I Want to Be My Best Again
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Music has a style of saying all the things nosotros find difficult to express. And when information technology comes to our true friends—the ones who accept been there to uplift us during our darkest days, questionable haircuts, and happiest memories—a song lyric, like a heartfelt quote, can exist the perfect style to capture the way nosotros feel about them. We've curated a list of all-time friend songs to dedicate to your OG, the Gayle to your Oprah, (or vice versa), the Carrie to your Miranda, the... well, you get information technology. Play these pop hits, land ballads, rap tunes, and 90s throwbacks during your adjacent girlfriend getaway, or blast them on a route trip with the volume cranked upwards. They won't fifty-fifty listen if you sing them a little off-key. That'due south the beauty of having a BFF.
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"I'll be At that place For You" by the Rembrandts
No, you lot're not listening to an episode of Friends, but that is what the song, "I'll be there for yous," is all nigh, and why information technology debuts at the top of our list. The Rembrandts released the single every bit part of their studio anthology L.P. in 1995.
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Key lyrics:
I'll exist there for you
(Like I've been there before)
I'll be there for y'all
('Cause you're at that place for me as well)
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"Thank Yous for Beingness a Friend" by Andrew Golden
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"Count on Me" by Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars's "Count on Me" is cheery and simple but gets to heart of what it means to be a friend— someone who you can count on in times of trouble. The song was released in 2010 on Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Mars's debut album.
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Primal Lyrics:
Find out what we're fabricated of
When we are called to help our friends in demand
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"Y'all've Got a Friend in Me" by Randy Newman
Randy Newman created "You've Got A Friend in Me" for the Toy Story flick franchise. It's the perfect vocal to dedicate to your babyhood bestie.
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Key lyrics:
If you lot've got troubles, I've got 'em too
There isn't annihilation I wouldn't do for you
We stick together and can see it through
'Cause you lot've got a friend in me
Yeah, you've got a friend in me
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"Lean on Me" by Neb Withers
Bill Withers's "Lean on Me" was featured on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time as number 208. The vocal is an anthem for unity and camaraderie. Withers released it in June 1972 on his album Still Bill. Rolling Stone calls it his biggest hit.
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Key lyrics:
Lean on me, when you're non strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll assist you lot carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'k gonna need
Somebody to lean on
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"Best Friend" by Young Thug
Rapper Young Thug released his single "Best Friend" in 2015 and since so it's been a go-to hook to gloat friendship for birthdays, social media shout-outs, and whatever other time that yous desire the world to know "that's my bestie, go best friend!" The song peaked at number 18 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 2016.
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Key lyrics:
And that'due south my bestie, my bestie, my best friend, become best friend!
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"No New Friends" by DJ Khaled ft. Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne
DJ Khaled collaborated with Rick Ross, Drake and Lil Wayne to release "No New Friends" in 2013. This track praises the loyal people who were with you lot from the very beginning. The song nods to Drake's "Started From the Lesser," where he raps about his journeying to success and bringing his mean solar day-one friends to the top with him.
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Key Lyrics:
No new friends, no new friends, no new friends...
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"Started From the Bottom" by Drake
When you're succeeding in life, information technology's important to recognize who's encouraging you lot and who has never left your side. That'south exactly the kind of friendship that Drake raps about in "Started From The Lesser." This first unmarried from Drake's anthology Nothing Was the Same peaked at number 6 on Billboard'south Hot 100 in 2013.
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Central lyrics:
Started from the bottom, at present we're here
Started from the bottom, now my whole squad f****** hither
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"Real Friends" by Kanye West
Rapper and producer Kanye Due west released "Real Friends" with Ty Dolla Sign in 2016 on his album The Life of Pablo. In the song, W tries to discern who, of his friends and family unit, has his best interests at center.
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Key lyrics:
Existent friends, how many of u.s.?
How many of u.s.a., how many jealous? Real friends
It's not many of u.s., nosotros grin at each other
Only how many honest? Trust issues
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"Truthful Colors" by Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper recorded "True Colors" on her second anthology. In October 1968, the song hit number ane on Billboard'southward Hot 100. The lyrics, by songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, are an encouraging reminder to live authentically. Since its release, the song has been sampled and recorded past many artists and remains a staple of pop culture. It's a reminder that your best friend will always see you at your almost beautiful.
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Key lyrics:
But I meet your truthful colors
Shining through
I run across your true colors
And that's why I love you
And so don't exist agape to permit them show
Your true colors
Truthful colors are cute
Similar a rainbow
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"Girl" by Destiny'southward Child
Destiny's Child's "Girl" was a single on the grouping's album Destiny Fulfilled in 2014. Kelly Rowland admitted that the song was written for her during a time that she was in an abusive human relationship. The lyrics reflect grouping members Beyoncé and Michelle'southward plead for Rowland to confide in them and exist honest with herself.
