My Friend (Zard song)

"My Friend"
Single by Zard
from the album Today Is Another Day
Released	January 8, 1996
Genre	Pop rock
Label	B-Gram Records
Songwriter(s)	Izumi Sakai, Tetsurō Oda
Zard singles chronology
"Sayonara wa Ima mo Kono Mune ni Imasu" (1995) "My Friend" (1996) "Kokoro wo Hiraite" (1996)

"My Friend (マイ フレンド)" is the 17th single by Zard,^[1] released 8 January 1996. The single debuted at ranked #1 on its first week. It charted for 21 weeks and sold over a million copies, becoming the third highest-selling single in Zard's career.^[2] When she died, it was elected as her third best song on the Oricon polls.^[3][4] The song is best known as the 4th Ending theme for Slam Dunk anime.