| "For a Friend" | ||||
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| Single by The Communards | ||||
| from the album Red | ||||
| B-side | "Victims (Live)" (7") | |||
| Released | 8 February 1988 (UK)[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Pop, ballad | |||
| Length | 4:39 (CD single) | |||
| Label | London Records (UK) / Metronome (Germany) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Richard Coles, Jimmy Somerville | |||
| Producer(s) | Stephen Hague | |||
| The Communards singles chronology | ||||
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"For a Friend" is a single from the British synth-pop duo The Communards taken from their 1987 album Red.
The song is an emotional ballad and was written in the memory of Mark Ashton,[2] a friend of Jimmy Somerville and Richard Coles.[3] Mark Hooper of The Rough Guide to Rock writes that this cut may be Somerville's "most impassioned moment".[2] "For a Friend" reached number 28 on the British charts.[4]
- ^ "Index". Record Mirror. 6 February 1988. p. 2.
- ^ a b Hooper 2003, pp. 221–222.
- ^ Kellman, Andy. "Review: Red". AllMusic.
- ^ Warwick, Kutner & Brown 2004, p. 256.