You’ve Got a Friend
~ Recording by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.2 | You've Got a Friend | 3:26 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | SD 7216 |
| 1.4 | You've Got A Friend | ?:?? | Roberta Flack | Greatest Hits | Roberta Flack | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (multinational budget record label, do not use for copyrights, distribution, etc. label-release relationships) | NE 1269 |
| 14.2 | You've Got a Friend | 3:24 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947–1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 781293-299 |
| 1.14 | You've Got a Friend | 3:27 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | A Donny Hathaway Collection | Donny Hathaway | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 82092-2 |
| 1.10 | You've Got a Friend | 3:26 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Volume 7: 1969-1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 781 299-2 |
| 8.10 | You’ve Got a Friend | 3:26 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947–1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 82305-2 |
| 1.2 | You’ve Got a Friend | 3:26 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-82794-2 |
| 1.14 | You've Got a Friend | 3:27 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Jazz for Dinner (Brigitte edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Boutique (German jazz label, sub-label of Universal Jazz) | 584 056-2 |
| 1.10 | You've Got a Friend | 3:27 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Atlantic R&B 1947-1974, Vol. 8: 1970-1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-77583-2 |
| 1.2 | You've Got a Friend | 3:26 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Album |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | |
| 4.2 | You’ve Got a Friend | 3:26 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Never My Love: The Anthology | Donny Hathaway | Album + Compilation |
| ATCO Records, Rhino (reissue label) | 8122796543 |
| 1.2 | You've Got A Friend | 3:25 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 8122-79628-5 |
| 4.2 | You've Got a Friend | 3:26 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | With Her Songs: The Atlantic Albums, 1969–1978 | Roberta Flack | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | |
| 4.2 | You've Got a Friend | 3:26 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | With Her Songs: The Atlantic Albums, 1969–1978 | Roberta Flack | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 728059 |
| 1.14 | You've Got a Friend | 3:27 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | A Donny Hathaway Collection | Donny Hathaway | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-82092-2 |
| 1.14 | You’ve Got a Friend | 3:24 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | A Donny Hathaway Collection | Donny Hathaway | Album + Compilation | Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | ||
| 1.2 | You've Got a Friend | 3:26 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Club Edition) | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 7216-2, D 102135 |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.2 | You've Got A Friend | 3:23 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Manufactured by MMG, Inc. of Tokyo, Japan - a Time Warner company) | Donny Hathaway | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 18P2-3086 |
Relationships
| additional recording engineer: | Gene Paul |
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| recording engineer: | Lew Hahn |
| producer: | Joel Dorn Arif Mardin |
| mixer: | Jimmy Douglass (engineer) Arif Mardin |
| drums (drum set): | Billy Cobham (from 1971-03 until 1971-10) |
| electric bass guitar [electric bass]: | Chuck Rainey (American bassist) (from 1971-03 until 1971-10) |
| electric piano: | Donny Hathaway (from 1971-03 until 1971-10) |
| flute: | Joe Gentle (from 1971-03 until 1971-10) |
| guitar: | David Spinozza (from 1971-03 until 1971-10) |
| percussion: | Ralph MacDonald (from 1971-03 until 1971-10) |
| vocals: | Roberta Flack (singer and pianist) (from 1971-03 until 1971-10) Donny Hathaway (from 1971-03 until 1971-10) |
| strings arranger: | Arif Mardin |
| recorded at: | Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1971-03 until 1971-10) Regent Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1971-03 until 1971-10) |
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| recording of: | You’ve Got a Friend (from 1971-03 until 1971-10: cover) |
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Related works
You’ve Got a Friend
| lyricist and composer: | Carole King |
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| publisher: | Colgems-EMI Music Inc. Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. |
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| sub-publisher: | イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present) |
| later parody versions: | You've Got a Text |
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| later translated versions: | Du har en vän Eilses rändan taas Iemand die van je houdt T'as un ami Tens un amic Tienes un amigo (You’ve Got a Friend) Tot ik bij je ben Tu amigo fiel You’ve Got a Friend (Japanese version) יש לך חבר שם בשבילך חבר |
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