Top 10 Friendship Songs
Grab your BFFs and hold 'em close while listening to these songs together! Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the top 10 friendship songs. For this list, we've chosen pieces of music that best embody the gift and importance of friends and have chosen our favorites. These songs make us want to grab our friends and let them know that we enjoy their company. So grab your best friend and bond with these songs about friendship.
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Top 10 Friendship Songs
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Grab your BFFs and hold ‘em close while listening to these songs together! Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we’re counting down our picks for the top 10 friendship songs. For this list, we’ve chosen pieces of music that best embody the gift and importance of friends and have chosen our favorites.
#10: “We’re Going to Be Friends” (2002) The White Stripes
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Penned by former spouses/band duo Jack and Meg White, this song was surprisingly written not too long after the couple’s divorce and was released as the final single from their last independent studio album White Blood Cells. With its heartwarming melody and elementary lyrics, this track has been noted not merely for its core theme of friendship, but also for its illustration of childhood innocence and harmony among companions. It has since grown to have a dedicated cult following, finding its way to other equally simple and praised works like “Napoleon Dynamite.”
#9: “My Friends” (1995) Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Produced by the legendary Rick Rubin, this melancholic ballad was released as the second single from the band’s multi-platinum album One Hot Minute. In its initial release, the song went on to become the band’s third #1 single on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, and held the spot for four consecutive weeks. With music and lyrics that tug at just the right heart strings, this tune perfectly captures the pain of seeing one’s comrades in agony as well as the enduring loyalty and expanding love that parallels such excruciating times. We also can’t forget their funky, rap rock ode to friendship, “Me and My Friends,” from the late 1980s, which the Chili Peppers still perform live to this day.
#8: “All My Friends” (2007) LCD Soundsystem
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Released as the second single off their sophomore album, Sound of Silver, this song from the short-lived electronica/dance-punk band contains a beautiful and repeating piano play throughout its seven-and-a-half minute run. With its poetry highlighting the retrospective thoughts of its speaker, this tune, and its appropriately futuristic melody, exhibits the discomfort of living too fast, making mistakes, and missing out on things you should have prioritized better, including: time with friends. It remains one of the band’s most successful and popular tracks, even being covered by the Velvet Underground’s John Cale.
#7: “Waiting on a Friend” (1981) The Rolling Stones
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If there’s a song out there that best reinforces “bros before hoes”, it’s probably this one. As the closing track to their best-selling record, this song showcases a surprisingly more lyrically developed Jagger, as it portrays a speaker who resembles less the stereotypical rock-star and more an everyday individual who’s simply waiting on a friend. While the song did not resonate well with The Stones’ home audience, it did become an airwave and sales success across the pond, peaking at #13 on the U.S. singles chart.
#6: “You’ve Got a Friend” (1971) James Taylor
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Originally written by Carole King for her sophomore record, Tapestry, the better known version by James Taylor garnered more success as a cover, becoming his best-selling single in the U.S. and his only #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The following year, both artists garnered Grammy awards for their respective strengths and contributions to the song, with King taking home ‘Song of the Year’ and Taylor winning ‘Best Male Vocal Performance for Pop’. The song has since been covered by other renowned pop sensations like Dusty Springfield and Michael Jackson, proving its endurance and versatility.
#5: “I’ll Be There for You” (1995) The Rembrandts
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A fun and fitting pop song for their appropriately titled sitcom “Friends,” producers David Crane and Marta Kauffman initially penned this tune as a one-minute opener for the show. Originally offered to music veterans They Might Be Giants and R.E.M., it was ultimately given to and re-written by the Rembrandts. When the initial short version of the song garnered popularity, the band’s record label demanded a full-length track. The band gladly obliged and featured this ode to friends as the closing track to their studio record: LP.
#4: “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” (1996) Randy Newman
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Written with the simplicity that lyricist Randy Newman is known for, this song has become an anthem for friends everywhere, after being written for the 1996 animated feature “Toy Story.” Using toys Woody and Buzz as the inspiration for this song, the track has become associated with the two characters and their status as best pals. Though Newman did not receive an Oscar nod for his work with the “Toy Story” franchise until he wrote and recorded “We Belong Together” for the third film in the series, it’s this song that ultimately takes the win with us for its pop-culture prominence and strong emphasis on friendship.
#3: “Lean on Me” (1972) Bill Withers
As his only single to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, this beautifully merged pop/soul song from Bill Withers reminds us that no one can make it alone, that we’ll all eventually “need a hand” or somebody to “lean on.” Inspired by Withers’ childhood home life in West Virginia, the song was written as a wistful reminiscence of life in a small town after Withers transitioned to city life in Los Angeles. Covered by numerous artists since, it’s one of only nine songs to achieve #1 status with renditions by two different artists.
#2: “You’re My Best Friend” (1976) Queen
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Penned by bassist John Deacon for his wife, this song, appearing on the band’s critically praised A Night at the Opera album, is one of Queen’s few hits to not be written by primary lyricists Freddie Mercury or Brian May. While its lyrics could identify it as a love song, its vivid melody and balanced poetry make it more a song about companionship than one’s significant other. While it didn’t sell as big as the group’s previous single “Bohemian Rhapsody”, it remains as one of Queen’s most popular tracks for its instrumental diversity and its catchy chorus - it’ll make you live. Before we unveil our favorite friendship tune, here are a few honorable mentions: - “That's What Friends Are For” (1985) Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder - “Chinese” (2009) Lily Allen - “Graduation (Friends Forever)” (2000) Vitamin C - “Anytime You Need a Friend” (1994) Mariah Carey
#1: “With a Little Help from My Friends” (1967) The Beatles
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Taking the top spot on our list is the opening song from one of the most iconic records ever by one of music’s most celebrated bands. With the one and only Billy Shears, i.e.: Ringo Starr, taking lead vocals, this catchy tune reminds us that it’s our love for friends and their love for us that helps us get past anything, from our shortcomings, to our loneliness, to our superficiality. It has since been covered over 50 times, the most notable being a much slower rendition from Joe Cocker which ended up as the theme song of the hit dramedy “The Wonder Years.” Do you agree with our list? Which songs make you want to hug friends a little harder? For more fond and friendly top 10s published every day, be sure to subscribe to WatchMojo.com!
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