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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. The song was less successful on the Hot 100, spending 3 weeks on the chart and peaking at #87.[3]

"Friends"
Single by Whodini
from the album Escape
B-side	"Five Minutes of Funk"
Released	July 20, 1984 (1984-07-20)[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
"The Haunted House of Rock" (1983) "Friends" (1984) "Freaks Come Out at Night" (1985)

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

• The song was interpolated in Nas's song If I Ruled The World (Imagine That).[6]
• 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.

References

External links

• Genius: Friends - Lyrics

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