You 've Got a Friend - wikipedia You 've Got a Friend For other uses, see You 've Got a Friend ( disambiguation ). `` You 've Got a Friend '' Scandinavian single with `` Beautiful '' on the B - side Song by Carole King from the album Tapestry Released 1971 Genre Soft rock Length 5 : 09 Label Ode A&M Songwriter ( s ) Carole King Producer ( s ) Lou Adler Tapestry track listing `` Way Over Yonder '' ( 6 ) `` You 've Got a Friend '' ( 7 ) `` Where You Lead '' ( 8 ) `` You 've Got a Friend '' Single by James Taylor from the album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon B - side `` You Can Close Your Eyes '' Released 1971 Format 7 - inch 45 rpm Genre Folk rock soft rock Length 4 : 29 Label Warner Bros. Songwriter ( s ) Carole King Producer ( s ) Peter Asher James Taylor singles chronology `` Country Road '' ( 1971 ) `` You 've Got a Friend '' ( 1971 ) `` Long Ago and Far Away '' ( 1971 ) `` Country Road '' ( 1971 ) `` You 've Got a Friend '' ( 1971 ) `` Long Ago and Far Away '' ( 1971 ) Audio sample file help `` You 've Got a Friend '' is a 1971 song written by Carole King. It was first recorded by King, and included in her album Tapestry. Another well - known version is by James Taylor from his album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. His was released as a single in 1971 reaching number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. The two versions were recorded simultaneously in 1971 with shared musicians. `` You 've Got a Friend '' won Grammy Awards both for Taylor ( Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ) and King ( Song of the Year ). Dozens of other artists have recorded the song over the years, including Dusty Springfield, Michael Jackson, Anne Murray and Donny Hathaway. Contents 1 History 2 Personnel 2.1 James Taylor version 3 Reception 4 Other versions 5 References 6 External links History James Taylor and Carole King at the 2010 Troubadour Reunion Tour `` You 've Got a Friend '' was written by Carole King during the January 1971 recording sessions for her own album Tapestry, and James Taylor 's album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. King has stated that `` the song was as close to pure inspiration as I 've ever experienced. The song wrote itself. It was written by something outside myself, through me. '' According to Taylor, King told him that the song was a response to a line in Taylor 's earlier song `` Fire and Rain '' that `` I 've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend. '' King 's album was recorded in an overlap with Taylor 's, and King, Danny Kortchmar, and Joni Mitchell perform on both. The song is included on both albums ; King said in a 1972 interview that she `` did n't write it with James or anybody really specifically in mind. But when James heard it he really liked it and wanted to record it ''. Taylor 's version was released as a single, and reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. The James Taylor version also spent one week at the top of the Easy Listening charts. Billboard ranked it as the No. 17 song for 1971. During the recording process, Taylor also offered to his Apple Records labelmate Mary Hopkin a chance to record the song, which she turned down, a decision she later said she strongly regretted. James Taylor and Carole King performed `` You 've Got a Friend '' together in 2010 during their Troubadour Reunion Tour. In 2015, Taylor performed an acoustic rendition of the song at Hôtel de Ville, Paris at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo in tribute to the victims of the January 2015 Île - de-France attacks. Personnel Carole King -- piano, vocals, background vocals Additional musicians David Campbell -- viola Terry King -- cello Danny `` Kootch '' Kortchmar -- conga, vocals Charles `` Charlie '' Larkey -- string bass Joni Mitchell -- background vocals Barry Socher -- violin James Taylor -- acoustic guitar, backing vocals James Taylor version James Taylor -- vocals, acoustic guitar Joni Mitchell -- backing vocals Danny Kortchmar -- acoustic guitar, congas Leland Sklar -- bass guitar Russ Kunkel -- drums, congas, cabasa Reception According to author James D. Perone, the song 's themes include an expression of `` a universal, sisterly / brotherly, agape - type love of one human being for another, regardless of gender. '' The `` reassuring '' lyrics have long made the song popular with lonely people needing a