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Music has a way of saying all the things nosotros find hard to express. And when it comes to our true friends—the ones who have been there to uplift us during our darkest days, questionable haircuts, and happiest memories—a song lyric, similar a heartfelt quote, can be the perfect fashion to capture the way we feel well-nigh them. We've curated a list of all-time friend songs to dedicate to your OG, the Gayle to your Oprah, (or vice versa), the Carrie to your Miranda, the... well, you get it. Play these pop hits, country ballads, rap tunes, and 90s throwbacks during your next girlfriend getaway, or blast them on a road trip with the volume cranked up. They won't fifty-fifty heed if you lot sing them a little off-cardinal. That's the beauty of having a BFF.
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"I'll exist There For You" by the Rembrandts
No, you're non listening to an episode of Friends, simply that is what the song, "I'll exist there for y'all," is all about, and why it debuts at the top of our listing. The Rembrandts released the single as role of their studio album L.P. in 1995.
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Key lyrics:
I'll be there for you
(Like I've been there before)
I'll exist there for you
('Cause you're at that place for me besides)
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"Thanks for Being a Friend" by Andrew Aureate
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"Count on Me" by Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars's "Count on Me" is cheery and elementary just gets to heart of what information technology means to be a friend— someone who y'all can count on in times of trouble. The song was released in 2010 on Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Mars's debut album.
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Primal Lyrics:
Find out what we're fabricated of
When we are called to assist our friends in need
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"You lot've Got a Friend in Me" by Randy Newman
Randy Newman created "Y'all've Got A Friend in Me" for the Toy Story movie franchise. It's the perfect song to dedicate to your childhood bestie.
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Key lyrics:
If you've got troubles, I've got 'em too
In that location isn't anything I wouldn't exercise for yous
We stick together and can see it through
'Cause you've got a friend in me
Yes, you've got a friend in me
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"Lean on Me" past Beak Withers
Bill Withers's "Lean on Me" was featured on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time every bit number 208. The song is an anthem for unity and camaraderie. Withers released it in June 1972 on his album All the same Bill. Rolling Stone calls it his biggest hit.
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Central lyrics:
Lean on me, when y'all're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help y'all carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
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"Best Friend" by Immature Thug
Rapper Young Thug released his single "Best Friend" in 2015 and since then it's been a go-to hook to celebrate friendship for birthdays, social media shout-outs, and any other time that you want the world to know "that's my bestie, go best friend!" The song peaked at number 18 on Billboard'due south Hot 100 nautical chart in 2016.
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Key lyrics:
And that'southward my bestie, my bestie, my best friend, go all-time friend!
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"No New Friends" past DJ Khaled ft. Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne
DJ Khaled collaborated with Rick Ross, Drake and Lil Wayne to release "No New Friends" in 2013. This runway praises the loyal people who were with yous from the very beginning. The song nods to Drake'southward "Started From the Bottom," where he raps about his journeying to success and bringing his day-one friends to the meridian with him.
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Key Lyrics:
No new friends, no new friends, no new friends...
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"Started From the Bottom" by Drake
When you're succeeding in life, it'due south of import to recognize who'south encouraging you lot and who has never left your side. That'due south exactly the kind of friendship that Drake raps nearly in "Started From The Bottom." This first single from Drake'due south album Nothing Was the Same peaked at number vi on Billboard'southward Hot 100 in 2013.
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Key lyrics:
Started from the bottom, now we're hither
Started from the bottom, at present my whole squad f****** here
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"Real Friends" by Kanye Westward
Rapper and producer Kanye West released "Real Friends" with Ty Dolla Sign in 2016 on his anthology The Life of Pablo. In the song, Westward tries to discern who, of his friends and family, has his best interests at heart.
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Primal lyrics:
Real friends, how many of united states of america?
How many of us, how many jealous? Real friends
It's not many of united states of america, we smile at each other
But how many honest? Trust issues
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"True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper recorded "True Colors" on her 2d album. In October 1968, the song hit number one on Billboard'due south Hot 100. The lyrics, by songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, are an encouraging reminder to live authentically. Since its release, the song has been sampled and recorded by many artists and remains a staple of pop culture. Information technology's a reminder that your all-time friend will always come across you at your most cute.
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Key lyrics:
But I run across your true colors
Shining through
I see your truthful colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your truthful colors
True colors are beautiful
Like a rainbow
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"Girl" past Destiny'southward Child
Destiny'southward Child'south "Girl" was a single on the group's album Destiny Fulfilled in 2014. Kelly Rowland admitted that the song was written for her during a fourth dimension that she was in an calumniating relationship. The lyrics reflect group members Beyoncé and Michelle'south plead for Rowland to confide in them and be honest with herself.
