It was the fourth number-one hit single of their career on the Billboard Hot 100 and the second hit single from their album Private Eyes. It features Charles DeChant on saxello.
In the US the single was released in December 1981. However in the UK the single was not released until 1982.
On January 30, 1982, 'I Can't Go for That' ended a 10-week run at the top of the Hot 100 by Olivia Newton-John's song, 'Physical' (which had knocked out Hall & Oates' 'Private Eyes' from the top spot). The song also went to number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart for one week in January 1982.
Thanks to heavy airplay on urban contemporary radio stations, 'I Can't Go for That' also topped the U.S. R and B chart, a rare feat for a non-African American act. According to the Hall and Oates biography, Hall, upon learning that 'I Can't Go For That' had gone to number one on the R and B chart, wrote in his diary, "I'm the head soul brother in the U.S. Where to now?"
In the UK the single was another hit as it reached number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.
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