Claim: Everybody Needs a Best Friend's lyrics were by a Japanese person.
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.
Walter Anthony Murphy , Jr. -LRB- born December 19 , 1952 -RRB- is an American composer , arranger , pianist , musician , songwriter , and record producer.