Friends (Whodini song)
| "Friends" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Whodini | ||||
| from the album Escape | ||||
| B-side | "Five Minutes of Funk" | |||
| Released | July 20, 1984[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:38 | |||
| Label | Jive Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jalil Hutchins, Lawrence Smith | |||
| Producer(s) | Larry Smith[2] | |||
| Whodini singles chronology | ||||
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"Friends" is a song by the American hip-hop group Whodini. The song reached #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[3]
Chart performance
| Chart (1984–85) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 87 |
| US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)[4] | 4 |
| Billboard Dance/Disco[5] | 25 |
Samples
- Public Enemy sampled the drum beat for their song "Sophisticated Bitch" from their first album.
- The song was interpolated in Nas' song "If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)" from his 1996 album It Was Written.[6]
- Dr. Dre sampled the track for "A Nigga Witta Gun" from the 1992 album The Chronic.
- The song was sampled on the Nickelodeon sitcom Taina on the song "Thought that we were friends", sung by Christina Vidal who played the title character.
- The song was also sampled by Will Smith for the track "Potnas" on his 1999 album Willennium.
- MF DOOM sampled it for the track "Deep Fried Frenz" on his 2004 album Mm...Food.
- Bad Azz sampled it for the track "Ghetto Star" for his 1998 debut album Word On Tha Streets.
- 2Pac sampled it for the track "Troublesome '96" from his posthumous Greatest Hits album.
- 213 sampled it in their debut song "Friends" from member Nate Dogg's 1998 album G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2.
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony sampled it in their song "Friends" (renamed to "How Many of Us Have Them" on some releases) on their 1997 album The Art of War.
- Kendrick Lamar sampled the song in "wacced out murals," the first track of his 2024 album GNX.
References
- ^ "Friends / Jalil Hutchins, Larry Smith ; [performed by] Whodini. Friends :..." United States Copyright Office. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ Escape [vinyl sticker] (Media notes). Whodini. Jive Records. JV-6617.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Chart History - Whodini". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 622.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 279.
- ^ "Nas feat. Lauryn Hill's 'If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2022-03-12.