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Fundamental lyrics:
Girl, y'all don't have to be hiding
Don't y'all be ashamed to say he injure you
I'm your girl, you lot're my daughter, we your girls
Don't you lot know that we dearest ya?
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"Wannabe" past the Spice Girls
"If you wannabe my lover, you gotta go with my friends" is the iconic line from the British pop group. The debut unmarried peaked at #i on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1997. The vocal is fun and upbeat, and places friendships with your gals ahead of romantic relationships. Though, the Spice Girls accept since admitted that they accept no idea what zig-a-zig-ah means.
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Central lyrics:
If you wanna be my lover, yous gotta get with my friends
(Gotta become with my friends)
Get in terminal forever, friendship never ends
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"Clique" by Kanye W, Jay-Z and Big Sean
Rappers Kanye Westward, Big Sean, and Jay-Z teamed up to create "Clique" in 2012. Label G.O.O.D. Music released the rail on its collaboration album, Roughshod Summer. The vocal is ideal for a group of friends raising a glass to each other.
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Key lyrics:
Own't nobody fresher than my m********* clique, clique, clique, clique, clique
Equally I look effectually, they don't do it like my clique, clique, clique, clique, clique
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"Best Friend" by Brandy
R&B star Brandy released "All-time Friend" in 1995 every bit a single for her cocky-titled album. In a 2014 interview with Billboard on the album's 20th ceremony, Brandy shared that the vocal was dedicated to her brother, Ray J, another star in the entertainment industry. You lot can come across the pair dancing together in the song'south music video. This goes to show that sometimes the closest friends y'all take are your family unit.
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Primal lyrics:
I don't know what I'd ever do without you
From the starting time to the end
You've e'er been here right abreast me
So, I'll call you my best friend
Through the good times and the bad ones
Whether I lose or if I win
I know ane thing that never changes, and
That's you equally my best friend
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"Friends" by The Carters
The Carters—Beyoncé and Jay-Z—released "Friends" as function of their surprise album Everything Is Love in 2018. The couple has dozens of Grammy Awards combined and their work has led them both to be powerhouse names in the entertainment industry. This vocal is similar a tribute to the friends that stood past them along the manner in their journeying. In the song, Jay-Z personally shouts out some of his longtime pals.
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Cardinal lyrics
My friends, real friends, better than your friendsThat'southward how we keep poppin' out that Benz, aye
No foes, existent friends, nosotros ain't even got to pretend, yes
Get bands, go bands, spend information technology all on my friends
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"That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne Warwick ft. Stevie Wonder, Elton John, and Gladys Knight
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"Skilful Friend and a Drinking glass of Vino" by LeAnn Rimes
When you have a "Practiced Friend and a Drinking glass of Wine," yous have all y'all need to feel relaxed, refreshed, and revived. LeAnn Rimes'due south single was released from her anthology Family unit in 2008. The song is perfect for grabbing your closest gals and decompressing from whatever the world throws your way.
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Primal lyrics:
A expert friend and a glass of wine
Someone to say it'due south gonna exist alright
A good friend and a glass of wine
A little option me upward to get me through the night
We talk trash n' we laugh and cry
That kind of therapy money tin can't buy
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"Y'all're My All-time Friend" past Queen
The British rock group Queen originally released "Yous're My Best Friend" in 1975 on their album A Dark at the Opera until information technology was later re-released every bit a single. John Deacon, the band's bass role player, really admitted that he wrote the piece virtually his wife. The hit was certified platinum by the RIAA in September 2016, with 1 meg copies sold. Information technology's a swell one for weddings, if your spouse does happen to be your BFF.
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Primal lyrics:
Ooh, you make me live
I'yard happy at home
Y'all're my best friend
Oh, you're my all-time friend
Ooh, you make me live
Yous're my best friend
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"Jumpin' Jumpin'" by Destiny'due south Child
Ladies, are y'all craving a night out with your girls? We've got a hit for you. "Jumpin' Jumpin'" by Destiny'southward Child is unmarried from the group's album, The Writing's on the Wall. The album was certified platinum 8 times in a span of three years by the RIAA.
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Key lyrics:
All you ladies leave your man at dwelling house
The club is total of ballers and their pockets full grown
And all you fellas go out your girl with her friends
'Crusade information technology'due south 11 thirty and the club is jumpin', jumpin'
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"Friends" by Whodini
The hip hop trio Whodini created "Friends" in 1984. A regional news site in Alabama interviewed the group's lyricist Jalil Hutchins who talked about the touch on of the vocal'southward lifespan. "The younger generation may not written report all the words, just they know that song." The rails is a hip-hop classic that reminds us that being a good friend is more than almost what you lot do than what y'all say.
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Cardinal lyrics:
Friends – how many of us accept them?