boost of self - confidence. The song 's messages of friendship having no boundaries and a friend being there when you are in need has universal appeal. For Taylor the lyrics had particular resonance due to the depression he had recovered from shortly before hearing King play the song. The music moves between a major and minor key, which according to music critic Maury Dean gives the song a `` sympathetic mood. '' In his review of Tapestry, Rolling Stone critic Jon Landau called `` You 've Got a Friend '' Carole King 's `` most perfect new song. '' He particularly praised how the melody and lyrics support each other, and the `` gorgeous, righteous rock melody '' of the ending lyrics. Mojo considered the song to probably be `` the core of Tapestry. Allmusic critic Stewart Mason commented on the `` plainspoken intimacy '' of King 's performance. Mason finds that the `` shyness '' of King 's voice gives her recording of the song a sincerity that he finds Taylor 's to lack. Mason also praises the `` depth and shading '' provided by the string instruments on King 's recording. In his review of Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, Rolling Stone critic Ben Gerson described `` You 've Got a Friend '' as an `` affirmative song, '' but suggested that James Taylor 's version was too similar to Carole King 's original version to have been worth including on his album. Music critic Maury Dean describes Taylor 's performance style for the song as minimalist and folkish and comments on his `` star - spangled sincerity. '' Other versions Dusty Springfield recorded the song in early 1971 during the sessions for her third Atlantic Records album Faithful. Her recording predates that of James Taylor, but it was shelved until 1999 when it was included as a bonus track on the 1999 Deluxe Edition of her first Atlantic album, the critically acclaimed Dusty in Memphis ( which contained four Carole King compositions ). Faithful went unreleased due to disputes between Springfield and Atlantic but the sessions were eventually issued as a standalone album in 2015. The song was recorded by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway for their 1972 album Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway, and was released as the album 's first single. The single was released a year before the album was, and coincidentally was released on the same date as James Taylor 's single : May 29, 1971. The Flack and Hathaway version reached # 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, and # 8 on the R&B chart. Bing Crosby and his son Harry sang the song during their performances at the London Palladium in 1976 and one version was captured on the album Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium. The song was recorded by The Brand New Heavies for their ' Shelter ' album in 1997 and was the third single to be released from the album, it reached # 9 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1997. `` You 've Got a Friend '' was performed by Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Gloria Estefan, and Carole King at the VH1 Divas Live concert in Beacon Theatre, New York, 1998. It was released as a single and reached number 74 on the Belgian Flanders Airplay Chart. In the year 2000, Filipino Folk singer Marlon Sediño released his cover of that song in the Tagalog / English Version of the same title. His recording was included from the album `` Startin ' All Over Again '' released by Viva Records. In 2004, English R&B singer Javine released her cover of the song as half of a double A-side single, along with a cover of `` Do n't Walk Away ''. Her recording was included in the soundtrack for the 2004 film Garfield. In 2005 British pop rock band McFly 's cover of this song charted at number one in the UK Singles Chart This was released as a Double - A side along with the band 's song All About You. This was also the official 2005 Comic Relief single. In 2016 Raini Rodriguez sang a cover of the song for the first part of the two part series finale of Austin & Ally with the rest of the cast. References ^ Jump up to : `` Tapestry ''. The Mojo Collection ( 4th ed. ). Jump up ^ `` James Taylor : My Life in 15 Songs ''. Rolling Stone. August 13, 2015. pp. 23 -- 25. Jump up ^ White, T. ( August 4, 2015 ). `` James Taylor Looks Back on His Classics ''. Easy 93.1 FM. