Just a Friend

For the song by Mario, see Just a Friend 2002.
"Just a Friend"
Single by Biz Markie
from the album The Biz Never Sleeps
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1989 (1989-09-26)[1]
Recorded1989
Genre
Length4:06
LabelCold Chillin'
Songwriter(s)Marcel Hall[3][4]
Producer(s)Marcel Hall[4]
Biz Markie singles chronology
"Free Your Mind"
(1988) 		"Just a Friend"
(1989) 		"Intro"
(1990)
Music video
"Just a Friend" on YouTube
"Just a Friend"
Biz Markie's "Just a Friend" from The Biz Never Sleeps
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"Just a Friend" is a song written,[3][4] produced[4] and performed by American hip hop artist Biz Markie. It was released in September 1989 as the lead single from his album The Biz Never Sleeps. It is Markie's most successful single, reaching number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990.[5]

  1. ^ "Amazon.com: Biz Markie: Just a Friend [Vinyl]: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  2. ^ Pitchfork Staff (August 24, 2015). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 16, 2022. He was a DJ and beat boxer, so he was undoubtedly hip-hop, but his aesthetic was rooted in a comedy...
  3. ^ a b "Just a Friend – Biz Markie | Listen, Appearances, Song Review | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d "Biz Markie – Just A Friend (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference allmusic2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).