You’ve Got a Friend

E77438
1970s song pop ballad song

"You’ve Got a Friend" is a classic 1971 pop ballad written by Carole King that became an enduring anthem of comfort and support, popularized by both King and James Taylor.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
You've Got a Friend 7
You’ve Got a Friend canonical 5
You've Got a Friend (reprise) 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 1970s song ⓘ
pop ballad ⓘ
song ⓘ
composer Carole King ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decadeOfRelease 1970s ⓘ
describedAs anthem of comfort and support ⓘ
classic pop ballad ⓘ
firstReleaseYear 1971 ⓘ
genre adult contemporary ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Carole King ⓘ
notableVersionBy Carole King ⓘ
James Taylor ⓘ
originalAlbum Tapestry ⓘ
originalArtist Carole King ⓘ
performer Carole King ⓘ
James Taylor ⓘ
popularizedBy Carole King ⓘ
James Taylor ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1970s ⓘ
releaseYear 1971 ⓘ
theme comfort ⓘ
emotional support ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
writer Carole King ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carole King → notableSongWritten → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
James Taylor → notableWork → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
this entity surface form: You've Got a Friend
Gerry Goffin → notableWork → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
this entity surface form: You’ve Got a Friend (lyric contribution disputed but associated)
Tapestry → hasPart → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
The Living Room Tour → hasTrack → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
this entity surface form: You've Got a Friend
The Living Room Tour → hasTrack → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
this entity surface form: You've Got a Friend (reprise)
Donny Hathaway → notableWork → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
this entity surface form: You've Got a Friend
Carol Joan Klein → notableWork → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon → hasSingle → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
this entity surface form: You've Got a Friend
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon → includesTrack → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
this entity surface form: You've Got a Friend
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon → notableSong → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
this entity surface form: You've Got a Friend
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon → containsHitSingle → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
this entity surface form: You've Got a Friend
The Essential Carole King → hasTrack → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
The Essential Carole King → hasTrack → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
this entity surface form: You’ve Got a Friend (live)
Tapestry (1971 studio album by Carole King) → hasPart → You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
subject surface form: Tapestry