"You Are My Friend" | ||||
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Single by Patti LaBelle | ||||
from the album Patti LaBelle | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | 1977, New Orleans | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 4:36 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | David Rubinson | |||
Patti LaBelle singles chronology | ||||
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"You Are My Friend" is a ballad co-written and recorded by American singer Patti LaBelle, released as the second single off her self-titled debut album, in 1978 on the Epic label. While it only reached as high as number sixty-one on the Billboard Hot-Selling Soul Singles chart upon its initial release,[1] it has gone on to become one of the singer's signature anthems.