"Friends" | ||||
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Single by Francis and the Lights featuring Bon Iver and Kanye West | ||||
from the album Farewell, Starlite! | ||||
Released | July 7, 2016 | |||
Length | 3:09 | |||
Label | KTTF Music | |||
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Francis and the Lights singles chronology | ||||
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"Friends" is a song by American music project Francis and the Lights featuring Bon Iver and uncredited contributions from Kanye West. The song was released as a single on July 7, 2016, accompanied by a music video featuring Francis Farewell Starlite, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and Kanye West.[1]
The song was sampled in Chance the Rapper's song "Summer Friends" from his 2016 mixtape Coloring Book.[2] "Friends" was sampled in "Summer Friends" before it was officially released independently as a single by Francis and the Lights.
Red Bull named it as the 15th best song of 2016.[3]
Francis and the Lights, Vernon and West collaborated again in 2019 on the song "Take Me to the Light."[4]