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 10. Jump up ^ Harvey Kubernik ( 2008 ). `` Troubadours - Carole King 's Monumental Tapestry Album American Masters PBS ''. pbs.org. Retrieved 20 March 2013. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 239. Jump up ^ Interview with Mary Hopkin, Record Collector nr. 108, August 1988 Jump up ^ Megan Gibson ( 2015 - 01 - 16 ). `` Watch James Taylor Sings `` You 've Got a Friend '' with John Kerry ``. Time.com. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 20. Jump up ^ Perone, J.D. ( 2006 ). The Words and Music of Carole King. Greenwood Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 9780275990275. ^ Jump up to : Halperin, Ian ( 2003 ). Fire and Rain : The James Taylor Story. Citadel. pp. 128 -- 129. ISBN 978 0806523484. Jump up ^ White, T. ( 2009 ). Long Ago and Far Away. Omnibus Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780857120069. ^ Jump up to : Dean, M. ( 2003 ). Rock ' n ' Roll Gold Rush. Algora. pp. 254 -- 255. ISBN 0875862071. ^ Jump up to : Landau, J. ( April 29, 1971 ). `` Tapestry ''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 13. ^ Jump up to : Mason, S. `` You 've Got a Friend ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 22. Jump up ^ Gerson, B. ( June 24, 1971 ). `` Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon ''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 13. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 206. Jump up ^ http://www.officalcharts.com Jump up ^ Glatzer, Jenna ( 2005 ). Céline Dion : For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0 - 7407 - 5559 - 5. Jump up ^ Jaspers, Sam ( 2006 ). Ultratop 1995 - 2005. Book & Media Publishing. ISBN 90 - 5720 - 232 - 8. External links Lyrics of Andy Williams cover at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Indian Reservation '' by The Raiders Billboard Hot 100 number - one single ( James Taylor version ) July 31, 1971 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` How Can You Mend a Broken Heart '' by Bee Gees Preceded by `` It 's Too Late '' by Carole King Billboard Easy Listening number - one single ( James Taylor version ) July 31, 1971 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` If Not for You '' by Olivia Newton - John Preceded by `` Poker Face '' by Lady Gaga Danish Singles Chart number - one single ( X Factor Finalisterne 2009 version ) February 27, 2009 ( two weeks ) Succeeded by `` Kun for mig '' by Medina Grammy Award for Song of the Year ( 1970s ) 1970 Joe South - `` Games People Play '' 1971 Paul Simon - `` Bridge over Troubled Water '' 1972 Carole King - `` You 've Got a Friend '' 1973 Ewan MacColl - `` The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face '' Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox - `` Killing Me Softly with His Song '' Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch - `` The Way We Were '' 1976 Stephen Sondheim - `` Send in the Clowns '' 1977 Bruce Johnston - `` I Write the Songs '' 1978 Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams - `` Evergreen ( Love Theme from A Star Is Born ) '' and Joe Brooks - `` You Light Up My Life '' 1979 Billy Joel - `` Just the Way You Are '' Complete list ( 1960s ) ( 1970s ) ( 1980s ) ( 1990s ) ( 2000s ) ( 2010s ) James Taylor Studio albums James Taylor Sweet Baby James Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon One Man Dog Walking Man Gorilla In the Pocket JT Flag Dad Loves His Work That 's Why I 'm Here Never Die Young New Moon Shine Hourglass October Road Covers Before This World Live albums Live / Best Live One Man Band Amchitka Live at the Troubadour Holiday albums James Taylor : A Christmas Album James Taylor at Christmas Compilation albums Greatest Hits Classic Songs Greatest Hits Volume 2 The Best of James Taylor Video albums Live at the Beacon Theatre Extended plays Other Covers Singles `` Carolina in My Mind '' `` Knocking ' Round the Zoo '' `` Sweet Baby James '' `` Fire and Rain '' `` Country Road '' `` You 've Got a Friend '' `` Long Ago and Far Away '' `` Do n't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight '' `` One Man Parade '' `` Hymn '' `` Mockingbird ( with Carly Simon ) `` How Sweet It Is ( To Be Loved by You ) '' `` Mexico '' `` Shower the People '' `` Woman 's Gotta Have It '' `` Handy Man '' `` Your Smiling Face '' `` Honey Do n't Leave L.A. 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Question: who wrote the lyrics to you've got a friend
Answer: Carole King