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"You've Got a Friend in Me"
Single by
Randy Newman &
Lyle Lovett
from the album
Toy Story (An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack)
Released
April 12, 1996
[1
]
Format
Casette, CD
Genre
Jazz
Length
2:42
Label
Walt Disney Records
Writer(s)
Randy Newman, Lyle Lovett
"You've Got a Friend in Me" is a song written and performed by Randy Newman (with Lyle Lovett during the credits) for the 1995 animated film Toy Story. It received nominations for best original song — both the 1995 Academy Award for Best Original Song nomination and the 1996 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song nomination — although it lost to another Disney song, "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas.
In 1999, for the soundtrack of Toy Story 2, both a cover by Robert Goulet and an instrumental by Tom Scott of the song were featured.
The song was also performed by Riders in the Sky for their 2000 album "Woody's Roundup: A Rootin' Tootin' Collection of Woody's Favorite Songs," which consisted of songs pertaining to and inspired by Toy Story 2. The album won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children.
In 2005, Pixar re-released Toy Story in a 10th anniversary 2-DVD edition, which featured a new music video of "You've Got a Friend in Me", featuring Lyle Lovett and Randy Newman.
At MacWorld 2008 Randy Newman's performed the song to wrap up the event. That performance has become a classic and can be viewed on YouTube.[2]
Other Versions
- 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.
- Riders in the Sky performed a cover of this song on the album Woody's Roundup: A Rootin' Tootin' Collection of Woody's Favorite Songs.
- Randy Newman arranged the song (along with "Strange Things" and other themes from the films) for the Buzz Lightyear attractions (Like Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters) at Disney parks. One of the places it can be heard is on The Official Album of the Disneyland Resort.
- Jennifer Hammond arranged this song and other themes from the films for the Toy Story Midway Mania! attraction. 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.)
- Mannheim Steamroller covered the song on their 1999 album, Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse.
- 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.
- DZEC's program Tambalang OK, anchored by Onin Miranda and Ros Olgado, used this song as a background music.
- 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.
Chart performance
Chart (1996)
Peak
position
Canadian
RPM Adult Contemporary
40
Release history
Format
Release date
Catalog
Cassette
April 12, 1995
[1
]
#60367
CD
References
External links
Randy Newman
Main albums
Compilations
Musicals
Films scored
Songs
Related
Toy Story franchise
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Related articles
Pixar music
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