered "I Can't" and released it on May 8, 2024, as the lead single from her forthcoming thirty-third studio album. It was produced by Dave Cobb.

Background

McEntire first teased the release of "I Can't" during her appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show on May 2, 2024, and announced that her first studio album in five years is coming "soon".^[1] She debuted the song with a live performance on May 7, 2024, on The Voice, where she served as a judge on the 25th season.^[2]^[3] She performed the song live again when she hosted the Academy of Country Music Awards for a record-breaking 17th time on May 16, 2024.^[4]

"I Can't" is described as "a driving, dramatic, soulful number that plays as part breakup song and part ode to survival"^[2] and has drawn comparisons to her song "I'm a Survivor".^[5]

Music video

The music video for "I Can't" premiered on July 26, 2024.^[6]^[7] Directed by Dano Cerny, the video takes place in a desert with backing dancers performing a choreographed routine as McEntire delivers the song through various weather elements.^[8]

References

^ Gil Kaufman (May 3, 2024). "Reba McEntire Is Returning to Host 2024 ACMs After Watching Garth and Dolly Have a Blast Last Year: 'I Want to Do That!'". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Matthew Jackson (May 8, 2024). "Reba Debuts New Single "I Can't" on The Voice: The Emotional Lyrics, Explained (Watch)". NBC. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
^ "Reba McEntire – I Can't (Live From NBC The Voice)". May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024 – via YouTube.
^ Erinn Callahan (May 7, 2024). "The Voice Star Reba McEntire Proves She's the Queen of Country With Dazzling Debut Performance of "I Can't"". American Songwriter. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
^ Alex Hopper (May 8, 2024). "Behind the Meaning of Reba McEntire's Newest Single, "I Can't"". American Songwriter. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
^ "I've got the thunder in my bones...#ICant official music video next Friday". Twitter. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
^ "Reba McEntire - I Can't (Official Music Video)". July 26, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via YouTube.
^ Kynlee Christensen (July 26, 2024). "Reba McEntire Releases Striking Music Video For "I Can't"". Country Rebel. Retrieved July 26, 2024.

[1] Gil Kaufman (May 3, 2024). "Reba McEntire Is Returning to Host 2024 ACMs After Watching Garth and Dolly Have a Blast Last Year: 'I Want to Do That!'". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2024.

[The_Voice_Performance-2] Matthew Jackson (May 8, 2024). "Reba Debuts New Single "I Can't" on The Voice: The Emotional Lyrics, Explained (Watch)". NBC. Retrieved May 8, 2024.

[3] "Reba McEntire – I Can't (Live From NBC The Voice)". May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024 – via YouTube.

[4] Erinn Callahan (May 7, 2024). "The Voice Star Reba McEntire Proves She's the Queen of Country With Dazzling Debut Performance of "I Can't"". American Songwriter. Retrieved May 8, 2024.

[5] Alex Hopper (May 8, 2024). "Behind the Meaning of Reba McEntire's Newest Single, "I Can't"". American Songwriter. Retrieved May 8, 2024.

[6] "I've got the thunder in my bones...#ICant official music video next Friday". Twitter. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.

[7] "Reba McEntire - I Can't (Official Music Video)". July 26, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via YouTube.

[8] Kynlee Christensen (July 26, 2024). "Reba McEntire Releases Striking Music Video For "I Can't"". Country Rebel. Retrieved July 26, 2024.

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Albums Singles Videos
1970s	"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (with Jacky Ward) "Sweet Dreams"
1980s	"(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" "I Can See Forever in Your Eyes" "I Don't Think Love Ought to Be That Way" "Today All Over Again" "Only You (And You Alone)" "I'm Not That Lonely Yet" "Can't Even Get the Blues" "You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving" "Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)" "There Ain't No Future in This" "Just a Little Love" "He Broke Your Memory Last Night" "How Blue" "Somebody Should Leave" "Have I Got a Deal for You" "Only in My Mind" "Whoever's in New England" "Little Rock" "What Am I Gonna Do About You" "Let the Music Lift You Up" "One Promise Too Late" "The Last One to Know" "Love Will Find Its Way to You" "A Sunday Kind of Love" "I Know How He Feels" "New Fool at an Old Game" "Cathy's Clown" "'Til Love Comes Again" "Little Girl"
1990s	"Walk On" "You Lie" "Rumor Has It" "Fancy" "Fallin' Out of Love" "For My Broken Heart" "Is There Life Out There" "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" "Take It Back" "The Heart Won't Lie" (with Vince Gill) "It's Your Call" "Does He Love You" (with Linda Davis) "They Asked About You" "Why Haven't I Heard from You" "She Thinks His Name Was John" "Till You Love Me" "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" "And Still" "On My Own" "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" "Starting Over Again" "You Keep Me Hangin' On" "The Fear of Being Alone" "How Was I to Know" "I'd Rather Ride Around with You" "What If It's You" "If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Brooks & Dunn) "Forever Love" "Wrong Night" "One Honest Heart" "What Do You Say"
2000s	"I'll Be" "We're So Good Together" "I'm a Survivor" "Sweet Music Man" "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain" "Somebody" "He Gets That from Me" "My Sister" "You're Gonna Be (Always Loved by Me)" "Love Needs a Holiday" "Because of You" (with Kelly Clarkson) "The Only Promise That Remains" (with Justin Timberlake) "Every Other Weekend" (with Kenny Chesney or Skip Ewing) "Strange" "Consider Me Gone"
2010s	"I Keep On Loving You" "Turn On the Radio" "If I Were a Boy" "When Love Gets a Hold of You" "Somebody's Chelsea" "Going Out Like That" "Until They Don't Love You" "Just Like Them Horses" "Softly and Tenderly" "Back to God" "God and My Girlfriends" "Freedom"
2020s	"Does He Love You" (with Dolly Parton) "I Can't"
Other singles	"Mind Your Own Business" (with Hank Williams Jr.) "Oklahoma Swing" (with Vince Gill) "What If" "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Brooks & Dunn) "Forever Country" (with Various artists) "Be a Light" (with Thomas Rhett)