Friends (Elton John song)

"Friends"
side-A label
One of side-A labels of the US single
Single by Elton John
from the album Friends
B-side"Honey Roll"
Released10 March 1971
RecordedSeptember 1970
GenrePop
Length2:20
LabelUni
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gus Dudgeon
Elton John singles chronology
"Your Song"
(1970)
"Friends"
(1971)
"Levon"
(1971)

"Friends" is a song written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. It was John's third U.S. hit, and his second to reach Top 40 after the breakthrough success of "Your Song".

The song rose to number 34 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 17 on the Cash Box Top 100.[1] On the Canadian singles chart "Friends" peaked at number 13.[2] "Friends" also became a medium hit on the Adult Contemporary charts of both nations.

  1. ^ "Top 100 1971-05-01". Cashbox. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2016.