Claim: The lyrics for Everybody Needs a Best Friend were by an American.
Evidence: `` Everybody Needs a Best Friend '' is a song from the 2012 feature film Ted , with music composed by Walter Murphy and lyrics by Seth MacFarlane.
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane -LRB- -LSB- ˈsɛθ_ˈwʊdbɛri_məkˈfɑrlɪn -RSB- born October 26 , 1973 -RRB- is an American actor , filmmaker , and singer , working primarily in animation and comedy , as well as live-action and other genres.