Thank You for Being a Friend
| "Thank You for Being a Friend" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Andrew Gold | |
| from the album All This and Heaven Too | |
| B-side | "Still You Linger On" |
| Released | 1978 |
| Format | 7" (45 rpm) |
| Genre | Pop rock |
| Length | 4:41 |
| Label | Asylum Records |
| Producer | Andrew Gold Brock Walsh |
"Thank You for Being a Friend" is a song written by Andrew Gold, who recorded it for his third album, All This and Heaven Too. The song reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978.[1]
The song was later re-recorded by Cynthia Fee to serve as the theme song for the NBC sitcom The Golden Girls, and recorded again for the series' CBS spin-off The Golden Palace.
The song was also featured on Casey Kasem's final American Top 40, the end of two World Series games (Game 5 in 1988 and Game 4 in 1990), "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" episode "Mac's Mom Burns Her House Down", the end of Super Bowl XL, The Simpsons episode "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" and on a May 2010 episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Betty White in which past and present cast members sang the song followed by a death metal version of the song performed by White while wearing a ski mask. Elaine Paige and Dionne Warwick released a recording of the song on Paige's duet album Elaine Paige and Friends in 2010.
References [edit]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 258.
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