Music video by Jody Watley performing Friends. C) 1989 Geffen Records.

Friends" is the second single from Jody Watley's second album, Larger than Life. Friends", like her previous single "Real Love", became a multi-format top-10 smash, reaching the top ten of the pop, R&B and dance charts in the . as well as being her biggest single in the UK since her debut, "Looking for a New Love". The song was one of the first ever to feature a rap artist (Eric B & Rakim) and a singer.

Eric B. & Rakim decided to record together and came under the tutelage of Marley Marl. Stories vary over who actually produced their first single, 1986s "Eric B. Is President" (often cited as "Eric B For President" because of a mistake made when licensing the recording). Built on the Fonda Rea bass line sample, Eric B. later told AllHipHop, "I took the records to Marley Marl's house in Queensbridge and paid Marley Marl to be the engineer. In 1989, the pair teamed up with Jody Watley on her single "Friends" from the album Larger Than Life. The song would reach the Top Ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was one of the first notable collaborations between hip hop and dance pop. Eric B. & Rakim rarely collaborated with other rappers. This was evident in early 1990, when KRS-One's Stop the Violence Movement put together the charity single "Self-Destruction".

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Friends - Original version appears on the Jody Watley Album, Larger Than Life MCA-6276.

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Friends, friends, friends Friends, friends, friends Come on, come on Come on, come on. Have you ever been stabbed in the back By someone you thought was really cool? Did they steal your lover or was it money? Or was it lies they told? Strangers just disguised as your friends Never again ‘cause now you know. That friends will let you down, that friends won’t be around That friends will let you down, friends won’t be around When you need them most, where are your friends? Oh friends are hard to find, friends, yours and mine I’m talkin’ ‘bout your friends.

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