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Cardinal lyrics:
Girl, you don't have to be hiding
Don't you lot be aback to say he injure you
I'chiliad your daughter, you're my daughter, we your girls
Don't you know that we love ya?
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"Wannabe" by the Spice Girls
"If you wannabe my lover, y'all gotta go with my friends" is the iconic line from the British popular group. The debut unmarried peaked at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1997. The song is fun and upbeat, and places friendships with your gals ahead of romantic relationships. Though, the Spice Girls have since admitted that they accept no idea what zig-a-zig-ah means.
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Key lyrics:
If yous wanna be my lover, you gotta go with my friends
(Gotta become with my friends)
Make it final forever, friendship never ends
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"Clique" by Kanye West, Jay-Z and Big Sean
Rappers Kanye West, Large Sean, and Jay-Z teamed upwardly to create "Clique" in 2012. Label G.O.O.D. Music released the track on its collaboration album, Vicious Summer. The song is ideal for a group of friends raising a glass to each other.
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Key lyrics:
Ain't nobody fresher than my chiliad********* clique, clique, clique, clique, clique
As I look around, they don't do it like my clique, clique, clique, clique, clique
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"Best Friend" by Brandy
R&B star Brandy released "Best Friend" in 1995 equally a single for her self-titled album. In a 2014 interview with Billboard on the album's 20th anniversary, Brandy shared that the song was dedicated to her blood brother, Ray J, another star in the entertainment industry. Yous can see the pair dancing together in the vocal's music video. This goes to prove that sometimes the closest friends yous have are your family.
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Key lyrics:
I don't know what I'd ever do without you
From the beginning to the end
You've e'er been here right beside me
Then, I'll call you my best friend
Through the skillful times and the bad ones
Whether I lose or if I win
I know 1 affair that never changes, and
That's you as my best friend
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"Friends" past The Carters
The Carters—Beyoncé and Jay-Z—released "Friends" equally part of their surprise album Everything Is Dearest in 2018. The couple has dozens of Grammy Awards combined and their work has led them both to exist powerhouse names in the entertainment industry. This song is similar a tribute to the friends that stood by them along the style in their journeying. In the vocal, Jay-Z personally shouts out some of his longtime pals.
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Key lyrics
My friends, real friends, better than your friendsThat'south how we continue poppin' out that Benz, yeah
No foes, real friends, we ain't even got to pretend, yes
Become bands, get bands, spend information technology all on my friends
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"That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne Warwick ft. Stevie Wonder, Elton John, and Gladys Knight
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"Expert Friend and a Glass of Wine" by LeAnn Rimes
When you accept a "Good Friend and a Glass of Wine," you have all you need to feel relaxed, refreshed, and revived. LeAnn Rimes'due south single was released from her album Family in 2008. The song is perfect for grabbing your closest gals and decompressing from whatever the world throws your manner.
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Primal lyrics:
A good friend and a drinking glass of vino
Someone to say it'south gonna exist alright
A practiced friend and a glass of wine
A trivial selection me up to get me through the dark
We talk trash due north' we laugh and cry
That kind of therapy money tin't buy
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"You lot're My Best Friend" by Queen
The British rock group Queen originally released "You're My Best Friend" in 1975 on their album A Night at the Opera until it was later re-released every bit a single. John Deacon, the band's bass player, actually admitted that he wrote the piece nigh his married woman. The hit was certified platinum past the RIAA in September 2016, with 1 million copies sold. It'southward a great one for weddings, if your spouse does happen to be your BFF.
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Key lyrics:
Ooh, you make me alive
I'g happy at home
You're my best friend
Oh, you're my best friend
Ooh, you brand me live
You're my best friend
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"Jumpin' Jumpin'" by Destiny's Child
Ladies, are you craving a night out with your girls? We've got a hit for you. "Jumpin' Jumpin'" by Destiny'due south Child is single from the grouping'southward anthology, The Writing's on the Wall. The album was certified platinum viii times in a span of three years by the RIAA.
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Fundamental lyrics:
All you ladies leave your man at dwelling house
The club is total of ballers and their pockets full grown
And all you fellas leave your girl with her friends
'Cause information technology'southward eleven xxx and the club is jumpin', jumpin'
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"Friends" by Whodini
The hip hop trio Whodini created "Friends" in 1984. A regional news site in Alabama interviewed the group'southward lyricist Jalil Hutchins who talked nigh the affect of the song's lifespan. "The younger generation may not study all the words, merely they know that song." The track is a hip-hop classic that reminds united states that being a good friend is more than well-nigh what you do than what y'all say.
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Key lyrics:
Friends – how many of us have them?
Friends – ones nosotros tin depend on
Friends – how many of the states accept them?
