That's What Friends Are For

E140481
single song

"That's What Friends Are For" is a popular ballad best known for its 1985 charity recording by Dionne Warwick and friends, which became a major hit and an anthem of friendship and support.

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Label Occurrences
That's What Friends Are For canonical 3
That’s What Friends Are For 3
That's What Friends Are For (Dionne & Friends version) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs That's What Friends Are For ⓘ
surface form: That's What Friends Are For (Dionne & Friends version)
associatedWithEpidemic HIV/AIDS epidemic ⓘ
award Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ
awardYear 1987 ⓘ
charityBeneficiary American Foundation for AIDS Research ⓘ
chartPositionAustralia 1 ⓘ
chartPositionCanada 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 16 ⓘ
chartPositionUSAdultContemporary 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
composer Burt Bacharach ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creditedArtist Dionne & Friends ⓘ
decade 1980s ⓘ
describedAs anthem of friendship and support ⓘ
genre pop ballad ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
hasMusicVideo yes ⓘ
includedOnAlbum Friends (Dionne Warwick album) ⓘ
isCharitySingle true ⓘ
label Arista Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length about 4 minutes ⓘ
lyricist Carole Bayer Sager ⓘ
notableCoverVersionBy Dionne Warwick ⓘ
Elton John ⓘ
Gladys Knight ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
notableInstrument harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder ⓘ
originalAlbum Night Shift ⓘ
surface form: Night Shift (soundtrack)
originalPerformer Rod Stewart ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1982 ⓘ
performer Dionne Warwick ⓘ
Elton John ⓘ
Gladys Knight ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
producer Burt Bacharach ⓘ
Carole Bayer Sager ⓘ
recordedAsCharitySingleFor AIDS research ⓘ
releaseYear 1985 ⓘ
theme friendship ⓘ
support ⓘ
usage benefit concerts ⓘ
charity events ⓘ
writer Burt Bacharach ⓘ
Carole Bayer Sager ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Burt Bacharach → wroteSong → That's What Friends Are For ⓘ
Dionne Warwick → notableWork → That's What Friends Are For ⓘ
this entity surface form: That’s What Friends Are For
The Jungle Book (1967 film songs) → notableSong → That's What Friends Are For ⓘ
this entity surface form: That’s What Friends Are For
Carole Bayer Sager → notableWork → That's What Friends Are For ⓘ
Carole Bayer Sager → notableWork → That's What Friends Are For ⓘ
this entity surface form: That's What Friends Are For (Dionne Warwick & Friends version)
That's What Friends Are For → alsoKnownAs → That's What Friends Are For ⓘ
this entity surface form: That's What Friends Are For (Dionne & Friends version)
Marie Dionne Warrick → notableWork → That's What Friends Are For ⓘ
subject surface form: Dionne Warwick
this entity surface form: That’s What Friends Are For
Stevie Wonder discography → includesCollaboration → That's What Friends Are For ⓘ