How Can We Be Lovers

"How Can We Be Lovers"
US retail cassette variant of standard artwork; the US CD edition was promo-only
Single by Michael Bolton
from the album Soul Provider
B-side	"That's What Love Is All About"
Released	1990
Genre	Rock
Length	3:55
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Michael Bolton Diane Warren Desmond Child
Producer(s)	Desmond Child Michael Bolton (co.)
Michael Bolton singles chronology
"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" (1989) "How Can We Be Lovers" (1990) "When I'm Back on My Feet Again" (1990)

"How Can We Be Lovers" is a song written by Michael Bolton, Diane Warren, and Desmond Child and performed by Bolton. Released as the third single from Bolton's sixth studio album, Soul Provider (1989), it peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the UK Singles Chart in May 1990. The song also reached number two in Canada, number three in Australia, number 10 in Sweden, and number 18 in Ireland.