Old Friends (Ben Rector song)

"Old Friends"
Single by Ben Rector
from the album Magic
ReleasedMay 18, 2018
GenrePop rock[1]
Length3:44
LabelOK Kid
Songwriter(s)Ben Rector
Producer(s)
Music video
"Old Friends" on YouTube

"Old Friends" is a 2018 song by American singer-songwriter Ben Rector. It released as a single alongside "I Will Always Be Yours" on May 18, 2018, and is the fourth song on Rector's seventh studio album Magic, released on June 22, 2018 via OK Kid Recordings. The song is a reflective piece reminiscing on old friends and memories.

Rector was one part of the band Euromart in high school, one of his earliest musical experiences; the band consisted of Rector, Chris Wylie, Blake Studdard, Matt Wantland, and Austin Helm. Much later, inspired by a discussion with his mother about keeping up with old friends from high school, he would write "Old Friends" while being "flooded" with old memories and feelings of nostalgia. The associated music video for the song saw Euromart reunited, performing the song in Rector's childhood home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, released on June 8, 2018. "Old Friends" would be performed live and included in live albums from touring for Magic and later The Joy of Music, and is the title name of The Old Friends Acoustic Tour, where it was also performed.

  1. ^ a b "Magic - Ben Rector". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2023-12-09.