Friends (Blake Shelton song)
"Friends" is a song recorded by American singer Blake Shelton. It was released as the first promotional single from Shelton's tenth studio album, If I'm Honest (2016), and is the theme song to the 2016 film The Angry Birds Movie. It was issued as a digital download on April 8, 2016. The track was written by both Shelton and Jessi Alexander, who had collaborated before on Blake Shelton's "Drink on It", and "Mine Would Be You".
"Friends" | |
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Promotional single by Blake Shelton | |
from the album If I'm Honest and The Angry Birds Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
Released | April 8, 2016 |
Recorded | 2016 |
Genre | Country |
Length | 3:03 |
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Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Scott Hendricks |
The song is about two friends loving each other and sticking together, despite them being "different as different can be". The song describes how friends may fight, but "in the end [they] are gonna be friends".
Chart performance
After the initial release of "Friends", the song only peaked on one record chart, the US Kid Digital Songs component chart. For the week ending April 30, 2016, it debuted and peaked at number three, before departing the chart an additional four weeks later.[1]
Charts
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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US Kid Digital Songs (Billboard)[1] | 3 |
References
- "Kid Digital Songs: April 30, 2016". April 30, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.