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Like many other Disney theme songs, "You've Got a Friend in Me" has been covered numerous times. Cover versions featured in the three Toy Story films include a duet with Newman and Lyle Lovett in Toy Story, a version by Robert Goulet and an instrumental by Tom Scott in Toy Story 2, and a Spanish language version by the Gipsy Kings in Toy Story 3.
Other versions
George Jones covered the song for the 1996 tribute album The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney.
Pixar posted two music videos to their official YouTube channel which consist of an "official" and a "hyper" remix of this song. (Both are by someone credited as "DJ Synd".)
More recently, Pixar posted a new remix of the song, based on the Robert Goulet version. This version was remixed by DJ Sam Spiegel, a.k.a. Squeak E. Clean.
Randy Newman arranged the song (along with "Strange Things" and other themes from the films) for the Buzz Lightyear attractions (Like Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters) at Disney parks. One of the places it can be heard is on The Official Album of the Disneyland Resort. In the rides, it can be heard in the exit queue.
Jennifer Hammond arranged this song and other themes from the films for the Toy Story Midway Mania! attraction (in a more carnival-style). It or another version of it can be heard at the official Toy Story website, under "Games" and "Toy Story Mania!".
Within Toy Story 2, there is a scene from Woody's Roundup where the Woody doll on the show sings this song on a guitar, and then a kid on the set hugs him. (Performed by Tom Hanks.)
Voice Male made an a cappella version of this song on their album At the Movies.
Similarly, Dick Van Dyke and The Vantastix did their own a cappella version of this song for their album Put on a Happy Face.
American rock band The Fray has also performed their own rendition of the song during the 2007 Disney Grad Nite event. They have also covered it at other live shows.
At the end of Toy Story 2, Wheezy (after getting his squeaker fixed), sings this song. While the character was voiced by Joe Ranft in the film, his singing voice was the previously mentioned Robert Goulet.
Due to Buzz Lightyear being reset into Spanish in the movie, Toy Story 3 has a Spanish language version of the song, "Hay Un Amigo En Mí", performed by the Gipsy Kings. During the end credits, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie perform a pasodoble to the song.
Another Spanish version of the song, titled "Yo Soy Tu Amigo Fiel!" (Spanish for "I Am Your Faithful Friend!") was covered by Aleks Syntek and Danna Paola.
The German version of the song is titled "Du hast 'nen Freund in mir". The title and the song itself is a fairly direct translation of the English original. Artists such as Klaus Lage and Izumo Kotetsu have posted cover versions on the internet.
