| "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 | |||
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| Producer(s) | David Rubinson | |||
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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.