Friends – before nosotros go any farther, let'southward be
Friends
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"Graduation (Friends Forever)" by Vitamin C
"Graduation (Friends Forever)" is pop vocaliser Vitamin C'south single on her debut self-titled album. The lyrics describe growing upwardly, merely not growing autonomously.
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Primal lyrics:
Every bit we get on
Nosotros remember
All the times we
Had together
And as our lives change
Come whatsoever
We volition still be
Friends forever
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"We Can't Finish" by Miley Cyrus
"Nosotros Tin can't Stop" was Miley Cyrus's atomic number 82 unmarried from her 2013 anthology Bangerz. This song and its music video represented a breakout image for Cyrus as an adult, separate from her adolescent persona from her career at Disney. The song was a huge success, peaking at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart (and she went on to superlative at #1 with the album'south 2nd unmarried "Wrecking Ball" just two months later). Though there are no explicit mentions of a all-time friend in this hit, the carefree lyrics entice y'all to be emboldened, permit go, and party, and who better to do that with than our friends?
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Key lyrics:
And we can't finish (whoa)
And nosotros won't terminate (whoa)
Can't yous run into it's we who ain the night
Tin can't you encounter information technology we who tour' that life
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"Aid!" by The Beatles
The Beatles released "Help!" in July 1965. The hitting landed in Rolling Rock'south top fifty spot for Greatest Songs of All Fourth dimension. John Lennon, who wrote the track, told the magazine, "Subconsciously, I was crying out for help. I didn't realize information technology at the time…"
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Key lyrics:
Aid me if you tin can, I'chiliad feeling downward
And I do appreciate yous being 'round
Help me get my feet dorsum on the ground
Won't you lot please, please help me?
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"I'thousand But Me When I'g With Y'all" by Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift released "I'chiliad Only Me When I'1000 With You" in 2004 as a bonus rail of the deluxe edition of her debut album. The music video for the track is personal and heartwarming, total of moments with her close friends and family snipped together in a montage.
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Fundamental lyrics
I'm only up when you lot're not downwardly
Don't wanna fly if you're yet on the basis
It'due south like no matter what I do
Well, y'all drive me crazy one-half the time
The other half I'm just trying
To let yous know that what I feel is truthful
And I'1000 only me when I'm with you
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"Count on Me" by Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans
Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans came together for "Count on Me" in the soundtrack for Waiting to Exhale. The soulful song is perfect for friends who assistance lift each other up in times of demand.
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Key lyrics:
Count on me through thick and thin
A friendship that will never end
When you lot are weak I will be potent
Helping you lot to carry on
Call on me, I will exist there
Don't be afraid
Please believe me when I say
Count on me
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"What About Your Friends" by TLC
The hip hop and R&B girl group TLC released "What About Your Friends" equally a unmarried on their 1992 debut album. The lyrics are nearly determining who your true friends are. In a 2017 interview with Billboard, grouping fellow member Chilli said: "We've all been dorsum-stabbed by people nosotros thought were our truthful friends and that's a life lesson that you learn as yous become older."
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Fundamental lyrics:
What about your friends?
Will they stand their basis,
Volition they let y'all down again?
What about your friends?
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"I Plow to You" by Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera covered All-4-One'southward "I Turn to You" and released information technology as a unmarried on her debut album in 2000. Months after, the track peaked at the number three spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. The ballad is shine and irksome and encourages you to feel rubber with the friends you love.
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Key lyrics:
For a shield from the storm
For a friend, for a beloved
To go along me rubber and warm
I turn to you
For the strength to be strong
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"Nosotros Go Together"
Whether this vocal makes you lot desire to pause out your leather or break out in trip the light fantastic, the message of the Grease showtune all the same holds strong. The closing track of the picture ends with the cast making a vow that they'll always exist together.
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Primal lyrics:
Nosotros get together
Like rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong
Remembered forever
Every bit shoo-bop sha wadda wadda yippity boom de nail
Chang chang changitty chang sha-bop
That's the fashion it should exist
Wah-oooh, yeah!
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"My Old Friend" by Tim McGraw
State music star Tim McGraw released "My Erstwhile Friend" as a single in 2005 on his album Alive Like Yous Were Dying. The song is like an amends letter of the alphabet from one friend to another for growing apart, as some friendships do. The goal is to be appreciative of your friends while they're still there.
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Fundamental lyrics:
My former friend, I apologize
For the years that have passed
Since the last time y'all and I
Dusted off those memories
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"Friends" past Nas and Damian Marley
Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley collaborated on Distant Relatives in 2010, which gave birth to the track "Friends." The album was intended to empower Black communities; the vocal infuses elements of rap, reggae and samples from the African diaspora. Every bit Marley says in the song, "Your existent friends volition serve y'all long."
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Key lyrics:
Your real friends will serve you long
Acquaintances will fade
Your real friends won't do you wrong
Existent friend don't alter
Source: https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/g32712055/best-friend-songs/
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