Friends – ones we tin depend on
Friends – how many of us have them?
Friends – before we go any further, allow's be
Friends
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"Graduation (Friends Forever)" by Vitamin C
"Graduation (Friends Forever)" is popular singer Vitamin C's single on her debut self-titled album. The lyrics describe growing up, but not growing autonomously.
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Key lyrics:
Every bit we proceed
We recollect
All the times we
Had together
And every bit our lives change
Come whatever
We will still be
Friends forever
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"We Tin't End" by Miley Cyrus
"We Tin't End" was Miley Cyrus'south pb single from her 2013 anthology Bangerz. This song and its music video represented a breakout image for Cyrus as an adult, separate from her adolescent persona from her career at Disney. The song was a huge success, peaking at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 nautical chart (and she went on to acme at #one with the album'southward 2nd single "Wrecking Brawl" simply two months after). Though there are no explicit mentions of a best friend in this hit, the carefree lyrics entice yous to be emboldened, let get, and party, and who better to do that with than our friends?
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Key lyrics:
And nosotros can't stop (whoa)
And we won't finish (whoa)
Can't you see it's we who ain the dark
Can't you lot see it we who tour' that life
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"Aid!" by The Beatles
The Beatles released "Help!" in July 1965. The hitting landed in Rolling Stone's meridian 50 spot for Greatest Songs of All Time. John Lennon, who wrote the track, told the mag, "Subconsciously, I was crying out for help. I didn't realize information technology at the fourth dimension…"
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Key lyrics:
Assist me if you can, I'thou feeling down
And I do appreciate you lot existence 'round
Assistance me go my feet back on the ground
Won't yous please, please help me?
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"I'm Only Me When I'm With You" past Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift released "I'g Only Me When I'm With You" in 2004 as a bonus rail of the deluxe edition of her debut album. The music video for the runway is personal and heartwarming, full of moments with her close friends and family snipped together in a montage.
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Primal lyrics
I'chiliad simply up when you're not downwards
Don't wanna wing if you're yet on the ground
Information technology's like no affair what I do
Well, you bulldoze me crazy one-half the time
The other half I'one thousand merely trying
To allow y'all know that what I experience is true
And I'k only me when I'm with you
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"Count on Me" by Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans
Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans came together for "Count on Me" in the soundtrack for Waiting to Exhale. The soulful song is perfect for friends who help lift each other upward in times of need.
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Key lyrics:
Count on me through thick and thin
A friendship that will never end
When you lot are weak I will be strong
Helping you to carry on
Call on me, I will be there
Don't be afraid
Please believe me when I say
Count on me
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"What Nigh Your Friends" by TLC
The hip hop and R&B daughter group TLC released "What About Your Friends" every bit a single on their 1992 debut album. The lyrics are about determining who your true friends are. In a 2017 interview with Billboard, group member Chilli said: "We've all been back-stabbed past people we thought were our true friends and that'southward a life lesson that you learn as you get older."
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Central lyrics:
What about your friends?
Will they stand their ground,
Will they let you lot downward again?
What about your friends?
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"I Plow to You" by Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera covered All-iv-Ane's "I Turn to You" and released it as a single on her debut anthology in 2000. Months after, the runway peaked at the number three spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. The carol is smoothen and slow and encourages you to experience condom with the friends you beloved.
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Key lyrics:
For a shield from the storm
For a friend, for a love
To proceed me rubber and warm
I turn to y'all
For the force to be potent
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"Nosotros Get Together"
Whether this song makes you want to pause out your leather or break out in dance, the message of the Grease showtune withal holds potent. The closing track of the moving-picture show ends with the cast making a vow that they'll always be together.
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Primal lyrics:
Nosotros go together
Similar rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong
Remembered forever
As shoo-bop sha wadda wadda yippity boom de boom
Chang chang changitty chang sha-bop
That's the way information technology should be
Wah-oooh, aye!
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"My Old Friend" by Tim McGraw
State music star Tim McGraw released "My Old Friend" as a single in 2005 on his album Live Like Yous Were Dying. The vocal is like an apology letter from one friend to another for growing apart, as some friendships practise. The goal is to be appreciative of your friends while they're even so in that location.
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Key lyrics:
My erstwhile friend, I apologize
For the years that take passed
Since the last fourth dimension you and I
Dusted off those memories
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"Friends" by Nas and Damian Marley
Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley collaborated on Afar Relatives in 2010, which gave nascence to the track "Friends." The anthology was intended to empower Black communities; the song infuses elements of rap, reggae and samples from the African diaspora. Every bit Marley says in the song, "Your real friends volition serve you long."
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Key lyrics:
Your existent friends volition serve yous long
Acquaintances will fade
Your real friends won't exercise you incorrect
Real friend don't change
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